Southern (TVRM) 4501 leads a westbound 18 car excursion train through the rolling hills of Eastern Tennessee on a round trip from Bristol to Bulls Gap, TN.

Two fine examples of Southern Railway motive power lead the eastbound Radford Rambler on a spectacular June morning. Here we find SOU 4501 putting on a grand show as she storms through the scenic ... (more)

Southern 4501 gets loose on the mainline for the first time in nearly 21 years during a test run between Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN. Here we find her storming through Ooltewah at Edgemon Road a... (more)

Southern 4501 gets loose on the mainline for the first time in 21 years! Here we find her in the wind big time at Hickory Valley Road as she begins a short turn out to Cleveland, TN and back.

For the final “Summerville Steam Special” excursion of 2014, TVRM ran a doubleheader with engines 4501 and 630. The duo is seen here performing a photo run-by for the passengers just north of ... (more)

Southern Railway 4501 leads a TVRM Summerville (GA) excursion southbound out of Rossville, GA. The train has just passed the yard limit board and is climbing a steep hill here.

Climbing the grade out of Rossville, the 4501 leads one of TVRM's "Summerville Steam Special" excursions from Chattanooga, TN to Summerville, GA. The route is the former Central of Georgia C-line,... (more)

Southern 4501 takes a 9 car excursion train up the hill in Rossville heading to Summerville with the first Summerville Steam Special of the year.

Southern 4501 leads the first Summerville Steam Special through Rock Spring, GA on a very nice Fall day.

The first Summerville Steam Special of the season arrives in town being pulled by the newly restored Southern 2-8-2 4501.

Southern 4501 leads the first of the annual series of autumn “Summerville Steam Special” trips down the Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway. This was the first public excursion the locomotive pull... (more)

Southern 4501 pulls its first public Summerville Steam Special through the Chickamauga Battlefield.

Southern Face-Off Southern Railway #'s 630 and 4501 are readied for the day of railfest excursions.

Southern Railway #4501 coasts out of Missionary Ridge Tunnel on the final stretch into East Chattanooga.

Southern Sisters TVRM's two operable Southern steamers make for a beautiful sight as they stand side-by-side at Railfest. Yes 4501 is black.. where else can you find two operable ste... (more)