A southbound Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Autumn Leaf excursion coming thru Lafayette Ga.

A southbound Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Autumn Leaf excursion near Lafayette Ga.

The Summerville Steam Special glides over the Cane Creek trestle south of LaFayette as the excursion closes in on the its destination.

Southern Railway #4501 passes Genesee and Wyoming's office and homemade semaphore signal at LaFayette. A nice crowd was on hand to witness the 1911 mikado pull the last Saturday in October trip.

The '01 leads its 9-car Summerville Steam Special train across the bridge over Cane Creek on a perfectly clear fall day.

4501 pops out of a tree tunnel and into the sun.

4501 pulls her train past an abandoned building in LaFayette.

4501 pulls her train through LaFayette as other railfans get their photos and videos.

The sun tries to peek through the clouds as Southern 4501 leads the excursion by the semaphore in Lafayette, GA.

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)

TVRM autumn leaf special rounds a curve near Lafayette.

The 4501 leads a TVRM excursion south down the Chattooga & Chickamauga as it rolls past Lafayette.

SOU 2-8-0 #630, a 1904 product of Alco, passes the LaFayette, GA depot and Mr. Soule's 1937 Chrysler Imperial.

The 108-year old Southern Railway Consolidation makes its way south through LaFayette, GA on the point of a TVRM Summerville Steam trip. With a beautiful fall day and plenty of color, a scene of t... (more)