CSX Q582 heads north for Wheland, where the crew will park the train & get on the shuttle to Wauhatchie. In a surprise move to railfans a month earlier in August, CSX decided to go back to the YN3... (more)

CNJ hurritage loco leads 201 by nick a jack lake.

The Marines are Here! For its 60th anniversary, one of the events was the presentation of a reenactment of a shootout in the early 1920s, when the Marines were assigned to guard trains aft... (more)

Almost Ready. The TVRM has been restoring this E8 for a number of years, but I understand it is nearing completion with mainly some electrical work to be done on it. Here, it sits at Grand... (more)

With a scene from many years ago, Southern diesels work in Chattanooga to prepare for the evenings night photo shoot.

The 2594 idles under nice skies in the Tennessee hills.

The 710 pauses briefly before being put on the evenings dinner train.

Dinner's Over. This gorgeous locomotive returns with the evening dinner train during the TVRM Southern Diesel Night Shoot. It stopped for literally 1 minute to pose for us before pulling t... (more)

60th Anniversary Weekend trip.

Diesels of the Night. In celebration of its 60th Anniversary, the TVRM had a night shoot with its Southern diesels. Here, three of those diesels pose along with the TAG 80 that the museum ... (more)

Returning to the Depot. The SOU 4501 runs through the woods near the TVRM as it returns from Missionary Ridge and approaches the depot at Barber Junction.

Blowing Off Steam. In preparation for pulling one of the day's trains to Missionary Ridge, this Southern Mikado blows a little steam at the depot as it prepares to run the wye and head wes... (more)

A TVRM SW1200 wearing the museum's handsome livery is assigned to the East Chattanooga Belt Terminal Railway (ECBT) train EC01 this day, and is leaving the NS interchange at 23rd St for M&M Indust... (more)

Whoooosh! Iconic Southern Mikado #4501 puts on quite a show as it departs from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum with a mid-morning excursion train.

Some Assembly Required: As a companion to the much rarer and more significant H-16-66 acquired by the TVRM, TVA Alco switcher #F3061 also needed to be disassembled so it could be trucked ac... (more)