The first Summerville Steam Special of the season arrives in town being pulled by the newly restored Southern 2-8-2 4501.
Southern 4501 pulls its first public Summerville Steam Special through the Chickamauga Battlefield.
The final touches are applied to newly restored Mikado #4501 late in the night of September 5th, 2014
Seeing double? An amazing 1/12 live steam #4501 is seen with the inspiration in the background. The owner/operator brought "little 4501" from Nebraska for Railfest 2014.
Southern #4501 joined the TVRM excursion fleet during Railfest 2014, seen here posed with 2-8-0 #630.
Closing out the final day of Railfest 2014, newly restored #4501 rests at East Chattanooga with sister #630 as crew members tend to final shutdown procedures for the evening. The glowing harvest ... (more)
Southern 2-8-0 630 passes by 4501 during Railfest at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.
A newly restored Southern Lady, 2-8-2 #4501 debuted at TVRM's Railfest weekend in Chattanooga,TN.
Southern 2-8-2 #4501 crosses Chickamauga Creek with another load of Missionary Ridge Local riders. This was 4501's debut since restoration. Taken during TVRM's annual Railfest.
Closing out the initial day of Railfest 2014, newly restored #4501 doubleheads a deadhead run to East Chattanooga with #630. Thus ends the first day of public operation for #4501 since 1998.
Not every day you see a 110 year old locomotive strutting her stuff. Those two diesels behind her hardly even had to work.
