A ballast train rolls across the Cumberland River.

An outbound commuter train heads toward the suburbs with downtown Nashville in the background.

Coal at Kayne Ave.

The warm morning sun greets an outbound Music City Star commuter train.

Modern day railroading, big horsepower and high tech computers .

Q649 prepares to depart for Birmingham after a crew change at Kayne Avenue.

CSX Train Q649-26 departs Kayne Ave.

Note locomotive front relief on bridge support at the left; former Union Station (now a hotel) in the background

Inside the shop at Nashville, during a tour at the '93 L&N Historical Society annual convention.

T101 waits for a new crew at Kayne Avenue just after sunset.

With no Louisville crews rested, W069 is tied down on 98 Track just north of Kayne Avenue much to the dismay of the Yardmaster. The train is stopped at the clearance point but apparently the wron... (more)

Two Nashville & Eastern B23-7’s face off between assignments in Southern Junction Yard. Imagine the stories these two units could tell about their days working on the might Santa Fe.

One of three C40-8s in stealth paint exits the Cumberland River bridge. When I first saw these units in 1989, I thought they were 100% ugly. Amazing how 20 years and a skosh of yellow paint can... (more)

Q235 arrives at Kayne Avenue after a quick moving spring storm passed through, after a crew change Q235 will move on just as quickly as the spring storm.

Several former Santa Fe B23-7’s sit awaiting their next call of duty in Nashville & Eastern’s Southern Junction Yard.