After a brief stop, ex-Texas & Pacific oil-burning 2-10-4 "Texas"-type number 610 continues eastbound toward Asheville, NC.

Exercising trackage rights, this southbound NS steam excursion is rolling down the KP Sub of CSX--the north end of the former Clinchfield. This is the return leg of a Kingsport, TN to Richlands, V... (more)

On a cool and cloudy morning, the Southern 630 with a load of passengers rolls through Windsor, VA with a westbound destination of Petersburg, VA. There it will reverse direction later this after... (more)

Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam special navigates an S curve just a short distance from its destination in Petersburg, VA.

Steam sure can draw a crowd! The 21st Century Steam excursion has just come to a stop in Petersburg, VA, and a horde has descended on the train for the chance to take pictures with the exotic beas... (more)

Ex-Southern Consolidation #630 leads a 21st Century Steam excursion on the return from Petersburg to Norfolk, Virginia along the ex-N&W mainline. The train is seen here passing through Waverly.

A rare event and great attraction for all ages today, the Southern 630 having left Petersburg enroute back to Norfolk, Virginia passes through the small town of Waverly. March 2013.

Except for the clothing and the cell phone, this could easily be the late '50s. A father and son absorb the moment as Southern 630 slowly moves along the platform at Bristol before boarding its pa... (more)

After making a quick service stop, No. 957 gets underway behind Southern 2-8-0 No. 630, while passing the classic N&W CPL's at Marion, Va., in beautiful afternoon light.

On a balmy morning, No. 630 charges through the hamlet of Marion, Va., pulling a Radford bound public excursion train, across NS' scene Pulaski District

Racing up Blue Ridge grade

At 12:45 PM EDT Ex-Southern #630, under a rain filled sky heads east past the historic Roanoke Shops enroute to Crewe & Norfolk for this coming weekends trips to Petersburg, VA. Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 630
Train ID: NS 956
Photo Date: March 18, 2013

Southern 630 leads a public excursion into a sharp S curve just outside Pulaski, Va., on a balmy afternoon while putting out a nice plume of smoke. The train is en-route to Radford from Bristol, a... (more)

Racing westbound down Blue Ridge grade near the famed Photographers Bridge