The Civil War locomotive Texas, involved in the Great Locomotive Chase with the General, is being removed from the Cyclorama Building where it has been displayed since 1927. The locomotive is hea... (more)

SR 4501 takes on coal and water at Southern's Atlanta Spring Street Offices during the midpoint of a round trip from Chattanooga on April 12, 1980.

A trip to remember! In August 1976, the American Freedom Train toured the country in celebration of the nation's bicentennial. The primary power for the trip was ex-Southern Pacific 4449, painte... (more)

Southern Railway 4501, running for the first time in 16 years, stops at Grand Junction at TVRM to unload passengers. She will be removed from the train, run around the wye, and be ready to pull a... (more)

The Southern Crescent is four minutes north of Atlanta's Peachtree Station, as it crosses the Peachtree Creek bridge. It's 7:04pm, and the train is beginning its overnight journey to Washington, ... (more)

During the nation's bicentennial year, 1976, many railroads chose to honor the country's birthday by painting one of their locomotives in a red, white and blue paint scheme. Southern Railway chos... (more)

The commuter rush is about to begin as southbound VRE train pulls into Rippon Station.

4-4-0 Western & Atlantic Texas, which served the W&A before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War, has been cosmetically restored to her 1886 appearance. It is on permanent display at the Atlanta... (more)

Lexington Group special prepares for departure from Scranton, PA

Norfolk Southern steam special, with 611 and Frisco 1522 just north of Locust Grove, GA, headed to Atlanta.

The Japanese Bullet Train, Shinkansen, rolls into Kyoto Station.

Southern steam special round trip from Atlanta to Toccoa, GA in October 1976. This image shows the steam special, pulled by SR 4501, headed south at the Lenox Square curve, about ten minutes nort... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern train T-31 heads west back to Canton, NC after picking up cars at Norfolk Southern's Asheville Yard for delivery to on-line customers. While this train seems to have an excess... (more)

SR 630, south of Ft. Payne, AL, on its way back to Chattanooga after a trip to Attalla, AL on November 9, 2013

Round-end observation car carrying the "21st Century Steam Special" drumhead parked at Attalla, AL on November 9, 2013.