A fully loaded mixed freight comes into Kayne Ave from the South for a shift change, pulling hard out of the Gulch.

The historic Union Station and the beautiful downtown Nashville skyline provide a stunning backdrop for trains coming into town. Here a Southbound coal drag stops just shy of the Demonbreun Stree... (more)

On a blazing hot June afternoon, a work order train changes mains as it eases off the Chattanooga Sub and heads to Kayne Ave. This is the point where the Chattanooga Sub (to the left) and the S&N... (more)

Originally SCL, then SBD and now in stealth.

One of the strange and unusual, but not surprising find is this Nashville & Eastern former General Electric Leasing.(LMX) B39-8E number 8572 which is renumber into N&E 8573 once this unit was acqu... (more)

Nashville's only commuter train, The Music City Star, has finished its last run of the morning and is returning to home base in Lebanon.

Announced today, a new 501c(3) not-for-profit, the Nashville Steam Preservation Society, is seeking a lease with Metro Nashville Parks ... (more)

CSX SW1500 #1112 resting at Nashville, TN || March 1989

Power for a coal train backs through the switches north of Union Station.

Seaboard System SW1500 #1117 at Nasvhille, TN || March 1991

The last outbound Music City Star commuter train of the morning leaves downtown Nashville.

A pair of early geeps being ferried for local service trail the newer power on a southbound freight coming off the Evansville line and through the Amqui plant. That's the Louisville main off to t... (more)

Former Burlington Northern E9 No. 9912 faces former Bessemer and Lake Erie F7 No. 715 at Nashville’s Tennessee Central Railway Museum on a rainy May 9, 2014. To quote Neil Young, “Rust never s... (more)

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)