Nashville and Eastern Railroad
Template:Short description Template:More sources Template:Infobox railThe Nashville and Eastern Railroad Template:Reporting mark is a shortline railroad which administers Template:Convert of track between Nashville and Monterey, Tennessee, of which Template:Convert are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Operations
The railroad currently extends to Monterey, where it serves a large sand mining operation. The railroad provides freight shipping services to more than 30 companies. It also runs occasional passenger excursion trains from Nashville to Cookeville or Watertown in cooperation with the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville.
The railroad is the home of the WeGo Star commuter rail service between Nashville and Lebanon. Service began on September 18, 2006. The service is operated by the Regional Transportation Authority, Nashville's public transportation agency.
NERR has a subsidiary, the Nashville & Western Railroad Corp. Template:Reporting mark,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> that operates between Nashville and Ashland City on the former western end of the Tennessee Central.
History
The Nashville and Eastern was formed in the 1980s to reestablish freight service from Nashville to Lebanon and points east. The tracks that it operates were originally operated by the Tennessee Central Railway, which went out of business in 1968.
On November 5, 2018, R.J. Corman Railroad Group announced that it had finalized an agreement to acquire both NERR and NWR as well as Transit Solution Group, operator of the WeGo Star commuter trains. Pending regulatory approval, R. J. Corman was expected to take over operations in January 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>