Southern Railway 2-8-0 154 was built in 1890 by Schenectady Locomotive Works for the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway as ETV&G 466. Four years later, that railroad merged with the Ric... (more)

Steam crew is in a shoving move on the Norfolk Southern main in Salisbury, North Carolina on a day when passenger excursions were being run out of the North Carolina Transportation Museum to nearb... (more)

Southern 154 leading the Three Rivers Rambler through Knoxville on the Knoxville & Holston River Railroad

She may have a lot of miles on her, but she's still both beautiful and up to the job. Here Southern 630 is seen pulling a passenger special in Salisbury, North Carolina in Aril of 2013.

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F3A 4134, F3B 4329, F7B 4402 and F7A 4185 at Southern's Inman yard, Atlanta, GA. To accommodate a 1225 gallon water tank, Southern relocated the air tanks to the roofs of several F3As, including... (more)

GP18 and GP35 team-up to power the westbound local. GP18 178 was the last diesel put into service by an independent CofG before the Southern takeover in June 1963.

During the mid-1950s, cab units ruled Southern's main line as seen in this November 1955 view near Austell, Georgia with Train 153 rolling east with a quartet of F7s in charge. Photo by R.D. Sha... (more)

Southern Railway F3A 6110, built in May 1947, is looking good as it leads a freight near Chattanooga Tennessee on June 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

TVRM locomotives lined up at the Soule shops.

I had just completed the southbound excursion behind N&W's 1218 to Chattanooga from Lexington Kentucky. Soon the 1218 will be removed for preparation for the northbound run back the next day. Two ... (more)

Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 brings the last TVRM Summerville Special of 2023 north during a photo run-by at Rock Spring, GA. My dad and I spent most of our time riding in the vestibule that day e... (more)

It was a photographer's special steam run back in August of 2007, but this little critter was on the end of the train to pull it back to Knoxville. Railroad Pictures Archive tells me she was built... (more)

377442 arriving at Lewes.

Class 313 near Newhaven.

A Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam Excursion, lead by 4501, arrives at Radford Virginia. The trip originated in Bristol Tennessee.