Announced today, a new 501c(3) not-for-profit, the Nashville Steam Preservation Society, is seeking a lease with Metro Nashville Parks ... (more)

The night was claim and cold in the small town of Cowan, TN. Which give us a moment to take an advantage of getting a shot of this almost 66 year old GE 44 Tonner N.C&St.L 100 which is on static d... (more)

On this bitter cold morning TVRM #100 Missionary Ridge Local is being led by a familiar face that has been absent from this section of railroad since 2004, Its the restore Nashville Chattanooga & ... (more)

Soaking up the sun with an almost bleach red and yellow look NCSL 710 is back in Chattanooga after sending several year of its service in Etowah,TN. NCSL 710 started its life as what it was restor... (more)

NC&StL 710 pulled the Missionary Ridge Local trips at the Tennessee Valley RR Museum in Chattanooga this weekend. Here the train is crossing Chickamauga Creek.

Dixieland Delight One of the many neat railroad treats one can find in the Music City is the last surviving NC&StL steam jack built by Alco in 1942. This massive class J3 4-8-4 beauty loo... (more)

NC&StL F7A-B #831 on train the 'Dixie Flyer' at Whiteside, Tennessee on August 2, 1954. After nearly 60 years of control, parent Louisville & Nashville merged the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Loui... (more)

On display at Centennial Park in downtown Nashville is the last surviving NC&StL steam locomotive, the 576. This semi-streamlined class J3 4-8-4 (which the NC&StL called "Dixies" rather than "Nort... (more)

only 1 of 4 units ordered by the NC&StL. This is the only known example to be in existence.

TVRM's NC&StL 710 gets a little TLC.(Traction Loving care) Suspended in mid air just after the wheelsets were rolled out from under her.

Some of the display items at the Cowan Railroad Museum. Recent additions to the collection in the center of Cowan also include a 40' NC&St.L boxcar and the old dispatchers tower. Great strides h... (more)

In August 1958, three Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis EMD GP7s are in full throttle and on sand as they shove behind the caboose of a northbound through freight just above Tantallon, TN. This i... (more)

In late 1958, a freight swings through a reverse curve at Emerson, GA, on the ex-Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis main line north of Atlanta. Two of the B-units have surrendered their blue and g... (more)

A GE 44 tonner was not a common sight alone the Class 1's of that day. Now preserved at the Cowan Depot Museum.

The locomotive on the afternoon excursion from Etowah, TN has run around the three car train at Farner after passing over the Hiwassee Loop. Tennesee Valley Railroad Museum operates this interesti... (more)