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Bristol brothers

By Brian Schmidt | September 13, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Green and white diesel lines up beside streamlined black and maroon steam locomotive

Southern and N&W shared the N&W roundhouse, located on the Virginia side of Bristol. SOU F3 4151 and N&W J 602 wait to take trains west and east, respectively, on March 2, 1957. Steve Patterson

Bristol brothers

Southern and Norfolk & Western shared the N&W roundhouse, located on the Virginia side of Bristol. SOU F3 4151 and N&W J 602 wait to take trains west and east, respectively, on March 2, 1957. Steve Patterson photo

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