The Dogwood Arts Festival Special ran from Chattanooga to Knoxville, a distance of approximately 111 miles each way. The power was Southern Ms Class 2-8-2 4501. Southern 4501 was built in 1911 by ... (more)

Gulf & Ohio Railways' Knoxville Locomotive Works is a major shop, providing services for not only its own shortline railroads, but also contract work for outside customers. NS SD40-2 1634 rests o... (more)

154's return to service celebration.

The Three Rivers Rambler, led by engine 203 rolls through suburban Knoxville on a chilly December Sunday.

Washington & Lincolnton #203 storms up Henry Hill in a light snowfall, putting on a great sight and sound. By the end of the day these flurries had accumulated to over an inch in snow.

KXHR's newly restored ex-Southern 2-8-0 #154 storms up Henry Hill on a cold and sunny winter's day.

KXHR's newly restored ex-Southern 2-8-0 #154 leads the Three Rivers Rambler through McWherter Park on a sunny day in East Tennessee. The locomotive used to sit on display in Chilhowee Park but thr... (more)

Smoky Mountain RR #440, a 44-ton in storage at Southern's John Sevier Yard in Knoxville. This engine now resides in an industrial park at Fletcher, NC.

A transfer train departs Sevier Yard heading across town to Coster behind an intresting group of classic NWs/SWs.

Southern 154 performs a runby in typical Summer weather. While it rained and thundered most of the time we were at this location, the sun broke through the clouds just long enough to put some nice... (more)

Southern 154 puts on a show during the Three Rivers Rambler Railfan Weekend.

The Three Rivers Rambler Railfan Weekend included a tour of Gulf & Ohio's Knoxville Locomotive Works, where we found NS 1634 visiting the facility. The unit was here for the installation of remote... (more)

SOU 154 leads a runby with the photo freight during the Three Rivers Rambler's railfan weekend 2010.

KXHR's 2-8-0 #203 battles Henry Hill with the 11 o'clock run of the Three Rivers Rambler.

Hot, gritty, awkward working conditions; long hours; cantankerous equipment...there has to be love for you to do this job. A Three Rivers Rambler crewman tightens down the smokebox of SOU 154 befo... (more)