NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Music City is a great place to watch trains.
The bridge along Broadway next to Union Station provides a perfect vantage point of the tracks leading to and from Radnor Yard in downtown Nashville. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad first built the yard, and today, city leaders are exploring whether the yard can be relocated and allow the tracks running through the heart of the city to be used by commuter trains.
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Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and The Travel Trolley.
Most people think of music when the topic turns to Nashville. Music City, USA, after all, is a great music destination. But, railfans need not be fooled. It is a great town for watching trains.
Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are awarding than $200,000 in competitive rail safety awareness grants to Operation Lifesaver programs in a dozen states.
On the evening of Oct. 2, 1926, motorman George Hogue threw on the brakes of Citizens’ Railway Co. streetcar No. 5 as it passed the crossing at Commerce and Tenth streets in Clarksville, Tennessee.