SERM's ex-SOU GP30 is lit up during a creative lighting photo shoot with the Photographic Society of Chattanooga at the Tennessee Valley Railway Museum.

Sometimes railfans don't get sun - especially when a railroad company runs an OCS, or a museum displays a restored locomotive alongside for a killer photo-op runby. Enroute from Chicago to Atlant... (more)

Southern GP30 # 2594 cruises down the freshly tamped TVRM belt line.

SERM's GP30 leads a TVRM Chickamauga Turn back to Chattanooga.

This Southern GP30 was seen at TVRM.

Southern Railway GP30 2594 with its new computer check code letter "A".

The GP30 brings up the rear , it will lead the train back north to Chattanooga.

The TVRM / SERM Southern GP30 takes a stroll down the TA&G to pick up the last two loads from the Reichhold chemical plant. The plant closed two weeks ago and was the last customer on the line.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s “Dinner on the Diner” train is seen passing the Chattanooga National Cemetery.

Restored Southern Railway 2594 passes Old Mill on its way south with the Chickamauga Turn.

Restored Southern Railway 2594 passes the old farm house with the Chickamauga Turn in tow.

The TVRM local is seen crossing the Chickamauga Creek bridge.

Running long hood forward in traditional Southern style, the 2594 leads one of TVRM's Chickamauga Turn excursions through the Chattanooga suburb of Rossville. This unit is owned by SERM in Duluth,... (more)

Having been refurbished at TVRM's Soule Shops, the 2594 (owned by the Southeastern Railway Museum) is making its shakedown runs on regular TVRM excursions, such as today's Chickamauga Turn.

"The Southern Serves The South."