She has run a had trip and is preparing to head back east. The patina of coal has besmirches the classic paints job but some of us like this lady with a little history and character.

Southern 4501 is drawing closer to completion in the Soule Shops at TVRM. Workers were busy in the firebox area and on axle journals while this pic was taken. That E in the background makes for a... (more)

Southern 4501 leads a Kingsport-bound ferry move through Whitesburg, TN in April 1994.

Southern 4501 leading an excursion train by some derailed freight cars at Morristown, TN || October 1993

Southern 4501 stopped just south of Natural Tunnel, VA in April 1994 after a photo runby. Note the photo was taken from a public grade crossing and the train was stationary.

The April 20, 1985 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 bu... (more)

Thick smoke from Southern Railway 4501 lingers in the air as the Independence Limited rolls east on the former NKP Chicago-Fort Wayne line.

Southbound Southern Rwy excursion at Starkey Hill near Roanoke, August 1972

Southern 4501 is framed along US 60 in the hills of Virginia on a Roanoke-Shenandoah excursion. Thanks to Jeff Hawkins for his assistance. See his site at Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Buena Vista, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 4501
Train ID: special
Photo Date: September 20, 1970

With the head-end passing the general store made famous in a night photo by O. Winston Link, a Southern 4501 special rolls through the siding enroute to Shenandoah with an open-air car full of con... (more)

A Southern 4501 special polishes the high iron of the ex-Virginian. Thanks to John A. Craft for help ID'ing the location and date of this run. For a view of all the action that steamy September ... (more)

A Southern steam special on the N&W crosses the James River enroute to Shenandoah. More Southern 4501 shots are seen from that steamy September 1970 at ... (more)

Robert does some work on the 4501 in the Soule Shops. 1 down, 199 to go..

Southern 4501 undergoes restoration in the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museums Soule Shops. It is hoped that she will be back in operation by next year.

Leaf season.