Tennessee Central Railway Museum
Tennessee Central Railway Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Napier Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.
The story
The Tennessee Central Railway Museum (TCRM, reporting mark TCRX) is a railroad museum 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 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 locomotives 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.
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Wikidata Q7700031, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 293.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Napier Park: 0.3 mi
- Mildred Shute Minipark: 0.3 mi
- South Park: 0.7 mi
- Riverfront Park: 1.0 mi
- Dudley Park: 1.0 mi
- Fosters Hill: 1.2 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 1.3 mi
- Confederate Hill: 1.4 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.8 mi
- Meridian Hill: 1.8 mi
- Louise & Rebecca Dudley Park: 1.0 mi
- Timothy Demonbreun: 1.3 mi
- Fort Negley: 1.3 mi
- Fort Nashborough: 1.3 mi
- Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 1.4 mi
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: 1.2 mi
- The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe: 1.3 mi
- Charlie Daniels Museum: 1.3 mi
- George Jones Museum: 1.3 mi
- Adventure Science Center: 1.3 mi
- Jesus Statue: 0.9 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 1.1 mi
- Incline: 1.2 mi
- Threshold: 1.3 mi
- RONE: 1.3 mi
- Printers Alley: 1.5 mi
- Arcade Street: 1.6 mi
- Shelby Bottoms Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Compass: 2.0 mi
- Bell Carillon: 2.3 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 3.2 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 3.8 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 5.6 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 8.5 mi
- McCord Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Wray Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.4 mi
- Cheekwood: 8.2 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 14.4 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 8.6 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.0 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 20.9 mi
- Balthrop Park: 22.9 mi
- Swimming Area: 14.1 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 19.2 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 2.0 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Tennessee Central Railway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 159° | 370 m | 20.3 mi |
| Buteomont | S 170° | 368.8 m | 17.2 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SSE 165° | 367 m | 16.9 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 161° | 366 m | 17.5 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 163° | 365 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | S 173° | 361 m | 15.6 mi |
| McMahan Knob | S 176° | 355 m | 15.5 mi |
| Daddy Knob | S 170° | 353 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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