Two years ago, 630 races past the Pulaski station. Unlikely we'll see this little gal on the main anytime soon.

On a beautiful summer evening, the Southern Railway 4501 glides over the New River in Radford Virginia with the assistance of the Southern 3170 bringing the passengers of their train back to Brist... (more)

NS 957, with SOU 630 on point crosses over CSX's former L&N trackage at Walton, KY on May 17, 2014. The "New Royal Palm" 21st Century Steam excursion traveling from Ludlow, KY to Danvil... (more)

Westbound local nears Canton, NC behind GP38-2 #5112 in October 1988.

Southern 630 and 4501 lead a double-headed Summerville Steam Special down the former Central of Georgia out of Chattanooga.

A Roger Puta Photograph

It's the morning of May 17th, 2014, and steam is traveling south on the famous Southern "Rat Hole" line for the first time in nearly 20 years. The Ludlow to Danville trip was sponsored by the Tenn... (more)

When completed in 1833, the 136-mile Charleston & Hamburg was the longest railroad in the world. By 1977 most activity on the Charleston end had shifted away from these tracks in the downtown are... (more)

The Southern Railway was notoriously conservative in matters of steam, but if the road had acquired modern Lima superpower, here’s what it might have looked like. On July 29, 1977, we are alongs... (more)

As a carload of excursion riders looks on, one of the Southern’s B23-7’s stands on a side track in Manassas, waiting for Monday to get back to work.

As the Southern Railway’s steam program grew, the road looked for larger locomotives to haul longer excursion trains. During 1979 and 1980, the Southern leased ex-Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson 2... (more)

Alexandria Action – A fantrip lead by Southern’s 2-10-4 number 610 has unloaded its passengers after completing an Alexandria – Charlottesville round trip, and is backing away from the stati... (more)

TVRM's restored Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630, built in 1904, leads the NS New Royal Palm excursion train as it crosses over Mehring Way near downtown Cincinnati, inbound to Gest Street Yard behind ... (more)

The Southern Railway welcomed Texas and Pacific #610 into it's steam program after the 2-10-4 was rebuilt and did a brief stint pulling the American Freedom Train in 1976. Here the locomotive is... (more)