Two years and five days removed from my first encounter with the Summerville Steam trip, a different Southern Railway locomotive leads the autumn leaf trip past the fan favorite location in the to... (more)
The famed Southern Railway mikado winds through the Chickamauga National Battlefield on a cool October morning. Chasers can be seen at the rear of the train in pursuit of the fall color excursion.
Deep in the Chickamauga Battlefield, Southern 4501 leads her train south (railroad east) on a Summerville Steam Special. The sun is poking through the trees at only one spot in this solemn locatio... (more)
Steam and smoke envelop Southern Railway 4501, which has just exited the pre-Civil War Missionary Ridge Tunnel on its way to Summerville, GA for a 9-hour round trip. Other than the amount of veget... (more)