Southern's leased (from the Kentucky Railway Museum) ex-C&O Kanawha 2716 blasts a column of smoke worthy of Mount Vesuvius as she works up the 1.7 percent grade from Natural Tunnel to Sunbright. I... (more)

Storming into the curve

C&O Kanawha Berkshire taking a year's turn in the Southern Steam Program.

Southern Railway 2-8-4 #2716, with the conductor protecting the shove move, is being turned for the return excursion trip to Birmingham. The building in the distance is the Western Railway of Ala... (more)

Southern Railway "Kanawha type" 2-8-4 #2716 has been watered, coaled, inspected and lubricated and is backing around the wye to gather its train and return to Birmingham. During this momentary lu... (more)

Southern Railway Extra 2716 East (one of 90 Kanawha type 2-8-4's built for C&O) is approaching the east end of Hatchet Creek Bridge on the outbound leg of its round-trip from Birmingham to Opelika... (more)

Southern Railway Extra 2716 East (one of 90 Kanawha type 2-8-4's built for C&O) has pulled high of the switch to the east leg of the wye. The Opelika Switch Engine is busy turning 2716's train on... (more)

Southern Railway 2-8-4 #2716, built as one of 90 "Kanawha type" steam engines for C&O, is on day one of a two day Birmingham, AL to Opelika, AL pair of excursion round-trips. The excursion manage... (more)

Working hard upgrade this train is headed for Appalachia, from which it would run two excursions to Norton the next day. East Tennesee Chapter NRHS hosted the trip on the 16th which featured seve... (more)

Note even sure if this was 1981 so let's say circa. I do remember our amazement that this was fantrip and we couldn't keep up. Man, that thing could run! It was a trip from Charlotte to Columbia... (more)

The handsome former C&O 2-8-4 No. 2716 prepares to runaround its excursion train at Charlottesville and then recouple for the return trip to Alexandria.

Ex-C&O Kanawha 2-8-4 #2716 disguised as SR 2716 for excursion purposes only exits the Park Avenue Tunnel and passes by the Kemper Street Station platform in Lynchburg, VA, on its way north.

Photo runby during excursion between Alexandria and Charlottesville

Bound for Toccoa

ALCo built, C&O Kanaswha accelerates from bridge speed restriction returning from Charlotte on 100 deg day