Southern 630 blasts into Spring City with an excursion from Chattanooga to Oneida, TN. This trip was run to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Southern 4501’s journey on the same route as it wa... (more)

On the 50th anniversary of the Southern Steam Program. Norfolk Southern ran a special with Southern 630 at the point from Chattanooga to Oneida and back on Saturday June the 7th. It would have bee... (more)

Southern Railway #630 flies south through Spring City.

The Southern 630 emerges north bound from tunnel 25 with a blast of smoke and steam on its journey north to Oneida, TN.

630 accelerates her train up to 40 MPH as she leans into a banked curve. For a brief moment, the diesel helpers disappear!

Deep in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Southern 630 leads the excursion northbound on the famous Rathole, seen here at remote Keno. While there were many railfans out for the chase, we had thi... (more)

NS 55A empty grain train heads north towards Nemo, TN on a clear spring evening.

A pair of Canadian National GEs bring southbound NS train 197 around the elevated curve and under the signal bridge at McCoy as a 'new' NS SD40-2 sits tied down on a work train in the foreground. ... (more)

On its final leg of the excursion weekend out of Chattanooga, the Southern leads 957 south through the countryside just outside of Sale Creek, TN.

The sun was fading and the catches was getting better on the banks as the group of young fishermen pause for a moment to watch NS 229 (Columbus, OH-Jacksonville, FL) cross the Tennessee River at t... (more)

As the sun rises over the area NS 251 (Sandusky, OH-Jacksonville, FL) slowly crosses the Tennessee River head for the crew changing point Brown for a swap and go.

The southbound TVRM excursion passes under one of the few remaining searchlight signal bridges on the south end of the Rathole heading for Chattanooga.

A former Conrail leads its train north by Parkers Lake.

NS train 957 rolls over the New River Bridge near Robbins, TN.

With the Southern 630 still in the shop for repair, Norfolk Southern provided the Southern Heritage unit to pull the 21st Century Steam Excursion to Oneida, TN.