The crew for the Summerville Steam Special go over slow orders, track conditions and safety issues before they board the train and head south.

Southern steam 4501 exits the Missionary Ridge tunnel with the morning sunrays just reaching the smoke plume.

TVRM's first Summerville Steam Special for 2017 behind the 4501 sounds through historic Lafayette on a beautiful spring morning.

Southern Railway #4501 leads TVRM's Summerville Steam Special through the kudzu-filled landscape of Northeast Georgia.

Southern Mikado #4501 makes her return trip to Chattanooga hauling the Summerville Steam Special

Southern Mikado #4501 makes her return trip to Chattanooga hauling the Summerville Steam Special

Southern Mikado #4501 makes her return trip to Chattanooga hauling the Summerville Steam Special

Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 and GP38-2 No. 5000, the class units for their respective classes of locomotives, meet at Grand Junction as train 100 departs with the 2:25 Missionary Ridge Local.

Sunlight pours into the cab of former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 as it emerges from the east portal of the tunnel while pulling the 1:15 Missionary Ridge Local back to Grand Junction.

Southern 4501 returning to Chattanooga with the Summerville Steam Special.

Southern 4501 approaches the west portal of Natural Tunnel on the return leg of a steam excursion to Appalachia.

SOU 2-8-2 Steam Engine #4501 leads Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) Steam Excursion 300 South across the Chattooga River in Trion, GA. On their way to Summerville, GA. Then back to Chattano... (more)

SOU 2-8-2 Steam Engine #4501 leads Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) Steam Excursion 300 South through Lafayette, GA. On their way to Summerville, GA. Then back to Chattanooga, TN.

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The first Summerville Steam Special of 2017 exits the west end of the Missionary Ridge Tunnel on a cool March morning.