Still wearing its L&N disguise, Southern Railway 4501 prepares to wye the Missionary Ridge local at the TVRM Grand Junction Station.

Engineer Travis Gordon eases the first Missionary Ridge Local of the day around the wye as he eases the 1593 around the west leg of the wye.

Louisville & Nashville 1593 departs East Chattanooga for the first trip of train 100 for the day. 9-22-19

After servicing the engine, Engineer Travis Gordon eases L&N 1593 onto the turntable at East Chattanooga to turn the engine & couple it to the other end of the Missionary Ridge Local.

TAG 80 waits in the clear on the west leg of the wye at Grand Junction while switching moves continue.

The 9:30 edition of the local returns to Grand Junction as L&N 2728, the Cross Keys Tavern, sits in the display yard.

A cosmetically altered Southern 4501 disguises herself as "L&N 1593" for the 2019 L&N Historical Society Convention in Chattanooga. On Saturday 9/21 the classy Mikado worked a Chickamaug... (more)

Ex: Milwaukee Road SW1200 now wearing the it's new owner paint scheme leads the Missionary Ridge Local TVRM 100 to the East Chattanooga Shop completing the first half of it's 3pm round train. The ... (more)

TVRM's newest acquisition fills in for steam engine Southern 630 on a hot summer day. The crew sure didn't care about the temporary paint job. They loved the air conditioning unit recently added.

SR 630 eases the Missionary Ridge local around the curve just west of the portal of the Whiteside Tunnel in East Chattanooga, just a quarter of a mile from it's name sake shops on the 2:25pm sched... (more)

It's a humid morning here in the Tennessee Valley as you can hear the light rain fall, and the light fog dissipate in the morning dew. You can feel a cool draft blasting out of the west portal of... (more)

Engineer Andrew Durden is looking ahead as he at the control of an SW1200 #606 as the Missionary Ridge Local eastbound back to Grand Junction. TVRM 606 is an ex: Milwaukee Road switcher, the 12 cy... (more)

Southern Railway's only operating Mikado prepares to depart Grand Junction with the 2:25pm excursion of the Missionary Ridge Local on a warm afternoon.

With the cylinder cock wide open on this brisk spring morning the 115 year old Alco built 2-8-0 SR 630 work it's way east out of East Chattanooga on the head of the Missionary Ridge Local bound fo... (more)

Nashville, Chattanooga, and Saint Louis GP7 710 soars high above South Chickamauga Creek as the train enters yard limits for Grand Junction station. The train was 4 cars today instead of the usual... (more)