Charging through Rossville. Southern Railway Locomotives 630 and 4501 doublehead on one of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Summerville Specials as they pass through Rossville, GA on ... (more)

Southern Railway EMD F7(A) 4203 with 5 units at Birmingham, Alabama. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

A Variant of a Variant

GE’s original B30-7 had a 16-cylinder 3000 horsepower FDL prime mover. After manufacturing 199 of the B30-7’s, GE switched to a 12-cylinder 3000 HP, laun... (more)

A southbound Southern Railway manifest works past the small yard in Lynchburg, Virginia on a hazy July day.

A southbound Southern Railway Manifest rolls across the trestle over the Big Otter River north of Lynch Station, Virginia.

Four Southern GP38-2’s wheel a northbound freight past the James H Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center complex in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Former Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2716 looks just fine as it wheels a southbound excursion over the Rapidan River at Rapidan, Virginia. Unfortunately, this is one of its last runs before a cracked ... (more)

The only 2-8-4 ever to appear on the Southern Railway’s roster, former C&O 2716, approaches the U.S. 15 underpass near Culpeper, Virginia with a 16 car excursion.

Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2716, currently being restored to operable status at the Kentucky Railway Museum, has been targeted for excursion service three times previously. In 1979, the Clinchfield... (more)

4501 heading to Knoxville

Four years ago during the height of the NS 21st Century Steam excursion. Ks-1 Class SR 630 with the help of a NS Road Slug set lead the 12 car train loaded with rail enthusiast south on a 100 m... (more)

Southern 4501 heads back towards Chattanooga with the Summerville Steam Special.

Southern 4501 leads a "Summerville Steam Special" up the grade out of Rossville, GA.

SR 4501 regain it's footing on wet rails as it bring the nine car Autumn Leaf Special. up to the summit of Missionary Ridge through the now dying kudzu valley of Fairview, GA on it's... (more)