Being a new engineer has its stresses. There is a lot to look and listen for and learn to feel while managing the demands of the crew's directions. Additionally, older locomotives have their own q... (more)
Southern Railway's only operating Mikado prepares to depart Grand Junction with the 2:25pm excursion of the Missionary Ridge Local on a warm afternoon.
With the cylinder cock wide open on this brisk spring morning the 115 year old Alco built 2-8-0 SR 630 work it's way east out of East Chattanooga on the head of the Missionary Ridge Local bound fo... (more)
Southern Ks Class Consolidation 630, built by the American Locomotive Company's Richmond Works in February of 1904, leads Southern Ms1 class Mikado 4501 and a long train of passenger cars around t... (more)