Norfolk Southern's Pulaski District in Southwest Virginia - December 2023

December 13-14, 2023. Footage from two winter days along Norfolk Southern's Pulaski District (former Norfolk & Western "Bristol Line") across the scenic Blue Ridge Highlands of southwest Virginia, while heading towards eastern Tennessee. The Pulaski District is a timetable east/west mainline between Radford, VA and Bristol, TN along the I-81 corridor through the Blue Ridge Highlands. The line primarily handles manifest and intermodal traffic between Harrisburg, PA/Norfolk, VA and Knoxville, TN/Birmingham, AL. Train symbols and locations in this video: NS 13Z - westbound manifest 00:24 - Max Meadows 03:29 - CP Duncan (Rural Retreat) 05:37 - Seven Mile Ford NS 279 - westbound intermodal 09:05 - Abingdon NS 127 - westbound manifest 11:07 - Abingdon NS 126 - eastbound manifest 14:52 - CP Duncan (Rural Retreat) NS 279 - westbound intermodal 19:10 - CP Duncan (Rural Retreat)