The Kayne Avenue yard job with a pair of SW1500 locomotives begins to put its train together for the journey north to industries along the Front Street Lead while L284 and Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)Locomotive: EMD SW1500Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USALocomotive #: CSXT 1119Train ID: CSX Y226Photo Date: October 29, 2011
A hot Q193 comes through Kayne Avenue on track 99 with another Dash 8 standard cab leaser on the point while the historic Nashville Union Station stands tall over the tracks.
With a fresh crew onboard, G120 makes its way through the interesting Fogg Street crossing with part of the Nashville skyline in the background while W940 sits back and awaits its turn to head sou... (more)
As it advances slowly out of the shadows, the Radnor yard hump engine pushes another cut of cars from the 13 track receiving yard and into the 56 track bowl classification yard at Radnor. Opened b... (more)
After a meet with auto rack train L284 on the north side of the river, B236 crosses over the Cumberland River Bridge with a load of coal as it heads into downtown for a quick change of crews befor... (more)
Originally built in 1898 and officially opened to the public on October 9th 1900, the late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture on Nashville’s Union Station provides a fitting backdrop for ... (more)
Lovable Leasers A pair of leaser locomotives set the scene in Nashville today as Q237 is brought towards the Kayne Avenue tower with a former Union Pacific Dash 8 in the lead while the th... (more)
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