The conductor gives a final inspection to his train before departing the Bristol Yard and into Tennessee.
37Q crosses the Rockville Bridge while departing Enola yard. Soon, it will cross the Susquehanna again on the Reading bridge to go south down the Lurgan Branch...
NS 37Q begins to pull out of track 6 after completing a set off and performing a brake test with a former Conrail unit that is still blue.
A well worn ex Conrail D8-40CW leads the 37Q, departing Bristol Yard, past the old passenger depot after setting out a cut of cars.
The NS 37Q having set out 6 cars at the yard in Bristol, VA continues on crossing into Bristol, TN and under the control of the Knoxville District
Slushy islands of ice float down river as 37Q heads south down the Lurgan Branch... note the three C39-8's in tow, with all Norfolk Southern lettering blacked out...
A short 37Q works it's way out of the dip at Sharpsburg.
37Q climbs up out of the hogback at Sharpsburg, Maryland with a very short train.
WOW! Count them motors. Eight on this Roanoke bound manifest at Marsh Run, Virginia.
37Q charges up hill towards Berryville to meet its Northbound counterpart 38Q.
NS 37Q, now discontinued, was nothing more than a long distance local never having more than 20 cars and almost always spent 3 or 4 hours idling in Bristol Yard. Here an entire 37Q can be seen tie... (more)
37Q sits tied down in the yard, waiting for a new crew to take it to Knoxville.
Portrait of a complete train.