Music City Star Cab Ride - Entire Route, Lebanon to Nashville - Nashville & Eastern RR - 2018

Ride the Music City Star and see what the engineer sees on the entire route.

Note: Many of the public and private crossing on this line are quiet crossings so the engineer will not routinely use the horn or bell at these crossings.

This is the special train operated every year on July 4th, taking people downtown to see Nashville's fireworks, with help from Tennessee Central Railway Museum volunteers. This train is longer than most Star trains (two locomotives and eight cars instead of the normal single locomotive with three or four cars) so at some stations the cab car goes much farther than normal.

It was very hot that day so there was a speed restriction, which means this Star is running a little slower than normal.

0:01 Music City Star Facility
5:00 Nashville & Eastern Railroad Shop/Office
8:22 Trompe-l'œil Painting of Trail (left), Tennessee Central Depot (right)
9:50 Lebanon Music City Star Station
18:50 Hamilton Station - New Music City Star Station Not in Service Yet
25:00 Martha Music City Star Station
35:25 Mt. Juliet Music City Star Station
37:50 Old NC&StL Railroad Lebanon Branch Right of Way, Now a Road (left)
45:20 Hermitage Music City Star Station
51:05 Old Hickory Branch (right)
51:45 Stones River
54:15 Donelson Music City Star Station
58:35 Briley Parkway
1:02:15 CSX (L&N) Bridge and Nashville Water Works
1:04:40 Southern Junction
1:05:20 Tennessee Central Railway Museum (not visible, left)
1:08:15 Nashville Riverfront Music City Star Station

The Music City Star operates on the Nashville & Eastern Railroad, which also hosts Tennessee Central Railway Museum excursions. The NERR was the portion of the Tennessee Central Railway originally operated by L&N after the TC bankruptcy in 1968.

2025 Update - The Music City Star is now branded as WeGo Star. The NERR is now operated by R.J. Corman.

July 4, 2018

©2018 Bryan Turner

©2018 Bryan Turner