Trip to Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina - 6

Hi, We spent Tuesday, October 16 photographing the Tennessee Southern. This is a Patriot Rail operation located southwest of Nashville.

After spending the night in Columbia, TN we headed to the Railroad's HQ in Mt. Pleasant, TN. There we learned that there would be only one train that day and that the crew was working back in Columbia.

After some searching we finally got to the front of the train stopped at a grade crossing where a new crew was coming on duty. From the crews we learned that after some switching in Columbia (above and four below) the train would go to Mt. Pleasant where it would switch some more and then head for Lawrenceburg, TN where the crew would tie up after some more switching.

While the train slowly made its way to Mt. Pleasant we headed there for some roster shots. This neat paint scheme was the reason we included the Tennessee Southern in our itinerary (above and below). However, only on unit in this paint scheme was included in the train's power lash up.

After awhile we moved to the north end of town.

The only place to legally photograph the train the yard switching is a grade crossing at the south end.

Before the crew continued south they dropped two of their four units at the yard. Note that the blue units were all sub lettered for leasing companies.

At Summertown the train passed a unit that had been set out earlier (above and below).

The next stop was Ethridge (above and below).

Four cars were delivered to customers in Lawrenceburg before the crew tied up for the day (above and three below).

Thanks for looking.