630 rolls through the farmland just a few miles across the Tennessee state line.

Even with helpers, 630 still makes a sight hauling it's train up Kings Mountain. The GRS "searchlight" signals have since been removed in the weeks following this photo.

Even with helpers, 630 still makes a sight hauling it's train up Kings Mountain. The GRS "searchlight" signals have since been removed in the weeks following this photo.

The smoke of 630 hides the Safetran Signal Mast that will soon be ready to take over guard of NS's busy Central Division. Meanwhile the trusty 60 year old General Railway Signal model SCs feel th... (more)

Southern 630 storms south at Bowen on its way to Oneida, TN as part of the 21st Century steam program. The old Southern signal bridge is not long for this world as its replacement litters the rig... (more)

Late in the day on 31 May, Southern 630 highballs northward to Lexington, KY, crossing the bridge at South Fork.

A couple miles south of Stearns, the excursion passes through the community of Revilo as the 2-8-0 stretches its legs, keeping the train at a steady 40 miles per hour.

After a crew change in Burnside, the New Royal Palm continues towards Onieda as they pass through one of the many cuts made in the 1960's by the Southern Railway as part of the realignment ... (more)

Former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 may be 110 years old, but the consolidation shows no sign of its age, sprinting at a brisk 40 miles per hour down the 2nd District as it leads the southbound exc... (more)

Southern 630 leads the southbound New Royal Palm excursion under the endangered searchlights and signal bridge south of Danville.

Nearly twenty years has passed that the area has seen steam. Southern 630 steam engine is returning from Danville, KY on it's way to Ludlow, KY to complete an excursion run on Norfolk Southern.

Southern 630 steam engine leads the Steam Anniversary special on the way to Oneida, TN passing the nice looking Depot in Spring City, TN.

Southern 630 passes by the small Tateville cemetery as it heads to Burnside for a crew change and a service stop

South central Kentucky and North central Tennessee was at one time home to several small coal mines, but for decades these mines have been unused. However there are a few signs of the past coal op... (more)