Switching with Dash 8s: New engines on the Nashville & Western Railroad

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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2020
  • On August 21st, 2020, I visited Nashville, Tennessee in hopes of catching one of the Nashville & Western's classic B23-7s in action. Upon arrival to the NWR's engine facility along Herman Street, an employee told me that they had recently replaced their B23-7 fleet with 2 newer B20-8s from the Nashville & Eastern. He also said that RJ Corman recently had put the old locomotives for sale! I was disappointed when I heard the news, but I still took some photos and video of the parked B23-7s because they may not be there for much longer. I then headed over to Ashland City to see the new B20-8s in action. The units put on a show while switching at Bluegrass Drive and Thompson Road just east of town. Thanks for watching! Like what you see? Subscribe! Also make sure to check out my other social media pages!
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  • @CSXRailfanBrony-ChessieDayligh

    I have saw those two units two days ago. I usually saw those three B23-7's before their retirement. I'm lucky I got to see an U23B 3901 several times in the early and 2000's.

  • @tom-and-mom
    @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому

    SamLovesTrains, all 3 NWR B23-7s are now for sale!

  • @tom-and-mom
    @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому +1

    1:00
    All three B23-7s seen here are now for sale.

    • @tom-and-mom
      @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому +1

      0:30
      Crews are currently testing NWR B23-7 #3177...

  • @thomasmackowiak
    @thomasmackowiak 3 роки тому

    Real nice catch of the of the B23-7s parked in the yard. That was neat watching the B20-8s doing there switching chores. Thank you for sharing this video with us!

  • @DelayInBlockProductions
    @DelayInBlockProductions 3 роки тому +2

    Great video, Sam. It was so nice to meet you.

    • @SamLovesTrains
      @SamLovesTrains  3 роки тому

      Delay In Block Productions Thanks Drayton! It was great seeing you at Dalton. Hopefully we’ll meet again.

    • @tom-and-mom
      @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому +1

      Sad to see those 3 B23-7s leave the Nashville & Western RR… :(
      R.I.P. NWR #3177, NWR #4219, and NWR #4245
      A new era in North America is starting soon, with passenger carriers starting to replace their old fleet with newer SC-44 chargers from Siemens. Amtrak, on the Northeast Corridor, replaced their AEM-7 fleet with 70 ACS-64s from Siemens, while the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, also known as the 'SEPTA,' also replaced their AEM-7 fleet with newer ACS-64s from Siemens as well. With RJ Corman having to place all 3 NWR B23-7s (and the only diesels on NWR too) up for sale and sell them off to Progress Rail for scrap, the future of Nashville & Western are 2 newly-built B20-8 locomotives from the Nashville & Eastern RR. In order to finally replace the 3 B23-7s once-and-for-all on the NWR, NERR and RJ Corman worked together to build those 2 B20-8s at the Nashville, TN, shops and paint them in a CSX-inspired paint scheme with Nashville & Eastern lettering. The 2 forever units seen after the farewell to the 3 B23-7s are lettered for Nashville & Eastern, but are owned by Nashville & Western. Farewell NWR B23-7s, hello B20-8s from Nashville & Eastern (NERR).

  • @tomroise9426
    @tomroise9426 9 місяців тому +1

    Would love to see the industries they service???

  • @bigreed67
    @bigreed67 3 роки тому

    I photographed the 5938 tied down in the Nashville & Eastern's yard at Old Hickory, TN on August 2, 2020. This was definitely one of these two's first runs on the west side of town.

  • @jawtooth963
    @jawtooth963 3 роки тому

    Awesome video!

  • @StationRailfan
    @StationRailfan 3 роки тому

    Great video man!

  • @tom-and-mom
    @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому +1

    SamLovesTrains, what is the Nashville and Western Railroad?

  • @railfanningthecsx5170
    @railfanningthecsx5170 2 роки тому

    The conrail is still available on ozark mountain railcar

  • @RailBrothersProductions
    @RailBrothersProductions 3 роки тому +1

    Hopefully a railroad museum saves one of those locomotives.

  • @tom-and-mom
    @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому +1

    SamLovesTrains, what paint schemes are those 3 B23-7s?

  • @midmichiganemdrailfan.4187
    @midmichiganemdrailfan.4187 3 роки тому

    :::::::: how do you keep your light's flashing for a hour with out blowing.

  • @tom-and-mom
    @tom-and-mom 3 роки тому

    SamLovesTrains, what exactly happened to the Nashville & Western Railroad?

  • @bluegrassman3040
    @bluegrassman3040 3 роки тому

    Could you get a video of them using the swing bridge at Nashville?

    • @SamLovesTrains
      @SamLovesTrains  3 роки тому +1

      Bluegrass Boy I was hoping to, but once they left I could not find them again.

  • @Asillytrainboy2011
    @Asillytrainboy2011 7 місяців тому

    Its sad to see n&e go n

  • @Taaaarail
    @Taaaarail 3 роки тому

    What is the industry being switched?

    • @SamLovesTrains
      @SamLovesTrains  3 роки тому

      Taaaarail They were switching at Strategic Materials. 1035 Thompson Rd Ashland City, TN.

    • @VanderClay2
      @VanderClay2 3 роки тому +1

      @@SamLovesTrains my dad would get his tractor worked on at the (at the time) Sykes Truck Repair at this grade crossing. This would have been late 80’s. I saw some hopper cars being shoved to the industry via a front-end loader one day. Never will forget that. That industry dealt with crushed glass back then. Looks like it still does.

  • @darrelgibbs4898
    @darrelgibbs4898 3 роки тому +2

    Why can't this line come back Its year of 2020 It can still run not in the junkyard but doing its job get back to me on this Sam thankyou

  • @Meme-kw3yu
    @Meme-kw3yu 3 роки тому +1

    SamLovesTrains makes way better videos than A-Train4014 Productions

    • @SamLovesTrains
      @SamLovesTrains  3 роки тому

      Meme 69 Thanks, but A-Train4014 also makes some really cool videos.

    • @Meme-kw3yu
      @Meme-kw3yu 3 роки тому

      SamLovesTrains yes he does but he uses a phone and the quality bothers me