Overview | |
---|---|
Headquarters | Shelbyville, Tennessee |
Reporting mark | WHOE |
Locale | Tennessee |
Dates of operation | 1985– |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark WHOE) is a 7.76-mile (12.49 km) short-line railroad that connects ShelbyvilletoCSX TransportationatWartrace, Tennessee, United States. It operates over a branch line completed in 1853 by the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, a Louisville and Nashville Railroad predecessor. After the Seaboard System Railroad abandoned the line in May 1985, the Bedford Railroad Authority (ofBedford County) bought the line and designated the WHOE to operate it.[1]