Arriving at Summerville Station. At just over 50 miles each way, the round trip from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's depot in Chattanooga to the little station in Summerville, GA is ... (more)
Crossing the Chattooga. Southern Railway Locomotives #630 and 4501 bring their Summerville Special passenger train across the Chattooga River in the town of Trion, GA. This rather interest... (more)
Southbound at Rock Spring. Perhaps the most iconic shot of the Chattooga & Chickamauga line that is used by the TVRM Summerville Specials is this image of a steam engine passing the little ... (more)
Passing Peerless Mills. It's Sunday morning, and the traffic is light on the normally busy McFarland Avenue in Rossville, GA, as TVRM's Summerville Doubleheader passes through the wide, ung... (more)
A brief pause in the rain. A soaking rain lets up just long enough to let me get out of my car and shoot one of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Summerville Doubleheaders, with SOU 63... (more)
A better day to ride than chase. There are some days when I think I should probably have my head examined for flying all the way from Boston to Atlanta to chase a train. This happened to ... (more)
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)
A spring morning in Eastern Tennesse finds a Southern Railway local crossing the Holston River to drop a few freight cars at industrial sites just east of Knoxville. This re-creation court... (more)
A brief break on a long shift. A Southern Railway Brakeman working an overnight freight grabs a quick "Cup of Joe" during a servicing stop in Knoxville Tennessee. A Historic Transport Pres... (more)
Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you. A Southern Railway employee tends the journal boxes prior to the departure of an early morning local freight in Knoxville. A Histo... (more)
Southern Belle. Southern Railway Consolidation #154 hauls a short cut of freight cars away from an industrial complex east of Knoxville, TN on a hot, humid spring afternoon. Recently resto... (more)