Southern Railway 154 lets off a little steam as it rolls out of Knoxville with a Christmas Lantern Express excursion.

A crew member chats with a railfan while a young boy daydreams about one day becoming an engineer of a steam locomotive. 2716 is a C&O 2-8-4 "Kanawha" that has been Southernized by the ... (more)

Southern 4501 leads the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Summerville Steam Special through Fairview

Even liquid snow couldnt dampen the spirits on opening night of the 2022 Polar Express season at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. Here the train waits in the rain for passengers to reload... (more)

Southern Railway 4501 leads train 100 at the other end of the tunnel heading towards East Chattanooga

Southern 630 leads a passenger special.

Southern 630 rests for the night in Birmingham, Alabama

All is quiet in the massive, former Southern Railway Back Shop on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC. J-Class 2-8-0 #542 was built in 1903 by the Baldwin Locomot... (more)

The massive, former Southern Railway Back Shop on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC, is the perfect location to display this steam locomotive. J-Class 2-8-0 #5... (more)

Southern 4501 crosses Chickamauga Creek en route to Grand Junction to begin the final day of steam operations for 2022 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

Southern 4501 leads train 100 out of East Chattanooga heading towards Grand Junction on the last weekend of steam season for the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in 2022

There were so many photo ops at the Streamliners event....I wouldn't have minded this happening again as so many operations didn't participate. Those that did, we are grateful.

Two veteran high hood locomotives sit at Grand Junction at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga. Former Southern Railway GP30 #2594 is nearest us. She was built in 1963. In 1982, sh... (more)

There's always that one guy. I am standing in a photo line of about twenty people. And then there is this guy... Meanwhile, the 630 is shoving back to the NC Transportation Museum after the last o... (more)

A man waits for a train at Grand Junction at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga.