022523HickmanTNSpurlockLN-NE01
Nashville &amp; Eastern job NE01 rounds the curve at Spurlock Lane between Hickman and Brush Creek, TN on a rainy February 25, 2023. 

This job runs six days a week between a quarry at Gordonsville, TN and a Rogers Group facility in Nashville. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays usually see the train run as a turn between Lebanon and Gordonsville. The train runs on the Lebanon-Nashville segment of the line on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Traction motor issues with the 8531 forced the crew to tie the train down at Carthage Junction on Friday instead of continuing to Lebanon, thus the unusual Saturday run on this section of the line. Unfortunately those issues would arise again on Saturday, forcing the crew to tie the train down at Brush Creek and taxi back to the Lebanon shop to pick up a pair of relief motors. 

It is always a treat to catch the 8531 leading, as it is the lone motor wearing the NERR's original green and yellow color scheme. 
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