Depot: (
HAER;
3D Satellite)
Roundhouse: (
Satellite there used to be just tracks between 11th Ave. and today's
Cummins Station.)
(Update: there are several photos of this station in a
Nashville Railroad Album. There is a 1952 topo map that includes the yard for this station in
NC&StL Railyards.)
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HABS TENN,19-NASH,19--1
1. north side and west front - Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TNCultural Lens of Time posted this photo without attribution. [The description sounds like AI platitudes.] |
In the lower-right corner is a good view of the train shed.
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Linda J. Bordenave posted
Joe 'Sonny' Long shared
From another Facebook group. Please delete if this is a duplicate. Ca. January 1961, Looking north. David Jones: What city is this? What Facebook group did it come from? Dennis DeBruler: David Jones If you click the photo and then the "View post" link near the upper-right corner, you will see that it came from the Nashville History and Memories group. |
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Doug Roberts posted
January 1, 1977. Amtrak's Floridian stands ready at Nashville's Union Station for a trip south. Yes, it was very cold that morning! |
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David Kaplan commented on Doug's post
Less bright. |
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Jim Pearson Photography posted
Southbound Intermodal at Nashville, Tennessee CSX Q025-20 approaches Kayne Avenue, as it passes the old L&N Depot in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on its way south on the Nashville Terminal Subdivision on January 20th, 2021. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @70mm f/4, 1/1250, ISO 400. Had a biz trip there once. Sat in my car waiting for some traffic to flow by to take pictures reading a newspaper. I could see the homeless in the train shed move about. A CSX employee comes by and tells me to get off the property, I complied. I returned to NY and read how the train shed was burned down. Just maybe that employee should have paid more attention to the train shed activity. The old train station in the background is a boutique hotel now...absolutely gorgeous inside!! Jim Pearson Photography Thanks for including the former depot in the shot. It is always nice to learn of another depot that has been preserved. Any interior shots from your stay? |
He did a good job of avoiding the Interstate highway.
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Racer Rail Photos posted
The The Union Station Nashville Yards is a proud display along Broadway of Nashville’s architectural past and compliments the modern city skyline as CSX Train M500 scoots behind it. Copyright ©️Racer Rail Photos
Racer Rail Photos shared
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Ron Flanary posted
From the L&N Railroad Historical Society archives: This is an early '60s image of a southbound solid automobile rack train passing Nashville Union Station. Could you imagine carrying new autos in the open like this today? By the time they reached their destination, nothing would be left but the frames and owner's manuals.
Bob Freitag shared |
Was this L&N or
NC&StL?
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1 of 7 contemporary photos of the station posted by Jamie Elliott
Downtown Nashville: The L&N Union Station built 1900, the area where the train shed use to be, and random passenger cars between the station and post office and along the Cummins station building |
Bob Squaredancer
posted four photos with the comment: "Here was another stop along my 3 weeks on Amtrak. A stop at Nashville Union Station on the Floridian Northbound. This was coming to the end of the 3rd week. I'm heading to Chicago to catch the San Francisco Zephyr back to California. photos credit Greg Taggart."
Steve Hanson: Bob, it would have been helpful if you had put what year in the description. We really don't want people to get the impression that Nashville still has Amtrak service...although it should.
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Brenton Jones
posted two images with the comment:
A glimpse of the Gulch before it became The Gulch.
Long before sleek high-rises and trendy restaurants, this area was a hub of Nashville’s industry and commerce. Before the L&N Railroad moved its shops near 100 Oaks, this stretch pulsed with the energy of a working city.
That white warehouse on the right? That’s Cummins Station—still standing, still part of the city’s story.
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This map shows that L&N used to share the route by the Union Station with the
Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis. But it doesn't mark the roundhouse that was at the bend in 11th Avenue.
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| 1952/54 Nashville West Quad @ 24,000 |
Since the above map doesn't show the roundhouse, I got an older one. It shows a roundhouse.
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| 1932/32 Nashville Quad @ 62,500 |
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