Indiana Railroad INRD 9001 EMD SD9043MAC leading a Hoosier Energy Merom train out of Bear Run Coal in Dugger, Indiana March 8, 2021.
Tag: Trains
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NERR 8572 GE B39-8
Nashville and Eastern NERR 8572 GE B39-8 the local just crossed over Cumberland River and passing by the Nashville Pumping Station built in 1888 in Nashville, Tennessee on March 20, 2021.
The Nashville and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark NERR) is a short line railroad which administers 137 miles of track between Nashville, Tennessee and Monterey, Tennessee, of which 130 miles are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Nashville and Eastern was formed in the 1980s to reestablish freight service from Nashville to Lebanon and points east. The railroad currently extends to Monterey where it serves a large sand mining operation. The railroad provides freight shipping services to more than 30 companies. It also runs occasional passenger excursion trains from Nashville to Cookeville or Watertown in cooperation with the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville. The tracks that it operates were originally operated by the Tennessee Central Railway, which went out of business in 1968.
The railroad is the home of the Music City Star commuter rail service between Nashville and Lebanon. Service began on September 18, 2006. The service is operated by the Regional Transportation Authority, Nashville’s public transportation agency.
NERR has a subsidiary, the Nashville & Western Railroad Corp. (reporting mark NWR), that operates between Nashville and Ashland City on the former western end of the Tennessee Central.
On November 5th, 2018, R.J. Corman Railroad Group announced that it had finalized an agreement to acquire both NERR and NWR as well as Transit Solution Group, operator of the Music City Star commuter trains. Pending regulatory approval, R. J. Corman is expected to take over operations in January 2019
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NRTX 381 EMD F40PH
Nashville Music City Star NRTX 381 EMD F40PH with the city in the background Music City Star is leaving Nashville, Tennessee on March 19, 2021.
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NERR 8572 GE B39-8
Nashville and Eastern NERR 8572 GE B39-8 the local just crossed over Cumberland River and passing by the Nashville Pumping Station built in 1888 in Nashville, Tennessee on March 19, 2021.
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CSXT 5228 GE ES40DC
CSX Transportation CSXT 5228 GE ES40DC is leading northbound Q502 on the CSX CE&D Subdivision in Patoka, Indiana on March 8, 2021.
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INRD 3001 EMD GP40-3
Indiana Railroad INRD 3001 EMD GP40-3 Rebuilt GP40 yard crew PAUT-3 stopped working to clear up on the main to let PAUT-1 into the yard from Robinson you can see to the lift in Palestine, Illinois on March 7, 2021.
The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).
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INRD 302 EMD Road Slug
Indiana Railroad INRD 302 EMD Road Slug from a GP40 PAUT-1 switching Hershey’s Chocolate plant in Robinson, Illinois on March 7, 2021.
Hershey Robinson, The original Heath candy store here is now a museum that celebrates the birth of the Heath Bar over 100 years ago. You can even still smell the delicious chocolate and caramel aromas across Robinson’s picturesque town square.
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NS 1057 EMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern, NS 1057 EMD SD70ACe leading NS 255 westbound Triple Crown Roadrailer that runs From Detroit to Kansas City to carry auto parts and there are only two running in the US, on the Layette Sub east of Tolono, Illinois on January 16, 2021.
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CSXT 971 GE ES44AC-H
CSX Transportation CSXT 971 GE ES44AC-H with a loaded coal train ready to leave Howell yard as an empty coal train pulls into the track next to it, in Evansville, Indiana on March 10, 2021.
The town of Howell was platted in 1885 along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and was named after Lee Howell, the local L&N freight agent. An L&N rail yard at Howell was completed in 1889. Most residents worked for the L&N. As of 1904, the town was a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to live. In 1915 or 1916, Evansville annexed Howell. From Wikipedia
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EVWR 3837 EMD GP39-2
Evansville Western Railway EVWR 3837 EMD GP39-2 moving through Howlle yard as a train is leaving in Evansville, Indiana on March 10, 2021.