It has been 16 years since the face of Southern Railway Steam, ran the high iron pulling railfans alike throughout the Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern System for nearly 48 years. Today South... (more)

Southern 2-8-0 #630 and 2-8-2 #4501 simmers side by side in the sunset at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Soule Shops in Chattanooga, TN, the evening prior to TVRM's "Railfest". Pho... (more)

4501 backs out of the Soule Shops Thursday night.

Southern Railway 4501 returned to life today, as sister 630 looks on.

Southbound 4501, headed for Kingsport.

There are those events to which we can look back and say "I'm glad I was there". This was such an event. "We don't need no stinking diesels!" Up the steepest mainline grade... (more)

Southern 4501 highballs Columbia for the NRHS Convention in Charleston. The old Union Station, now a restaurant, is seen in the distance. The wye tracks the train is riding over have been pulled... (more)

SOU 4501 takes coal while stopped in front of the old Union Station. The train is enroute to the 1970 NRHS Convention in Charleston. Today this building is a California Dreaming restaurant, situ... (more)

Always cognizant of railfans’ love of steam locomotives, Southern Ry’s. famous 2-8-2 4501 single-handedly took enthusiasts upgrade out of Bristol, Virginia on June 15, 1985, under a former N&W... (more)

Southern 4501 trails the 722 on this run of the Carolina Special as part of the 1970 NRHS Convention, held in Charleston celebrating 140 years of railroading there. The train is about to duck und... (more)

Southern 4501 rolls into Dayton, TN with an excursion on a gorgeous fall day. Dayton is famous as the location of the Scopes trial in 1925 about the teaching of evolution. The railroad is Souther... (more)

Southern 4501 heads into bright afternoon sun just north of Atlanta. The Southern then and Norfolk Southern now enter double track from single at this point.

Southern 4501 is really rolling through Alto on the excellent Southern main line.

Many locals have turned out to see Southern 4501 roll through Westminster with an excursion for Atlanta. This was a two day, one way ferry move from Winston-Salem, NC through Greenville, SC to Atl... (more)

The SOU 4501 heads east through Pittsburgh over the Pittsburgh and West Virginia enroute home rails at Strasburg, Virginia via the P&WV, WM, and N&W. The milepost would put this at West Liberty. T... (more)