After a lengthy stop on single track, NS 956 gets back underway at Glade Springs with Southern 4501 roaring the train up the small grade

Rain has passed but sun has yet to make an appearance as the first of three excursions from Bristol gets underway in a fine show of smoke and steam.

TVRM/SOU 4501 and NS/SOU 3170 pass by a farm on their way to Knoxville and Bristol, TN.

Resting after the dead head move from TVRM the previous two days, Southern Mikado 4501 simmers in Bristol Yard on a humid night in June.

With fog nearly cleared, Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 and SD40 #3170 lead a deadhead ferry move across the Holston River at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.

Southern 4501 proceeds toward Knoxville after a short stop behind the old depot in Cleveland.

Southern 4501 at Bootleggers Crossing heading to Knoxville with NS 3170 as the helper engine. The locomotive will pull it's first 21st Century Steam trips of the year this weekend in the Bristol a... (more)

On home rails. The Southern Railway duo of 4501 and 3170 continue their deadhead move to Bristol, after spending the night in Sevier Yard at Knoxville. The crew let 3170 do most of the leg ... (more)

TVRM/SOU 4501 passes through the rock cut at Ooltewah, TN on its way to Knoxville and Bristol, TN.

Southern 2-8-2 number 4501 leads NS train 062 near Sweetwater, Tennessee, passing an old barn advertising Chattanooga's "Rock City". The train is deadheading towards Bristol for weekend... (more)

Just a few day before Southern 4501 will make a long journey up to northeast Tennessee for the Norfolk Southern public excursion weekend. We see the Ms-Class light 2-8-2 making a morning run with ... (more)

At the end of the first part of the trip at the East Chattanooga Shop Southern Rwy 4501 slowly squeeze its way onto the turntable to be turn.

Southern 4501 pulls her tool car and 7 coaches up the 1% grade west of McDonald, TN with little struggle. Based on what was said after the flawless run, we should be seeing a lot more of 4501 in t... (more)

Having made quick work of the eastbound portion of her first mainline trip in 21 years, Southern 4501 turns on the Bradley Wye in Cleveland, TN for the run back west. The trainmaster asked if they... (more)

The Return of a Legend! For the first time in 20 years the famous Southern Rwy 4501 stretch its legs on mainline trackage. The age of railroad has change in the last 20 years, but... (more)