Here's a sneak preview of the new Music City Star power. Former Amtrak 398 has been repainted and renumbered 121 for the new Nashville commuter operation.
CSXT 7512 waits to head south out of Radnor Yard.
The engineer gives a friendly wave as he and the recently repainted CSXT 4430 head toward Memphis.
Odd power for a Kentucky-Florida unit coal train. Note the scotchlite reflecting in the sunlight.
Nashville's Union Station, spotlighted in the evening sun, proudly overlooks another L&N survivor, CSX 1119. The station, opened in 1900, is now an upscale hotel.
CSXT 5903 backs a work train through Kayne Yard in Nashville.
Sitting in the storage/parts yard, this former Paducah & Louisville unit may have an uncertain future.
Restoration underway. Gotta love that light package!
The carbody paint is almost complete. The nose paint and some electrical work on the newly installed dyamic brake package and this unit will be in service.
Two generations of passenger motive power, both displaced by more modern diesels.
CSXT 8085 is about to head west out of Nashville.
Nashville & Eastern U30B 5343, Was CSXT 5343, built as C&O 8215 prepares to lead an excursion train out of the city.
Spirit of Nashville
