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.
TVRM 225 crosses Tunnel Boulevard as Southern 5000, or Andre as some of us at work call it (lets see how many people can figure out why it's called that), leads the first Valentine's Dinner train ... (more)
TVRM 1912 awaits instructions to moved ahead 5 cars to make a cut and get ready to shuttle passengers to and from St. Mary's to Kingsland, Georgia all day on this cold windy sunny day.
A spring switch guards the wye at Grand Junction as TVRM 606 prepares to depart with a 5-car consist of the Missionary Ridge Local.
Southern Railway GP38-2 #5000 (owned by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum) is seen here resting for the day at Grand Junction Station in Chattanooga, TN., waiting to lead the New Years Eve Dinn... (more)
Andre leads the Chickamauga Turn back to museum property as it leads the 4501 & the 9 car train behind it up the Belt Line hill.
Andre bask in the evening sun at GJ, waiting to haul TVRM 225.
Bringing up the rear of HRR 400 is The Algonquin Park, one of 18 dome-sleeper-observation Park-series cars named for famous state & national parks in Canada, was built for Canadian Pacific in 1954... (more)
Hiwassee River Railroad train 400 runs along side some cow pastors near Reliance.
After finishing prepping the train for the days trip, TVRM 5109 shoves Hiwassee River Railroad 400 to the boarding area in Wetmore.
After spending some time in the shop over the summer to receive some repairs, Southern 5000, or Andre, is seen on the point of its first passenger train since 2017. Andre, the first GP38-2 built f... (more)
Hiwassee River Railroad train 400 poses by the Watchman's House for some publicity shots.
After posing for some shots on the bridge, Hiwassee River Railroad train 400 pulls up to the next photo location by the Watchman's House.
Hiwassee River Railroad train 400 pauses on the bridge crossing the Hiwassee River for some publicity shots.
