153 passes heavy traffic on the adjacent VA-76 with an NS leader.
Amtrak 153 departs Ashland with an NS C6M and P42 for power.
Amtrak 153 arrives in Ashland behind an NS leader returning back to Norfolk after assisting train 84 the prior day.
A grungy C6M rebuild leads hopper train NS 817 west through Elliston, VA just after nightfall.
NS 65W crosses over from the CSX Aberdeen Sub Main 2 to the NS H Line at Fetner in the late evening.
NS 65W empty ethanol splits the NS and CSX mileposts at Fetner in the late evening.
Heeling into a curve, this intermodal is at the threshold to a suburb of the vast Tri Cities, VA/TN metropolis.
