Engineer Paul Jones operates Southern Railway Consolidation 401, a Baldwin Locomotive Works graduate of 1907, on the Monticello Railway Museum Sunday afternoon on 2019's steam season launch. Copyr... (more)

Southern Railway 6901 sits on display at the Southeastern Railway Museum.

On it's last mainline tour before overhaul SR 35028 'Clan Line' pauses briefly at Coventry with the 1Z75 'Farewell To Clan Line' 0844 London Victoria - Chester.

Southern 630 sits at TVRM's shops awaiting its next call to duty.

Three Southern Railway SD24's with C&O F7A 7068 painted in an experimental Zebra paint scheme. Two F7As 7004 and 7068 with GP7 5761 and GP9 6141 were so painted. Photo from my collection, no photo... (more)

The moon begins to rise over the Southern Railway caboose X427 as it rests in its new location of Stern Park near the Historic Downtown Opelika area. Over the summer of 2018, this caboose was mov... (more)

Southern Railway GP30 2551; SR roster 2525-2644. Only Southern and Norfolk & Western ordered GP30s with high short hoods, but unlike N&W, Southern specified the short hood as front.

That dark, wet section of long hood indicates all is not well with 3819. In fact, it has been shut down since near Leeds, leaving the trailing B36-7 and B30-7 to struggle over the hilly former Ce... (more)

Being a new engineer has its stresses. There is a lot to look and listen for and learn to feel while managing the demands of the crew's directions. Additionally, older locomotives have their own q... (more)

Southern Railway's only operating Mikado prepares to depart Grand Junction with the 2:25pm excursion of the Missionary Ridge Local on a warm afternoon.

With the cylinder cock wide open on this brisk spring morning the 115 year old Alco built 2-8-0 SR 630 work it's way east out of East Chattanooga on the head of the Missionary Ridge Local bound fo... (more)

A Southern Railway U30B provides visual evidence of its movement as it switches cars in the yard at Monroe, Virginia.

Southern Ks Class Consolidation 630, built by the American Locomotive Company's Richmond Works in February of 1904, leads Southern Ms1 class Mikado 4501 and a long train of passenger cars around t... (more)

A B23-7 drills the Southern Railway yard in Monroe, Virginia. The grass growing in the yard tracks is a good indicator that this yard’s future is in jeopardy. Today, a single-track main line and o... (more)