Music City Star Cab Ride - HD Version - Nashville & Eastern Railroad

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  • čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
  • This has been uploaded before, but that version wasn't HD.
    The Music City Star, the commuter railroad in Middle Tennessee, runs a special train on Independence Day. The train leaves Lebanon, with additional stops in Martha, Mt. Juliet. Hermitage and Donelson, taking passengers to downtown Nashville for July Fourth festivities. Thirty minutes after the fireworks end the train departs Riverfront Station, returning passengers to the other commuter stations. Riding the train allows celebrants to avoid the hassle of parking in downtown Nashville and the heavy holiday traffic. Riverfront Station is in the middle of the holiday activities. This special train operated with two F40 locomotives and seven gallery cars, operating in push-pull mode. (Normal commuter trains on this line operate with one locomotive and three or four cars.) The video was shot from a cab control car running into Nashville. The video shows the entire trip, with only the pauses at each station to load passengers shortened. The video shows what the engineer sees, except that the camera is a little lower than the cab. This line was originally the Tennessee Central Railway, and later this section was part of the L&N. The Music City Star offers regular commuter train service on this route on the Nashville and Eastern Railroad.
    0:00 Music City Star Maintenance Facility
    3:30 NERR Yard and Shop
    7:10 Tennessee Central Lebanon Depot
    8:55 Lebanon Station
    23:00 Highway 70 Overpass (Old TC Alignment on Left)
    23:45 Martha Station
    34:40 Mt. Juliet Station
    37:10 Division Street (on left) is where the NC&StL Lebanon Branch ran
    43:30 Hermitage Station
    48:00 Old Hickory Branch (on left)
    48:35 Stones River
    50:25 Siding where the inbound and outbound trains pass
    51:15 Donelson Station (Train moves one extra time for handicapped boarding)
    54:40 Unused Passenger Platform
    57:40 Briley Parkway
    59:10 Mill Creek
    1:01:00 CSX Bridge Over Cumberland River and Shelby Park
    1:01:10 Nashville Water Works
    1:03:25 Southern Junction Wye (off of track on left)
    1:03:50 NERR Yard
    1:04:15 Tennessee Central Railway Museum
    1:04:35 Interstate 24
    1:05:45 Korean Veterans Boulevard Bridge over the Cumberland River
    1:07:10 Pedestrian Bridge over the Cumberland River
    1:07:40 Riverfront Station Nashville
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Komentáře • 109

  • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043

    What a lovely ride! Thanks for having me along.

  • @slycat1939
    @slycat1939 Před 6 lety +4

    Excellent video. Use to live in Brownsville Tennessee. Sure miss that beautiful country side. Loved living in the country then. A very nice trip. Thanks for sharing. Safe travels ahead. God bless.

  • @simflier8298
    @simflier8298 Před 5 lety +3

    Beautiful day for a cab ride

  • @MrFlagg9872
    @MrFlagg9872 Před 7 lety +4

    I live in lebanon, really close to the train station actually. I watched this vid, and the old one before any time im sick of winter, and want to remember what its like to have some green again.

  • @hoosierhobbies
    @hoosierhobbies Před 5 lety +3

    Brilliant video! I am researching the line for a railfan expedition in August, and this answered every question I had. Bravo!

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety +2

      Glad I could help!
      There is a Friends of the Nashville & Eastern group on Facebook that may also help.
      Since this is now an RJ Corman line things will be changing some.

    • @hoosierhobbies
      @hoosierhobbies Před 5 lety +3

      @@CameraBryan Thank you! I founded the L&N Historical Society in 1982, so for you to show me new things is really saying how good your video is!

  • @rubyait
    @rubyait Před 2 lety +1

    Nice. Ideo. Thanks.

  • @marryannlamb9853
    @marryannlamb9853 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome video . Thanks for the view . Have a blessed day.

  • @susiejohnson8235
    @susiejohnson8235 Před 4 lety +2

    Good job Bryan tuner I enjoy the scenery more please!!!

  • @Mike-tg7dj
    @Mike-tg7dj Před rokem +1

    I live here and wonder who I'd have to bribe to get to take that ride from that view point!

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před rokem

      If you ride one of the westbound commuter trains (Lebanon to Nashville) and get in the western car there is a window on the door that gives you this view.

  • @SwitchTrack1990
    @SwitchTrack1990 Před 8 lety +9

    Lots of quiet crossings

  • @pewpmanjim70
    @pewpmanjim70 Před 8 lety +1

    Now that previous version, was NOT what a train ride video looks like....THIS one here IS!

  • @markcinque3683
    @markcinque3683 Před 8 lety +4

    Man i love that horn,now that's the spirit of Railroading 😄

  • @saberstash3844
    @saberstash3844 Před 8 lety +6

    Are the Amtrak Hi-Levels going to be used anytime soon? That would be cool

  • @TheGospelQuartetParadise
    @TheGospelQuartetParadise Před 5 lety +2

    I have one question... Why did the engineer blow the horn at most railroad crossings, but not at others. In California, in the rich folks neighborhoods, the trains are prohibited from blowing their horns or bells.... But, that does not seem to be the case in this video.

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety +1

      Some of the crossings are quiet crossings, with gates designed to keep people from driving around them. They don't blow at these unless there is an emergency.

  • @kdentertainment2002
    @kdentertainment2002 Před 7 lety +4

    MCS ever hire? Conductor here from KY, we may be 'slipped' within the decade, and myself & Lisa love Nash town so i may have to keep a open ear! Good job on video, never seen this one.

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 7 lety +2

      I don't know if they have much turnover. There's also the Nashville and Eastern, which is the shortline the Star operates on; they also operate the Nashville and Western.

    • @anthonyprince1842
      @anthonyprince1842 Před 7 lety

      Kyle Evans I have one question. How fast can a Train can Gooooo. must of the time I seen the poles that hold like a power line hold Red light. what does the Red light, yellow one, green light means on railroad

  • @LandNfan
    @LandNfan Před 6 lety

    What’s with blowing through all those crossings without the horn? Are those designated quiet zones?

  • @stampycatfan01lol
    @stampycatfan01lol Před 7 lety +6

    How did you get permission to film this angle?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 7 lety +5

      They knew me well so when I asked to do this I was given permission. I wasn't with the camera. It was started before the train departed and left to run.

  • @pcmusicradio4198
    @pcmusicradio4198 Před 8 lety +6

    Thanks for posting the great video, Bryan. The train slowed down quite a bit in the general area of 27:00 - 30:00, where the tracks seemed a bit worn out, and there were railroad ties all over. Is that portion being repaired??

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 8 lety +2

      +PC Music Radio Yes, tie and roadbed work is being done there so there is a slow order.

    • @jimlove8144
      @jimlove8144 Před 6 lety

      This route is apparently successful, so why don’t you have new trains run from Columbia Tennessee up to Nashville? They are scads of people that live in Lawrence in Murray County that work in Nashville. Also you should update your equipment, take a look at Florida’s bright lines

    • @charley420
      @charley420 Před 6 lety

      My understanding is the lack of available trackage and lack of feasibility in constructing new trackage. Columbia, Murfreesboro, Franklin, and Clarksville would all benefit from a commuter rail service in terms of distance and need, and the routes could be inherently profitable. However, the stretch of track used for Lebanon is owned by a small railroad with reasonable track usage fees, and little to no other traffic to congest the tracks. But the tracks going to many other towns, especially Murfreesboro, are owned by CSX with much higher track usage fees and so much freight traffic that delays would be rampant and the route would struggle to make money. Additionally, these routes have either difficult terrain, large amounts of development, or both meaning that building dedicated track would be insanely expensive.

  • @longreach207
    @longreach207 Před 7 lety +3

    Birdie at 14:09 WINS RACE! Nice job.

  • @diegopacheco3314
    @diegopacheco3314 Před 2 lety +1

    We're those old dessil switchers I saw still in use

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 2 lety

      The museum has a couple of switchers. The gray one is being restored. The black one lettered Tennessee Central is regularly used shuffling cars at the museum.

  • @shauntakata1762
    @shauntakata1762 Před rokem +1

    Are those superliners going to be used to expand services in the future?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před rokem

      The Amtrak Superliners were sold after this video was made, and have left the NERR.

  • @Robbi496
    @Robbi496 Před 7 lety +1

    Why were those Amtrak Cars parked at the station, as they on display or are they former Amtrak cars?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 7 lety +4

      The cars with the Amtrak paint at the start are cars that were purchased to use when the Star needs more cars. They are just being stored.
      At about 64 minutes the cars are ones that haven't been restored yet at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum.

    • @Robbi496
      @Robbi496 Před 7 lety

      Thank you!

  • @mikebutler3263
    @mikebutler3263 Před 6 lety +2

    What was the destination please ?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 6 lety +1

      Nashville, Tennessee (Riverfront Station)

  • @rc4lifebnsf
    @rc4lifebnsf Před 5 lety +4

    Why do those Amtrak cars have the old paint scheme?

    • @YaBoiKnox
      @YaBoiKnox Před 5 lety +2

      The railcars are ex metra cars. The locomotives are ex amtrak

  • @johnred1
    @johnred1 Před rokem +1

    Does that bell have to ring constantly?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před rokem

      Lawyers would have a field day if you hit a pedestrian and the bell wasn't ringing.

  • @Rlotpir1972
    @Rlotpir1972 Před rokem +1

    I wonder WHERE they purchase their tickets to ride this train.

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před rokem

      www.wegotransit.com/ride/transit-services/train/

  • @anthonyprince1842
    @anthonyprince1842 Před 7 lety

    wish it would have a train ride through Winder Georgia to Hollywood CA. very fund to senery

  • @TheTrainStationinc
    @TheTrainStationinc Před 8 lety

    The crossing gate at 7:26 didn't lower. Hard to tell but looks like one on right was down.

  • @shannongreenwell1278
    @shannongreenwell1278 Před 2 lety +1

    Does the train go by schools?If so do they blow their horn or is that a quiet zone? Gotta joke about trains: what does a train that has a cold sound like, Achoo- choo

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 2 lety +1

      This railroad has quite a few quiet zones, but to make a crossing a quiet zone the local government has to spend quite a bit of money improving the crossing. On this line there are schools near crossings that aren't quite crossings, and by law the train have to use the horns.

  • @ElliottWolcott
    @ElliottWolcott Před 5 lety +1

    Nice video. Were you working for them?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety

      Sort of - the museum in Nashville has people work on this special train since it's much larger than normal trains and most of the passengers don't normally ride it.

    • @ElliottWolcott
      @ElliottWolcott Před 5 lety +1

      CameraBryan Your welcome. Were you driving this train?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety

      No. I'm not certified as an engineer so I can't operate a locomotive. I was working in the coach.

    • @ElliottWolcott
      @ElliottWolcott Před 5 lety

      CameraBryan Were you riding it?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety

      Downtown Nashville - Riverfront Station

  • @robertgift
    @robertgift Před 8 lety +1

    Well done, informative, fun video, CameraBryan! Thank you. 7:30 What is wrong with left gate? (still up)
    32:29 Horn for no crossing?

  • @milfordweeks9994
    @milfordweeks9994 Před 6 lety +1

    Why does several crossings NOT get the horn? Isn't it law to hit that horn at all crossings?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 6 lety +1

      There are quiet crossings on the line where they aren't allowed to use the horn except for emergencies.

    • @TheGospelQuartetParadise
      @TheGospelQuartetParadise Před 5 lety

      @@CameraBryan I could understand that, but it seems odd that the quiet zones would be in the boondocks.

  • @robertgift
    @robertgift Před 5 lety +1

    At *QUIET ZONE* grade crossings, the horn is not _required_ . The crossing must have mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* and gates and, I believe, bells. Some have four-quadrant gates and median barriers to keep drivers from driving intopposing lanes to beathe descending "outbound" gates, which close after the "inbound" gates have closed.)
    Buthengineer may sound the horn anytime deemed necessary, including approaching Quiet Zone crossings.

  • @mesenteria
    @mesenteria Před 5 lety +2

    Driver missed blowing a crossing at 18:00 where there was no apparent gate.

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety +1

      The crossing at 18:29 is a quiet crossing. You have to look quickly to see the gates, and it has lane dividers. There are several quiet crossings on this line.

    • @hornshowrailfan2554
      @hornshowrailfan2554 Před rokem

      @@CameraBryan No he is correct. If any mechanism is damaged they are supposed to stop and blow for it. That overides the quiet zone.

  • @SteveScotsman
    @SteveScotsman Před 4 lety +1

    Wait is this train on Amtrak or what cause I see a ton of old amtrak stuff but yet I've never heard of a line in Nashville

    • @SteveScotsman
      @SteveScotsman Před 4 lety +1

      Nvm I'm stupid it just looks like Amtrak equipment

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 4 lety +1

      There is some ex-Amtrak equipment at the museum. There were also some early
      Superliners in the yard in Lebanon, but they're gone now.

    • @SteveScotsman
      @SteveScotsman Před 4 lety +1

      @@CameraBryan see that's what threw me off. However amtrak might be coming back to Nashville

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 4 lety

      There is almost no chance of that happening in the foreseeable future. Some consultants may make money every few years re-studying the previous studies, but that just kicks the can down the road.
      There was a slim chance of something happening when Megan Barry was mayor, but she quickly let it be known that Nashville was against getting Amtrak because it might draw attention away from her boondoggles (which in addition to killing hope for Amtrak also insured that there will not be significant growth in rail transit in Nashville for a generation).
      If Nashville hadn't lost The Floridian during Jimmy Carter's massacre of long distance trains it probably would have lasted in to Ronald Reagan's appointment of Graham Claytor, which probably would have kept passenger trains in Nashville for a long time.

    • @SteveScotsman
      @SteveScotsman Před 4 lety

      @@CameraBryan Well maybe the L&N should reopen. Kentucky and Tennessee have a horrible lack of passenger services. I think Amtrak should go and privately owned state railraods should open for passengers.

  • @JCZ2601NL
    @JCZ2601NL Před rokem +1

    🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄👍👍👍👍👍🇳🇱🍀

  • @thehusketeers4319
    @thehusketeers4319 Před 4 lety +1

    Its Trolley Tom.

  • @kiciwst5761
    @kiciwst5761 Před 3 lety

    what a literally sonorous travel, never in Japan

  • @bbsl1967
    @bbsl1967 Před 6 lety +1

    Why whistle at some crossings and then blow straight through others without a whistle? . .

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 6 lety +2

      Some are quiet crossings that are designed to not require the horn.

    • @FlawedCoil82
      @FlawedCoil82 Před 6 lety

      You asked the exact same question I was going to. I thought trains had to sound the horn at all crossings. That's why I never looked before when going across ungated crossings if I didn't hear a horn. Oops! Watching several of these videos, I have picked up that it's typically 4 horn blows (two long, one short, one long). Do the signals tell you when you have to start sounding the horn or does that get triggered inside the cab by sensors or what?

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 6 lety +2

      It's based on time before entering the crossing, which depends on speed and distance from the crossing. It's triggered by the engineer (pulling a rope, moving a lever or pressing a button).

    • @garywoods8238
      @garywoods8238 Před 6 lety

      Speed and distance determines where you start to blow. Most crossing are blown, period. Exceptions are for city ordinances, private crossing that more than likely not display a whistle board. If a whistle board is present and the speed is 45mph or greater you start at the whistle board. If your under 44 and under you start 15 seconds before the leading end starts over the crossing. Some areas are bell only to warn of a train approaching. Hope this helps. 20 year engineer with class 1 rr.

  • @dirkkaden6232
    @dirkkaden6232 Před 5 lety

    Warum Leutet immer die Glocke bei der lok
    Why is it always bell at the lok

    • @SynchroScore
      @SynchroScore Před rokem

      This is a push-pull train with the locomotive at the rear, so it's very quiet when it's coming toward somebody. The bell is for added safety.

  • @djp6191
    @djp6191 Před 3 lety

    There is a God. And he has inspired us, given us the intelligence to do these kinds of things...
    Do ya'll see squirrels or dogs building machines or making medicine????

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 Před 4 lety

    7:30 doesn’t look like the gates went down

  • @stappie45
    @stappie45 Před 6 lety

    waarom is bij die amerikaanse treinen altijd zo een verschrikkelijke pokkenherrie/

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 Před 5 lety

    Track looks like it should have been ripped up in 1930.

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 5 lety +2

      The main is Class Three track, with passenger speeds of 59.

  • @franciscohernandez7888

    .

  • @maksvile
    @maksvile Před 7 lety

    невозможно слушать этот колокол.

  • @protectorofillinois3
    @protectorofillinois3 Před 8 lety +4

    UGH! THOSE DAMN ANNOYING SOUNDS OF THE BELLS AND HONKING THO!

  • @TaylorMMontgomery
    @TaylorMMontgomery Před 7 lety

    turn your bell off bro

  • @paultoghill7492
    @paultoghill7492 Před 8 lety

    Is there any reason for the continual horn? So annoying I had to stop watching it. Here in the UK one blast on the horn at level crossings is sufficient.

    • @CameraBryan
      @CameraBryan  Před 8 lety

      +Dj DaddyPaul The legal system in the U.S. is the reason for all of the noise. There are lots of state and local laws that mandate blowing before a certain distance, and continuing to blow until the crossing is entered. Also, there can be civil liability if the train strikes a car or pedestrian if the train isn't blowing the horn even if the driver or pedestrian is obviously at fault. I once read about a smaller railroad in the late steam locomotive era that had to pay damages to a driver that ignored the train's horn and the crossing signs because it was shown in court that the bell on the train wasn't also ringing! (The railroad's response was to modify all of their locomotives so that the bell was connected to the throttle so that if the locomotive was moving the bell was ringing.

    • @GABRIELADAWSON
      @GABRIELADAWSON Před 8 lety

      +CameraBryan Wow that Really goes to show How Retarded our Justice System is.Even if you're NOT at Fault you STILL pay the price for something you DIDN'T cause.......Figures..

    • @Rebel9668
      @Rebel9668 Před 7 lety +1

      mute the sound, stream some music and watch it that way, lol. Still get all the scenery and none of the annoyance.

    • @GABRIELADAWSON
      @GABRIELADAWSON Před 7 lety

      +CameraBryan And it's not like that out here in New Jersey The South has some shitty railroad Laws.

    • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043
      @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 Před 6 lety

      Paul Toghill listen to music and turn your sound down. I didn't even know there was a horn until I read the comments.

  • @jameshowitt2463
    @jameshowitt2463 Před 5 lety +1

    Noise pollution from the horn

    • @SynchroScore
      @SynchroScore Před rokem

      Well, if people didn't ignore grade crossings, the horn wouldn't be needed, but it is required.

  • @djp6191
    @djp6191 Před 3 lety +1

    Too much with the horn