Southern 4501 is about to enter the Missionary Ridge tunnel as it heads west towards the TVRM restoration shop in East Chattanooga.

It was a fitting but unusually chilly night in North Carolina during the Polar Express runs this season. Thankfully, there was plenty of coal in the bucket for the stove. The Conductor and NCTM Tr... (more)

SR 34072 '257 Squadron' departs with the 1115 Loughborough - Leicester North during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala Weekend

SR 34072 '257 Squadron' heads a fitted freight past Kinchley Lane during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala Weekend

SR 34072 '257 Squadron' rounds the curve at Kinchley Lane with the 1445 Loughborough - Leicester North during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala Weekend

Rolling southward down the center of Hillsboro Street with white flags flying are Southern Railway GP38AC 2851 and Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5101, possibly NS train P41, pulling a southbound train o... (more)

Southern Railway 154 leads a Christmas Lantern Express by McWherther Park just outside the city limits of Knoxville.

Idling in the late afternoon sun, a common unit for years.

Southbound freight with a huge consist of 4-axle units. Remember those days?

Southern E8 #6900 slumbers at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The locomotive is fully operational but is not part of regular service at this time. Regardless, it is shown spending the ni... (more)

Crossing the SCL, ex ACL diamond the thru freight is making it's way west.

Rare to find a shot on an as-built SOU -2. Note the ā€œslickā€ roofline. SOU was the only major railroad and perhaps the only railroad to buy the -2s with oil bath air filters. After a very fe... (more)

Well into NS days but looking good this southbound rattles thru town. As i recall this was the first time we encountered a certain Mr. Wrinn, then a local reporter.

Somewhat later GP38-2 having been built with paper air filters after the wait-and-see Southern got onboard with that innovation.

Built with oil bath air filters in the mid-70s, by this date SOU had converted to paper filters as reflected by the modification.