The 103 year old Mikado slowly creeps to halt, as she pulls the first Autumn Leaf Special of the season into Summerville.

The Queen of Chattanooga takes a stroll thru the pines of North Georgia. Long live the Queen!

The Queen of Chattanooga high steps it up the hill outside of Rossville. Long live the Queen!

Real steam baby !

SOU 4501 leads an excursion on the Missionary Ridge local during TVRM's 2014 Railfest.

4501 on the west leg of the wye.

Southern Railway #4501, making it's public debut after a major three year rebuild, emerges from the pre-Civil War Missionary Ridge Tunnel while leading the 2:25 train to East Chattanooga. This tun... (more)

She's back! Southern's Queen of Steam #4501 pauses for her close up as she returns to service hauling passengers during Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Railfest 2014. A true classic!

The final touches are applied to newly restored Mikado #4501 late in the night of September 5th, 2014

4501 leads a double header across Chickamauga Creek.

Completing its first revenue run in 16 years, a freshly restored Southern 4501 returns to Grand Junction with the four car Missionary Ridge Local consist during the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museu... (more)

A crowd looks on the newly restored #4501 as it backs to the depot for the dedication ceremony while an accurate 1/12th scale model of the famed Southern excursion engine makes an appearance for R... (more)

Lined up at Railfest.

Finishing the day in style, Southern 4501 and 630 doublehead out of the 1858 Missionary Ridge tunnel on the TVRM mainline as they bring the local train back to the Soule Shops at East Chattanooga ... (more)

Returning from its first "revenue run" under steam in 16 years, Southern Railway mike 4501 puts on a show as it crosses Chickamauga Creek just west of the Grand Junction station and wye. Thanks to... (more)