Sold at foreclosure on Valentine’s Day in 1918, the Tennessee Railway never was a financial powerhouse[clarification needed]. In 1957, the railroad retired its last steam locomotive. In 1959, the first petition for abandonment was filed, but the coal business picked up and it was withdrawn. In 1973, with the railroad in receivership, the line became part of the 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 Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, coal mining operations in the area began to play out. By 2005, it appeared the Tennessee was again doomed when Southern Railway successor 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 inactive. In 2008, a company known as the New River Railway began operating passenger excursion trains over various parts of the line.[1][2]
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]
tennessee, railroad, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tennessee Railroad news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Tennessee Railroad reporting mark TENN was a short line standard gauge 4 ft 81 2 in common carrier railroad running from Oneida Tennessee to Fork Mountain Tennessee Reorganized in 1973 by the Southern Railway as the Tennessee Railway it remains a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Sold at foreclosure on Valentine s Day in 1918 the Tennessee Railway never was a financial powerhouse clarification needed In 1957 the railroad retired its last steam locomotive In 1959 the first petition for abandonment was filed but the coal business picked up and it was withdrawn In 1973 with the railroad in receivership the line became part of the 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 Wyoming s Powder River Basin coal mining operations in the area began to play out By 2005 it appeared the Tennessee was again doomed when Southern Railway successor 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 inactive In 2008 a company known as the New River Railway began operating passenger excursion trains over various parts of the line 1 2 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 Edit Railways portal The Tennessee is Tough Trains 1968 Various Surface Transportation Board filings 2005 Desert Rose Band Clips Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tennessee Railroad amp oldid 1042308535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
