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  • NWR 4245 GE B23-7

    Nashville & Western Railroad NWR 4245 GE B23-7 I just missed getting a shot of the railroad in action, maybe next time! in Nashville, Tennessee on March 20, 2021.

    NERR has a subsidiary, the Nashville & Western Railroad Corp. (reporting mark NWR), that operates between Nashville and Ashland City on the former western end of the Tennessee Central.

    On November 5th, 2018, R.J. Corman Railroad Group announced that it had finalized an agreement to acquire both NERR and NWR as well as Transit Solution Group, operator of the Music City Star commuter trains. Pending regulatory approval, R. J. Corman is expected to take over operations in January 2019. -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • NRTX 790 Cab Car

    Nashville Music City Star NRTX 790 Cab Car train ID 156 heading to downtown Nashville as it passes by the Nashville Pumping Station built-in 1888 also known as the George Reyer Pumping Station and Omohundro Water Plant in Nashville, Tennessee on March 20, 2021.

    A control car, cab car (US and Canada), control trailer, or driving trailer (UK and Ireland) is a generic term for a non-powered railroad (US) or railway (UIC) vehicle that can control the operation of a train at the end, opposite to the position of the locomotive. They can be used with diesel or electric motive power, allowing push-pull operation without the use of an additional locomotive. They can also be used with a power car or a railcar. In a few cases, control cars were used with steam locomotives, especially in Germany and France.

    In the United States and Canada, cab cars are controlled cars similar to regular passenger cars, but with a full driver’s compartment built into one or both ends. They can be very similar to regular rail cars, to the point of including a gangway between cars so that they could be used in the middle of a passenger train as a regular car if necessary. -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • NERR 8572 GE B39-8

    Nashville and Eastern NERR 8572 GE B39-8 the local just crossed over Cumberland River and passing by the Nashville Pumping Station built in 1888 in Nashville, Tennessee on March 20, 2021.

    The Nashville and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark NERR) is a short line railroad which administers 137 miles of track between Nashville, Tennessee and Monterey, Tennessee, of which 130 miles are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.

    Nashville and Eastern was formed in the 1980s to reestablish freight service from Nashville to Lebanon and points east. The railroad currently extends to Monterey where it serves a large sand mining operation. The railroad provides freight shipping services to more than 30 companies. It also runs occasional passenger excursion trains from Nashville to Cookeville or Watertown in cooperation with the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville. The tracks that it operates were originally operated by the Tennessee Central Railway, which went out of business in 1968.

    The railroad is the home of the Music City Star commuter rail service between Nashville and Lebanon. Service began on September 18, 2006. The service is operated by the Regional Transportation Authority, Nashville’s public transportation agency.

    NERR has a subsidiary, the Nashville & Western Railroad Corp. (reporting mark NWR), ​that operates between Nashville and Ashland City on the former western end of the Tennessee Central.

    On November 5th, 2018, R.J. Corman Railroad Group announced that it had finalized an agreement to acquire both NERR and NWR as well as Transit Solution Group, operator of the Music City Star commuter trains. Pending regulatory approval, R. J. Corman is expected to take over operations in January 2019

  • NRTX 381 EMD F40PH

    Nashville Music City Star NRTX 381 EMD F40PH with the city in the background Music City Star is leaving Nashville, Tennessee on March 19, 2021.

  • NERR 8572 GE B39-8

    Nashville and Eastern NERR 8572 GE B39-8 the local just crossed over Cumberland River and passing by the Nashville Pumping Station built in 1888 in Nashville, Tennessee on March 19, 2021.

  • RJCC 3804 EMD GP38-3

    RJ Corman RJCC 3804 EMD GP38-3 Rebuilt local in Clarksville, Tennessee on February 23, 2021.

  • CSXT 5477 GE ES40DC

    CSX Transportation CSXT 5477 GE ES40DC with a northbound empty grain train V812-22 as Q513 just passed at Cedar Hill, Tennessee on February 23, 2021.

  • RJCC 3803 EMD GP38-3

    RJ Corman RJCC 3803 EMD GP38-3 Rebuilt spotting cars at Sanderson Pipe Corporation SPC in Clarksville, Tennessee on February 23, 2021.

  • CSXT 3203 GE ES44AH

    CSX Transportation CSXT 3203 GE ES44AH leading Q513 at Cedar Hill, Tennessee on February 23, 2021.

  • CSXT 3168 GE ES44AC-H

    CSX Transportation CSXT 3168 GE ES44AC-H leading N002 southbound at Red River Cut in Adams, Tennessee on February 23, 2021.