A crew member chats with a railfan while a young boy daydreams about one day becoming an engineer of a steam locomotive. 2716 is a C&O 2-8-4 "Kanawha" that has been Southernized by the ... (more)

Kanawha ALCO 2-8-4 #2716 leads its eastbound train past the old depot site. #2716, built for the C&O as one of their 90 "Kanawha" type steam engines, operated from Birmingham to Opelika... (more)

Located between Opelika and Gold Ridge, AL, (on the former Central of Georgia "P" line between Birmingham (AL) and Columbus (GA), Stonewall (milepost 327.5) has intermediate signals in e... (more)

Short-lived Southern 2-8-4 2716 crosses over the Rivanna River north of Charlottesville, Virginia. The ex-C&O Alco is on the return leg of an Alexandria – Charlottesville round trip.

After being turned on the C&O turntable in Charlottesville, Virginia, former C&O 2-8-4 2716 crosses over its own rails on the Southern railway main line. This handsome Berkshire is currently in th... (more)

Former Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2716 looks just fine as it wheels a southbound excursion over the Rapidan River at Rapidan, Virginia. Unfortunately, this is one of its last runs before a cracked ... (more)

The only 2-8-4 ever to appear on the Southern Railway’s roster, former C&O 2716, approaches the U.S. 15 underpass near Culpeper, Virginia with a 16 car excursion.

Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2716, currently being restored to operable status at the Kentucky Railway Museum, has been targeted for excursion service three times previously. In 1979, the Clinchfield... (more)

Southern Railway’s Only Berkshire

During the steam era, the Southern Railway never rostered any locomotives of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement. In 1981, however, that changed when th... (more)

The face of ex-C&O 2-8-4 2716 catches the last sunlight as the locomotives pulls fast with an excursion returning from Toccoa to Atlanta.

A southbound intermodal train behind EMD GP50 7019 passes former C&O 2716 which will return to Chattanooga with an excursion.

Former Chesapeake and Ohio K-4 2-8-4 2716 shows off its Southern identity at Emory Gap, TN. The engine has been turned and serviced while awaiting the special's return from Crossville behind FP7s.... (more)

In one of the few times I ever saw this engine runnng with a clear stack the train is westbound on a beautiful spring day with a great great excursion. These is such a fine class of locomotives a... (more)

Still the best locomotive ever run by NS steam program (IMHO). Here the train is westbound entering the siding for a meet. Why yes, I am on the lead locomotive of the train they are meeting, by ... (more)

Specially equipped coal gondola Southern Railway #900096 has topped off 2716's tender and the operator is retracting the loading boom. The gondola, sent from Birmingham's Norris Yard, was staged ... (more)