Southern Railway locomotives #4501 & 630 simmer in East Chattanooga, TN late at night, each awaiting their next assignment.

A gal working for the Southern, aka, a "Southern Gal" is captured here at the East Chattanooga Yard performing some light maintenance on the railroad's 2-8-2 No. 4501.

The Chattanooga, Rome, and Columbus Railroad was built to the towns of Lyerly, Summerville, and Trion, Georgia in 1889. At that time, a depot was built in Summerville. In 1901, the railroad becam... (more)

Southern's 2-8-2 No., 4501 leads a late evening freight southbound over the Chattooga River in the town of Trion, GA. Photo captured during a Lerro Productions charter with the cooperation of the... (more)

Southern 2-8-2 No. 4501 finds itself on the point, 2-8-0 No. 630 trailing, leading a late evening double header, captured west bound over the South Chickamauga Creek Bridge in Chattanooga, TN.

Southern #4501 makes a solo runby over the Chattooga River with a mixed freight train during a Lerro Productions charter at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

Southern Railway's 2-8-2 No. 4501 races its shadow after exiting the western portal of the 1858 built, 986-foot long Missionary Ridge Tunnel along the west end of the TVRM's former Southern main l... (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)

"Rosie the Riveter" takes a break from her night shift at the Southern Railways locomotive shops during the height of World War II. Since the outbreak of the war, women have been pressed... (more)

Southern Locomotives #4501 and #630 do some afternoon switching in preparation for the night photo shoot during the Lerro Productions charter at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

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)

Southern 2-8-2 No. 4501 rumbles through Summerville, GA with a short freight. To the right on the siding is one of Southern's 2-8-0's, No. 630 awaiting assignment. To the left, an officer exits ... (more)

Southern Locomotives #4501 and #630 do some afternoon switching in preparation for the night photo shoot during the Lerro Productions charter at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.