L&N 2768 and another U23B start south with an intermodal train back in a time when trailers were still more common than containers. Don't usually think of U23Bs as best choice for this sort of se... (more)

L&N 3005 sits at the head of its train at the south end of Union Station's trainshed. As passenger service shrank, L&N used the trackage around Union Station more and more to accommodate freight ... (more)

As the parties in Nashville begin, a long night for the new crew of L025 begins as well. With two CSX AC6000CWs and an HLCX SD40-2 for power, the train switches crews at Kayne Tower in downtown Na... (more)

NERR 573, a former BNSF Dash 8 sits idle in the yard on a hot July afternoon. 573 is joined on the NERR by other former BNSF power that sits in the background as the skyline of Music City looks on... (more)

A coal train cools its heels as the Floridian pulls away from Union Station.

Passing under the clock tower for Nashville Union Station, E01511 struggles out of the gulch at South End. CN assigned this solo leaser SD40-2 to 103 empty CSXT bathtub gons from Chicago, IL/CN t... (more)

L&N diesels await the call on a hazy summer afternoon in Nashville.

To deal with a late-1970s power crunch, L&N leased a big group of CN GPs and SD40s. This visitor to Music City is fronting a coal train.

Nashville & Western 3901 awaiting its next assignment || May 2006

Looking north towards the long gone train shed, this is the view of Nashville Union Station that approaching trains came at. The station is now a museum.

I think an "Arial" Category may be in order for the future. Just a recommendation

A Bedford Park to Jacksonville train stops at Kayne Avenue Tower in downtown Nashville with Union Station in the background.

A former B&LE F7 sits at the end of a string of equipment awaiting restoration at the Tennessee Central Railway Musuem in Nashville.