TVRM operates freight trains as a common carrier-- the East Chattanooga Belt Terminal Railway (ECBT). The trains operate using diesel power from the museum's roster, typically a GP38, although oth... (more)

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's newest addition to the fleet has arrived to it's new home. TVA F3060, one of only two surviving Fairbanks Morse H16-66 "Baby Trainmaster's" sits on track 3 short... (more)

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's newest addition to the fleet has arrived to it's new home. TVA F3060, one of only two surviving Fairbanks Morse H16-66 "Baby Trainmaster's" sits on track 3 short... (more)

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's newest addition to the fleet has arrived to it's new home. TVA F3060, one of only two surviving Fairbanks Morse H16-66 "Baby Trainmaster's" sits on track 3 short... (more)

SOU sits attached to its dinner train at the museum.

The Missionary Ridge Local begins a one & half mile climb to the summit of TVRM's line, which peaks inside Missionary Ridge Tunnel.

Southern Railway 630 departs from East Chattanooga on the return trip back to Grand Junction with the Missionary Ridge Local.

Making a rare appearance on the Missionary Ridge Local after the 606 decided to go kaputt, Southern 5000 rounds the curve before arriving at Grand Junction.

A TVRM storage car move from Copperhill navigates the Hiwassee Loop near Farner,TN on the old L&N Hook & Eye Line. Ive shot the southern end of this line where the GNRR operates countless times so... (more)

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum pulled 105 hoppers out of storage from Copperhill,TN bound for scrap. TVRM operates a section of the former L&N 'Old Line' or 'Hook & Eye Line' between Etowah and ... (more)

Southern 5000 heads north on the old Central of Georgia line between Rome & Chattanooga with the first Chickamauga Turn of the year in tow.

Southern 5000 pulls up to the old Central of Georgia station in Chickamauga with the first Chickamauga Turn of the year in tow.

Southern 5000 heads south on the old Central of Georgia line between Rome & Chattanooga with the first Chickamauga Turn of the year in tow.

For the first time since November of 2019 (well, technically the 2nd time if I’m being honest), Southern 630 departs East Chattanooga on the point of a revenue train. After undergoing an extensi... (more)

TVRM 225 makes its way towards Missionary Ridge Tunnel as the rain continues to fall necessarily on the railroad as the saying goes, but it was certainly falling on me.