Southern Steam In The Spring [4K]

Beautiful video and pictures.

smd4 posted:

Beautiful video and pictures.

Thanks Steve! 

As always, well done!

Ed

Ed Mullan posted:

As always, well done!

Ed

 

 

Thanks Ed! I appreciate it!

Some more pictures for you all...

Southern #630 rolls across Chickamauga Creek heading east just outside of Grand Junction station. This area is easily accessible by a trail and along the trail they have a section of track indicating the location of the railroad in 1859. The tracks would have passed and crossed the creek right where I am standing in the picture and crossed the bridge piers shown in the bottom left corner of the frame. According to another sign in 1867, a massive flood caused the water level of the creek to rise up to 9 feet where this picture was taken. If you add that height to the 60-70 foot drop down the bank into the creek below the bridge, it must have been quite a disaster for the area. Can't stop the power of mother nature! 

Southern #630 sits patiently in the East Chattanooga yard of the TVRM shops alongside a Tennessee Alabama and Georgia (TAG) diesel.

Even more pictures to come! (When I get time to edit them...)

TVRM  puts on a good show! I ran and fired 2-8-0 EX SR 722 on that same route 6 times a day, 5 days a week for 10 weeks during the summer of 1984, and it was a blast! THANKS for sharing!

Great photos and video! If you ever have any questions about the museum, feel free to email me. I work part time there. Hope to see you onboard again soon!