McMINNVILLE AREA SHORTLINES

The area around Interstate 24 between Chattanooga and Nashville is home to several shortlines, industrial units and displays.


ESTILL SPRINGS


Tyson Foods in Estill Springs, just south of Tullahoma, has a former Illinois Central Paducah built SW14.

TULLAHOMA


Saved for display, former L&N cab #1092 sports a fresh coat of paint and is certainly in good hands.

MANCHESTER


Former C&O 903181, a wide vision caboose, is now on display at the Arrowhead & Aerospace museum just off I-24.

McMINNVILLE

McMinnville, a former branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, is now the home of the Caney Fork & Western's shop complex. CF&W operates from a connection with the CSX at Tullahoma through McMinnville to Sparta, TN.


Caney Fork & Western


Current and previous unit rosters of the Caney Fork & Western.

WAR TRACE


The Walking Horse and Eastern, a sister operation to the Sequatchie Valley Railroad, operates from a connection with CSX at Wartrace to Shelbyville, TN.


An ex-Southern Railway NW2 provides freight service for customers on this former NCStL branch..
Passenger duty on the WHOE is assigned to FP7 #806, originally built as Milwaukee Road 90A, renumbered to MILW 60A and retired by MILW in May 1980.

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