The Tennessee Central Railway Museum (TCRM,
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accessed September 2009) is a
railroad museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate histori ...
located in
Nashville, Tennessee.
It is a small non-profit facility which is preserving the heritage of rail transport in Tennessee and the central South. The museum's name honors the former
Tennessee Central Railway
The Tennessee Central Railway was founded in 1884 as the Nashville and Knoxville Railroad by Alexander S. Crawford. It was an attempt to open up a rail route from the coal and minerals of East Tennessee to the markets of the midstate, a servic ...
.
The museum maintains a collection of historic rolling stock which it restores and uses for rail excursions in the area, both for fundraising and educational purposes.
It runs an all-volunteer
heritage railroad dedicated to preserving, restoring, interpreting, and operating historic railroad equipment. TCRM currently has nine diesel-electric
locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...
s and thirty other cars/engines.
Inside the freight depot where the museum is located, there are railroad artifacts and memorabilia, a gift shop, and a large room where model train layouts in
HO and
N scale are displayed.
See also
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List of heritage railroads in the United States
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List of transport museums
References
External links
Museum website
Museums in Nashville, Tennessee
Railroad museums in Tennessee
Heritage railroads in Tennessee
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