Southern 401 and a local mixed. In what may be a first since her 2010 restoration, Southern Consolidation #401 hauls a period mixed local on the grounds of the Monticello Railway Museum for... (more)

Evening Mixed Service. A Southern Railway mixed train sits at the Nelson Crossing Depot awaiting the loading of some local freight traffic. A couple of late arriving passengers query the ... (more)

Passing Stair Tower. A Southern Railway local freight receives orders as she passes Stair Tower in the yard at Monticello on a spring evening. The power tonight is Southern Railway #401, a... (more)

Trundlin' through Trion. Southern Railway Mikado #4501 takes a local freight across the Chattooga River in the town of Trion, GA. This rather interesting combination wood and steel trestle ... (more)

Servin' the South. A Southern Railway Freight rumbles through a residential neighborhood in the small, unincorporated community of Lytle, Georgia, on its way south to Chickamauga, Lafayette... (more)

Freight rules the night. The passenger platform at East Chattanooga Depot is deserted this night, with the last of the day's commuter trains having departed hours ago. Despite the apparen... (more)

Westbound Southern Freight. Shortly after leaving the Grand Junction Yard, a westbound Southern Freight slowly ambles across the South Chickamauga Creek Bridge toward downtown Chattanooga, ... (more)

Got smoke? The storied Southern Mikado #4501 bursts out of the west portal of the 19th century Missionary Ridge Tunnel in East Chattanooga, TN on a smokey run-by for photographers, during a... (more)

Reporting for work. A pair of Southern Railway engine shop employees prepare to start the second shift near the turntable in the East Chattanooga Yard. Locomotive service jobs were among t... (more)

Bridges over South Chickamauga. A Southern Railway Freight rumbles across the steel girder bridge over South Chickamauga Creek, headed Compass East toward the Grand Junction Yard, roughly a... (more)

A mighty freight hog. The Fireman on Southern Railway Consolidation #630 leans out of his cab, watching for the Trainman's next signal to move, as his locomotive performs switching operatio... (more)

Sun at last!! My time's up. I really have to leave after this shot. I have an early morning flight the following day out of Atlanta, and a solid 2 hr. drive to make my hotel near the airp... (more)

Approaching Rock Spring. After an entire weekend of clouds and rain, my time photographing the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Summerville Special is getting short. The train is northb... (more)

Trion northbound. A steady, wind-blown rain streams off the two glossy black Southern Railway Locomotives as the TVRM's Summerville Special heads back north, across the bridge over the Chat... (more)

Turning for home. During a programmed 75-minute layover in Summerville, GA, TVRM crews begin the work of turning the power for the 50-mile run back to Chattanooga. Unlike many tourist lin... (more)