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bound work orders through a tablet.”
The long-time goal of the family company, however, is not
just industrial transport and technology development,
but access to the consumer market. “One potential line
of growth is commuter rail. We happen to have a com-
muter operation on the first thirty-two miles of our Nash-
ville Eastern Railroad corridor, run by the RTA (Regional
Transport Authority). The hope is to duplicate this on the
Nashville & Western line, as well as extend the rail line
across the plateau, thus connecting with a Class One in
Knoxville.”
Average companies have a difficult time adapting to new
technologies; even fewer are able to experience growth
and development during an economic slowdown; and
almost none can succeed when elements of an entire
industry are at risk of becoming extinct.
Suffice it to say that Nashville & Eastern is not your aver-
age company.
