Dating back to 1900, the Union Station Train Shed was 250 feet by 500 feet and could hold up to ten full-length trains. Under gabled roof and lined with lancet and stained-glass windows, passengers and freight loaded and unloaded inside. The station ran the Louisville and Nashville line (L&N), and the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Line (NC&StL). The last train left the station in 1978. The station and train shed became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The train shed was damaged in a 1996 fire and ultimately demolished in 2001. Its National Historic Landmark status was removed in 2003. Both were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
Union Station Train Shed
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Description
Dating back to 1900, the Union Station Train Shed was 250 feet by 500 feet and could hold up to ten full-length trains. Under gabled roof and lined with lancet and stained-glass windows, passengers and freight loaded and unloaded inside. The station ran the Louisville and Nashville line (L&N), and the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Line (NC&StL). The last train left the station in 1978. The station and train shed became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The train shed was damaged in a 1996 fire and ultimately demolished in 2001. Its National Historic Landmark status was removed in 2003. Both were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.