The Tennessee Moonshine Sippin’ Excursion Train departs from the Tennessee Central Railway Museum (TCRX), which operates out of Nashville, TN, on June 12th, 2021 with downtown Nashville in the distance. Here we find L&N 405 leading the train as it passes the Nashville & Eastern Railroad where myself and fellow railfan Ryan Scott, of Steelrails, caught our first shots while chasing this train from Nashville to Watertown, TN and back, along the Nashville, and Eastern Railway line.
Once restoration is complete Nashville Steam’s Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway steam locomotive No. 576 will lead trains along this same route! The rest of the power in the consist was L&N F7B 715 & 719, plus TCRX E8A 6902 trailing which led on the return trip.
According to their website: The Tennessee Central Railway Museum is a volunteer, non-profit organization. Our mission is to preserve, restore, interpret, and operate historic railroad equipment to educate our guests about America’s railroads.
Since 1989, TCRM has been running passenger excursions from Nashville to points east such as Lebanon, Watertown, Baxter, Cookeville, and Monterey, Tennessee.