Nashville and Eastern Railroad
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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Lebanon, Tennessee |
| Reporting mark | NERR |
| Locale | Greater Nashville, Tennessee area |
| Dates of operation | 1986–2023 |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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| Website | www |
The Nashville and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark NERR) is a shortline railroad which administers 137 miles (220 km) of track between Nashville and Monterey, Tennessee, of which 130 miles (210 km) are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.
The 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 WeGo 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), [1] that operates between Nashville and Ashland City on the former western end of the Tennessee Central.
On November 5, 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 WeGo Star commuter trains. Pending regulatory approval, R. J. Corman was expected to take over operations in January 2019.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "NWR | The Nashville and Eastern Railroad Corp". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "R. J. Corman acquires two short lines, commuter-rail service". Progressive Railroading. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ^ Kyra Senese (2018-11-06). "R. J. Corman finalizes acquisitions". Railway Age. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ^ Jim Herrin (2018-11-06). "Nashville and Eastern Railroad Company to be sold". Herald-Citizen. Retrieved 2018-11-11.