During the Fourth of July weekend, Southern 4501 was used to haul passengers on an excursion around Chicago and Indiana known as the Independence Limited. Prior to one of its runs, the steam loco... (more)

There’s no doubt that the highlight of the 1983 NRHS convention was the night photo session at Richmond’s famed triple crossing. Conducted by the late Jim Boyd, the scene featured a Chesapeake & O... (more)

Northbound train 222 at Yadkin, NC in the fall of 1971.

Southern Railway U23B 3915 with high short nose at Columbus, Ohio, December 30, 1988.

Southern 3972(F on the long hood end) waits for its next assignment at Greensboro's engine track. This locomotive was a year old at the time of this photo.

A Southern Railway derrick assigned to Asheville waits to see if it will ever be called to duty.

Oakdale Tennessee was a division point of the second and third districts of the Southern now NS CNO&TP. Here we find the conductor of a northbound ballast train about to board his caboose.

The inbound 1989 NRHS convention special with the N&W 611 passes a ballast train south of Charlottesville. No. 3988 was built by GE for the Southern Railway in January, 1979.

Southern painted GP30 #2562 leads 3 other EMDs at Faquay Varina, NC || July 1985

Southern B23-7 3997 leads 3 GP30s at Howell in downtown Atlanta, Oct. 1984.

An eastbound NS freight lead by a Southern SD40-2 passes the east end signal at Tucker after meeting a westbound.

This is an eastbound inspection train at the Birmingham Bolt crossing in Duffield, VA in June 1976. I was in my second full year of employment at LENOWISCO, and this was a work day. But, I asked ... (more)

This is an eastbound inspection train at the Birmingham Bolt crossing in Duffield, VA in June 1976. I was in my second full year of employment at LENOWISCO, and this was a work day. But, I asked S... (more)

As the evening sun drops lower in the sky behind the mountains, an eastbound Southern Railway inspection train carrying the company's board of directors throttles up as it passes the Central Drive... (more)

Train 17, the Birmingham Special. A Roger Puta Photograph