Tennessee Railroad
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The Tennessee Railroad (
Norfolk Southern
.
Sold at
Southern Railway. In the years following, Southern upgraded the line with new ties and rail, daylighted the tunnel near Oneida, and streamlined operations to make the line an important feeder for coal
traffic.
As environmental regulations became stricter, and large low-sulfur coal reserves were discovered in
Norfolk Southern filed to abandon the line, but thanks to National Coal Corporation, the line was purchased with hopes that the coal mining industry would once again use this route. National Coal originally selected Watco to manage and operate the line, but only one train ran in 2006. Since then the line has been run by R.J. Corman. In 2008, a company known as the New River Railway began operating passenger excursion trains over various parts of the line.[1][2]
. By 2010, the New River Railway was shut down due to colliding with a hy-rail vehicle, and in 2013, the last train ran due to the Baldwin Prep Plant shutting down due to Environmental Violations. In 2023, R.J. Corman started the process to abandon the line, which was met with resistance by a group to save the railroad. Currently, a sale of the railroad for tourist/motorcar use is being discussed by the group and R.J. Corman.
In 1991, American country music band The Desert Rose Band filmed part of their music video for the single "You Can Go Home" at the Tennessee Railroad Museum.[3]
References
Railways portal
- ^ The Tennessee is Tough; Trains 1968
- ^ Various Surface Transportation Board filings, 2005
- ^ "Desert Rose Band - Clips".