Leaf season.

The lineup of steam at the 1970 NRHS Convention simmers away.

Unassisted the great old symbol of the the best rail in the eastern US attacks the steepest mainline grade in America on a great day when Carl and Bob Lehman met me to photograph the spectacle. T... (more)

4501 east of Marshall,NC with a Knoxville to Asheville excursion.

Shortly after leaving Chattanooga, Southern 4501 is in the Tennessee countryside on a beautiful spring day. The train is the Dogwood Arts Festival Special, and the destination is Knoxville. The tr... (more)

Southern 4501 waits to lead her train to Knoxville from Chattanooga, Tn

Southern Railway's 2-8-2 No. 4501 pulls the grade west of Burkeville with a Richmond to Keysville excursion train.

Note N&W 611 simmering in the background

Southern 4501 leading a southbound excursion across a bridge south of Starkey Hill in the summer of 1974.

SR 4501 is 98 years old.

Southern 4501 heads up an excursion train on the former Clinchfield at St. Paul, VA during Spring of 1994. NS 4610 and 4634 are along for the trip.

A steam engine always draws a crowd! An excursion to Appalachia, Virginia lead by Southern 4501 has just exited ex-Clinchfield trackage and rolled onto ex-N&W rails at St. Paul, Virginia.

Southern 4501 leads the return leg of a steam excursion across the ex-Southern's less impressive trestle over Copper Creek. The ex-Clinchfield's Copper Creek Viaduct looms in the background.