Local T27 disrupts the early morning silence in rural Strawberry Plains as they dart over the Holston River bridge. A lone ex-N&W SD40-2 serves as the power on the local out of Newport, Tennessee.
A couple miles south of Stearns, the excursion passes through the community of Revilo as the 2-8-0 stretches its legs, keeping the train at a steady 40 miles per hour.
After a crew change in Burnside, the New Royal Palm continues towards Onieda as they pass through one of the many cuts made in the 1960's by the Southern Railway as part of the realignment ... (more)
Former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 may be 110 years old, but the consolidation shows no sign of its age, sprinting at a brisk 40 miles per hour down the 2nd District as it leads the southbound exc... (more)