Southern #630 Ready to Depart - Railfest 2013 Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. . This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Southern #630 and the Engineer - 2013 Railfest Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Southern #630 leaves the station Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Southern Locomotives: Old and Older Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. Also as part of the activities of the 2013 Railfest, Southern Railway's EMD FP7 #6133 made a visit. This Diesel locomotive built in 1950 was used to pull their excursion, the Missionary Ridge Local throughout the weekend. It is normally on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum which offers this writeup: "Southern Railway #6133: The locomotive was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1950. This FP-7, operated by the Southern Railway, was the property of the CNO&TP (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific). The FP designation meant the locomotive could be used for passenger or freight trains, using a 567-B 16 cylinder prime mover, generating 1500 horsepower. These were F-7 freight locomotives with a steam generator placed at the rear of the locomotive, increasing body length by four feet. FP-7 locomotives were used on small branch-line passenger trains throughout the Southern Railway System. By the late 1970s, there were very few FP-7s left on the roster due to Southern eliminating many passenger trains. The 5-8 left were used for excursion trains as part of the Steam Program begun in 1966. The 6133 was donated to the NCTHC in 1980, and restored by the volunteers to its original green/ imitation aluminum paint scheme. It is used to pull the train ride around the property when needed." I took more photos of #6133 than I have posted to flickr. You can also see quite a thorough collection of photos of the highlighted steam locomotive Southern #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery/index.php?album=chattanooga%2Frailfe... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Tuscumbia Railway at Spring Park In addition to several other park features and attractions, Spring Park in Tuscumbia features a Kiddie Train. The train is a C.P. Huntington train made by Chance Rides of Wichita, KS.
Welcome to Historic Medina mural This mural features an Illinois Central Steam Locomotive. The mural is located along Medina's Main Street which is now TN152 but used to be US45E. Medina is in Gibson County. The mural was created by Les MacDiarmid who is known for his murals around Gibson county.
Southern #630 rings the bell Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Caldwell Co. Mural #4 Railroad Days - Princeton, KY All murals painted by local artist Richie McKinney in 2002.
Frisco 1351 Steam Locomotive - Collierville, TN This historic locomotive is currently on display in Collierville at the old train station museum. In Memphis, there are plans to build a Railway and Trolley museum where this train will be restored and eventually be on display. This steam 2-8-2 locomotive was built in 1912 by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York.
Frisco 1351 Steam Locomotive - Collierville, TN This historic locomotive is currently on display in Collierville at the old train station museum. In Memphis, there are plans to build a Railway and Trolley museum where this train will be restored and eventualy be on display. This steam 2-8-2 locomotive was built in 1912 by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York.
Andrew's Raiders Monument - Chattanooga Located in the Chattanooga National Cemetery is this 1890 monument to Andrew's Raiders from the Great Locomotive Chase in the Civil War. Atop the monument is a bronze scale model replica of the steam locomotive The General from the chase. Surrounding the monument, Medal of Honor recipients from the Union raid are buried here.
Steam Train Mailbox Located in Chattanooga, near the NS Debutts Yard (which is why the NS logo is on a steam train).
The last steam train used in America I suppose the distinction of "The last steam train in use in America" can be up for debate, but it's the claim of this Historic Marker. This steam locomotive was used by North America Rayon from 1936-1992. North American switched its plant in with fireless 0-6-0F #1 until some time in 1992. #1 was a well-known fireless steamer, which interchanged regularly with steam engines from connecting East Tennessee & Western North Carolina RR until they dropped the fires in 1967. After that, #1 continued toiling away in the plant, until an anonymous date in 1992. This steam train is located in Elizabethton, TN next door to their visitors welcome center along US19E & US321. Here's what this locomotive looked like while in use: www.steamlocomotive.com/colored/narc1.jpg
Welcome to Fulton, KY Steam Train sign Fulton is a city on the Tennessee / Kentucky state line. Fulton is in KY while South Fulton is in Tennessee. This welcome sign is located along the state line. The railroad is important in the history of Fulton and CN still has a rail yard here. In fact, Fulton used to be known as the "Banana Capitol of the World" as most imported bananas passed through Fulton on trains.
Southern #630 Ready to Move Railfest 2014 is this weekend! This photo is from Railfest 2013. Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Lake Winnie mini-train Located near the entrance of the Lake Winnepausaukah is this replica steam train named "Iron Horse"
RJ Corman Steam Train Mural - Frankfort, KY RJ Corman trains pass through downtown Frankfort several times a day. On the west side of Downtown, the tracks cross over Wilkinson Street and then over the Kentucky River on This bridge. Until 2010, this area was a drab 350 foot wall of concrete. In 2010, local art teacher Jennifer Zingg and some of her students created this Children's Mural. It depicts a streamlined steam train passing through the Kentucky bluegrass countryside. The train shown here is part of the Corman rolling stock known as "Old Smokey", a Chinese QJ 2-10-2. See pics of it here: www.rjcorman.com/gallery_smokey/ learn more about the mural in this video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Vp3TC6BNU
Clinchfield #99 steam locomotive This Rogers Ten-Wheeler 4-6-0 steam train is located at the museum at Casey Jones Village in Jackson, TN. It has been re-branded to appear to be Illinois Central #382, which is the same model of locomotive. Ole 382 (aka Cannonball) is the train that Casey Jones famously engineered.
Welcome to Bell Buckle Old faded peeling sign remembering the steam trains that used to pass through Bell Buckle as part of the line from Nashville to Chattanooga
Cowan Railroad Museum: Engine & Depot Steam Locomotive #1 has been the highlight of the Cowan Railroad Museum for many years. It's a Columbia Type 2-4-2. It was built by Porter in 1920 as a tenderless Tank style locomotive and converted with a small homemade tender and had the saddle tank removed. The cab used to contain a small coal bunker. The Engine was functional around Charleston, SC until 1964 when it was sold to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Then, was sold to the Cowan museum in 1979.
Steam Train Mural - Crestview, FL This mural is painted on the side of a building where Main St. crosses the train tracks.
Central of Georgia #223 Steam Locomotive Central of Georgia #223 is a steam train Baldwin 2-8-0 built in 1907. It is on display inside the roundhouse at the Georgia State Railroad Museum which occupies the old Central of Georgia Railway Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities.
Cookeville's 509 The Tennessee Central Depot in the heart of Cookeville has been turned into a museum, and is known as "The Crown Jewel of the Tennessee Central Railway." Several train cars are outside and part of the museum, led by Locomotive. As a side note, this reminds me of the song "The Railroad Comes through the middle of the house" as one of the lines is: Here comes the 5:09.
Art of Union Station: Locomotive sculpture When Union Station opened in Nashville in 1900, visitors were amazed at the impressiveness of the station, and in particular the artwork in the lobby. On each end of the lobby is a massive clock, with a figure on either side and above a bas-relief sculpture. Shown here is one of those sculptures. This one depicts a steam locomotive, engine #108. The last trian pulled up at Union Station in the 70's. In the late 80's the station was opened as a hotel, and in 2007 the entire lobby underwent an extensive renovation.
T.R. Miller #12 - Pensacola, FL This 2-4-2 steam locomotive was built by Baldwin in June 1904. It is on display at the Historic Pensacola Village Museum.
Chattanooga Choo Choo sign This is the sign atop the Chattanooga Choo Choo, the hotel and tourist stop inside Chattanooga's Terminal Station
Chattanooga Choo Choo sign This is the sign atop the Chattanooga Choo Choo, the hotel and tourist stop inside Chattanooga's Terminal Station Here is a video of the sign animation www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/4778984066/ Here is the sign in the day time: www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/4778963226/in/set-7... Hello to anyone who found this here: www.myspinningplates.com/chattanooga-has-talent/903 Chattanooga Has Talent or here from the Niemen Foundation Lab of Harvard Blog www.niemanlab.org/2013/09/the-newsonomics-of-the-new-chat...
Central of Georgia #8 Steam Locomotive Central of Georgia #8 is a Baldwin 0-6-0 built in 1886 and is the oldest CG Steam locomotive remaining. It is located in the roundhouse at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah. Note the metal mule on the front, as this locomotive spent many years pulling rail cars at the CG yard.
Louisville City Hall Pediment Perhaps the most achitecturally interesting government building in downtown Louisville, the City Hall was constructed from 1870-73 (it says 1871 along the front.) It was built with Indiana Limestone at a cost of $464,778. while the interior has been completely overhauled a few times, the exterior remains unchanged except for basic renovation. The architectural style is a blend of Italianate and Second Empire style. The pediment over the main entrance features a relief of the Louisville city seal plus a steam train with the word "Progress" inscribed on it. Atop many of the windows are engravings of livestock heads. The building is three stories tall plus a raised basement. Today, it's primary function is housing the metro council offices and chambers. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Heisler Fireless 0-4-0 Locomotive This steam train is on display at the train station in Laurel, MS. From the description: This locomotive was built by Heisler Locomotive Works as Hercules Powder Company #35 and served the Hattiesburg plant from 1946 until 1958, when replaced by a diesel unit. The Heisler is a "fireless" steam locomotive and was charged with steam from the plant boilers thus allowing extra safety when operating in a flammable environment. After retirement, it was donated to the City of Hattiesburg on Feb. 6, 1963, and was displayed for several years in Kamper Park.
Savannah Central #30 This steam locomotive is located at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah. It was built by the American Locomotive Company in June 1913. Today, it is used for brief excursions and to demonstrate the turntable it is on in this picture.
Welcom to Bell Buckle This sign in the Middle of Bell Buckle must have been put up in the last couple of years. Here's the one it replaced: www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/3142958934/ Hello to anyone who found this here: www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/tiny-town-tn/ Why Everyone In Tennessee Should Visit This One Tiny Town
H.K. Porter 0-4-0 #3077 - Huntsville, AL This narrow gauge H.K. Porter 0-4-0 Steam locomotive was built for Sharon Steel in 1904. Today, it is located at the Depot Museum in Huntsville, AL with a modern label of Huntsville Railway Co. #4. Instead of a coal car, there is an open air car behind the locomotive, and I think it can be rented for children's parties. The train is not functional and the tracks below do not go anywhere.
NCStL Locomotive When I was a kid, this was behind a fence that was always locked when I stopped by. Note: This has been moved and is no longer at Centennial Park.
Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern #300 This steam locomotive is on display at the train station in Hattiesburg. According to the sign: Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern #300 was purchased new from Baldwin Locomotive Works by W.S.F. Tatum for his newly incorporated railroad in 1925. The locomotive hauled freight trains between Hattiesburg and Beaumont until retired in 1960. It was one of the last steam locomotives in regular common carrier service in the United States. It's a 2-8-2 "Mikado" type locomotive. Specifications Construction number:58241 Year built: 1925 Cylinders: 19" diameter x 26" stroke Driving wheel diameter: 52" Engine weight in working order: 156,000 lbs Tractive effort (pulling power): 30,700 lbs Tender water capy: 7,000 gallons Tender fuel capy: soft coal - 12 tons
Steam Train - Meridian, MS This locomotive is located at Highland Park in Meridian, MS adjacent to the Jimmie Rodgers museum. It is a 1917 Baldwin steam locomotive from the Susquehanna and New York Railroad line. It was later used by the Meridian and Bigbee railroad, who donated it to the city in 1953 as a memorial to all deceased railroaders. The locomotive was moved to the park in 1970.
Houston Astros Home Run Train With fans returning to games this week for MLB Opening Day, this photo was taken at the last MLB game I attended in 2019. Quick notes about this train: It's a 15 foot high and 56 foot long replica of a 1862 steam locomotive built by SMI & Hydraulics of Porter, MN. Every time an Astro hits a home run, it travels down the tracks at 2.5 MPH and then backs up to where it started. When Minute Maid bought the stadium naming rights, it began to haul replica oranges. It has been driven by Bobby "Dynamite" Vasquez who has done this since the ballpark's 2nd season in 2001. It's 90 feet above the playing surface in left field. Before the stadium could be constructed, as buildings were torn down in downtown Houston, the old train station was preserved to be part of the stadium as a gift shop.
Steam Locomotive 7745 - LaGrange, KY This well-painted 1953 steam locomotive is located at the La Grange Railroad Museum in La Grange, KY. The 0-6-0T design was among the last produced in Great Britain by Robert Stephenson & Co. The Museum also features a blue 1929 L&N dining car and a 1963 caboose. Just a couple of blocks away, the city of La Grange also features one of the few remaining city centers with live tracks running through town.
Gainesville Midland #116 - Jefferson, GA This 2-8-0 was built for the Central of Georgia. It is located in Jefferson, GA along Business US129 next door to the high school where there is a small parking area. According to the marker: This steam locomotive was presented to the city of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to the nation. It was one of the last steam-powered locomotives to operate in this section of the country. It was built in 1907 and was last operated on the Gainesville Midland Railroad.
The Original Gatorland Express According to their sign: The Ol' Iron Horse Express debuted at Gatorland in 1961 and became the very first amusement park ride in central Florida. This model is one of only a handful of trains built by MTC Herschell. For the next 39 years, this replica of an 1800's style steam engine faithfully carried over 7.5 million smiling faces along a journey around our gator ponds. After logging almost half a million miles (in one-quarter mile increments), our faithful train was officially retired on Sept. 24, 2000.
Tennessee Central #509 - Cookeville, TN Manufactured by Baldwin and originally numbered 502, this was one of eight 4-6-0 locomotives purchased by Tennessee Central in 1909. The sign notes these "Ten Wheelers" were versatile engines which suited the purpose of a small railroad which covered a diverse geography and carried a wide variety of cargo. this small rolling stock is on the grounds of Cookeville's TC depot which is a museum and located in the Cream City historic district.
Cookeville Proud Mural Located on the side of the Cookeville History Museum, which is located on Broad St. between the courthouse square and the Cream City Depot District.
Dierks Forest #207 - Tulsa Dierks Forest was a local lumber hauling company. This 2-6-2 Prairie class steam locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1917. In 1963, it was relocated to the corner of the Tulsa Expo Center Fairgrounds.
Chattanooga Choo Choo Christmas I happened to be at the Chattanooga Choo Choo as they were finishing the Christmas decorations on the train. This Mogul type 2-6-0 is Baldwin 34964 built in 1904 for Genesee & Wyoming. It is decorated as Cincinnati Southern #29, but was never used by this railroad. (Cincinnati Southern did however terminate in Chattanooga.) It was used by multiple companies but then sold to a Tennessee company in 1937. In 1961, it became part of Rebel Railroad - a train themed tourist attraction which eventually became Dollywood. I'm not sure when it made it to the Choo Choo, but I first saw it in 1994, I think.
Frisco 4500 Steam Locomotive This steam train has its own wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis%E2%80%93San_Francisco_4500 It is now seen at the Route 66 Historical Village in Tulsa.
Shay Engine #2147 - Townsend, TN Dorothy is the main attraction at the Little River Railroad Museum in Townsend, TN. The name Dorothy wasn't given until the museum opened. Accoding to the sign: Engine #2147 is a 70-ton Class-C Shay locomotive built in 1909. Shay engines are a special kind of locomotive specifically made to pull heavy loads up steep hills and around sharp curves. This was done on very rough tracks, meant to only last for a year or two until an area's lumber was gone. Unlike a conventional steam locomotive where the wheels are connected directly to the engine with long steel rods, Shays used a series of gears to power every wheel. This allowed for the "beating" infliced upon rails by rods to be eliminated and for the locomotive to gain more traction, at the cost of speed. #2147 was built in Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio for the Babcock Lumber Co. in Tellico Plains. It worked for the Little River Lumber Co. between 1932 and 1935. By 1965 it was being used on a scenic railroad in North Carolina as a part source to maintain two other Shays. In 1982 it was returned to Townsend and was the first item on the Museum site. #2147 is the last remaining Shay engine from the Little River to not be wrecked or scrapped.
Tennessee Valley Railroad #610 Full story here: www.tvrail.com/equipment/us-army-610/ Highlights: 2-8-0 Steam Train built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in March 1952 Built for the U.S. Army at Fort Eustis Military Railroad in Virginia. Built as a prototype, no others of this class ever built. Retired from Army service in the late 1960s. Donated to the National Railway Historical Society in Dothan, AL. Then donated to TVRM in 1978. TVRM began restoration in 1987 to 1990. Cosmetically altered at that time. Operated as an excursion train for 20 years until 2010. Now in storage needing another major restoration. This photo is already 10 years old. At the time, it is parked right next to the TVRM mechanic shop in East Chattanooga. Perhaps it has moved, but this area is visible to anyone who takes the TVRM Missionary Ridge Local to see the shop.
Steam Train mural - Wichita Falls, TX Steam locomotive #100 comes out of a tunnel in this 2012 mural signed by Ralph Stearns.
Town of Wartrace, TN Mural Signed by @offthewallmuralsTN Ryan Frizzell @ Megan Armes April 2022. The mural is located at Winnette Ayers Recreational Park in Wartrace. The Steam Locomotive has a serial number of 1858 which was the year the town was incorporated.
Dinky Stop - Aetna, TN Aetna is a small town along highway 48 south of Centerville.
1916 Glover Machine Works Locomotive Built by Glover Machine Works of Marietta, this 1916 locamotive was sold in a company in Virginia for hauling lumber. In 1921, GMW reassumed possesion. It was restored in 1992 and placed underneath an awning on the other side of the tracks from the old train station.
The Chattanooga Choo-Choo of Death! In downtown Chattanooga, TN, located inside the northern terminal for the free electric shuttle, known as CARTA, is a series of 7 3D art / paintings focusing on local attractions. This image represents the famed Chattanooga choo-choo. I am only kidding about the "of death!" part because the spikes were added to prevent birds from perching there. Here are links to all seven images, if you want to see the others. Lookout Mountain Rock City Ruby Falls Incline Railway Chattanooga Choo-Choo Bluff View Arts District The Electric Shuttle
Little General - Marietta, GA This replica train is located in Glover Park, in the middle of the town square in Marietta, GA. It's a smaller version of the "General" which was a part of the Great Locomotive Chase, one of the more interesting stories of the Civil War. The chase happened along the tracks between here and Chattanooga and the actual train is housed in the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History up the road in Kennessaw
Dorothy at Little River Railroad Dorothy is a Shay 2147 (Class C, 70 ton) locomotive built in 1909. It is displayed prominently at the Little River Railroad museum in Townsend, TN. It was bought by LRR in 1916 and used until it wrecked in 1931. Little River Railroad's primary purpose was to haul timber from Maryville to Elkmont. They continued until the late 30's when they sold their timber land to be part of the Smoky Mountain National Park. www.littleriverrailroad.org/ The name Dorothy wasn't given until after the museum opened in the early 80s
Cowan, TN Steam Locomotive #1 My wife, who likes steam locomotives, commented it looks like it's smiling! Steam Locomotive #1 has been the highlight of the Cowan Railroad Museum for many years. It's a Columbia Type 2-4-2. It was built by Porter in 1920 as a tenderless Tank style locomotive and converted with a small homemade tender and had the saddle tank removed. The cab used to contain a small coal bunker. The Engine was functional around Charleston, SC until 1964 when it was sold to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Then, was sold to the Cowan museum in 1979. To see my other photos from the Depot Museum, look here: www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/tags/cowanrailroadm...
Cowan, TN Passenger Depot (2011) The Cowan Depot is wood frame and built in 1904 for the NC&StL railway. When in use, it was originally on the other side of the still-in-use-by-CSX tracks but moved further away to its current location in 1976. It's built in a railroad gothic style architecture and has been repainted to the original green and yellow colors. The building is in the process of renovation. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Every year, the town has a Summer Weekend festival called Cowan Depot Days with the goal of raising money to further restore the station. Cowan is located on the historic line that runs from Nashville to Chattanooga and is perhaps best known by railfans as the last stop before ascending Cumberland Mountain and the picturesque but almost inaccessible Cumberland Mountain Tunnel entrance. CSX keeps pusher cars on hand to help trains make the incline to the top. Steam Locomotive #1 has been the highlight of the Cowan Railroad Museum for many years. It's a Columbia Type 2-4-2. It was built by Porter in 1920 as a tenderless Tank style locomotive and converted with a small homemade tender and had the saddle tank removed. The cab used to contain a small coal bunker. The Engine was functional around Charleston, SC until 1964 when it was sold to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Then, was sold to the Cowan museum in 1979. To see my other photos from the Depot Museum, look here: www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/tags/cowanrailroadm...
Cowan, TN Train Depot and Steam Locomotive The Cowan Depot is wood frame and built in 1904 for the NC&StL railway. When in use, it was originally on the other side of the still-in-use-by-CSX tracks but moved further away to its current location in 1976. It's built in a railroad Gothic style architecture and has been repainted to the original green and yellow colors. The building is in the process of renovation. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Every year, the town has a Summer Weekend festival called Cowan Depot Days with the goal of raising money to further restore the station. Cowan is located on the historic line that runs from Nashville to Chattanooga and is perhaps best known by railfans as the last stop before ascending Cumberland Mountain and the picturesque but almost inaccessible Cumberland Mountain Tunnel entrance. CSX keeps pusher cars on hand to help trains make the incline to the top. Steam Locomotive #1 has been the highlight of the Cowan Railroad Museum for many years. It's a Columbia Type 2-4-2. It was built by Porter in 1920 as a tenderless Tank style locomotive and converted with a small homemade tender and had the saddle tank removed. The cab used to contain a small coal bunker. The Engine was functional around Charleston, SC until 1964 when it was sold to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Then, was sold to the Cowan museum in 1979. To see my other photos from the Depot Museum, look here: www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/tags/cowanrailroadm...
Lynnville, TN Depot Museum & Locomotive Lynnville is a small town in Giles County where L&N operated a Passenger depot. That depot was torn down when passenger service stopped in town. However, a few decades later, a new replica was built to be operated as a museum. The highlighted locomotive at the museum is a 1927 Prairie type 2-6-2 Baldwin Steam Locomotive. It hauled freight for the St. Louis & O'Fallon railroad at first and was retired after 37 years in use. in 1997, the museum acquired it. Other trains cars at the museum include a 1923 Pullman Passenger Coach (which inside has a sub-museum honoring nearby Milky Way Farms), a 1950 wood deck flat car, and a 1971 caboose. To see all of the Lynnville Depot Museum pictures, Click here.
Lynnville, TN Depot Museum & Locomotive Lynnville is a small town in Giles County where L&N operated a Passenger depot. That depot was torn down when passenger service stopped in town. However, a few decades later, a new replica was built to be operated as a museum. The highlighted locomotive at the museum is a 1927 Prairie type 2-6-2 Baldwin Steam Locomotive. It hauled freight for the St. Louis & O'Fallon railroad at first and was retired after 37 years in use. in 1997, the museum acquired it. Other trains cars at the museum include a 1923 Pullman Passenger Coach (which inside has a sub-museum honoring nearby Milky Way Farms), a 1950 wood deck flat car, and a 1971 caboose. To see all of the Lynnville Depot Museum pictures, Click here. Hello to anyone who found this here: www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/undeniable-tn-home/ 11 Undeniable Reasons Why Tennessee Will Always Be Home
Lynnville, TN Depot Museum & Steam Locomotive Lynnville is a small town in Giles County where L&N operated a Passenger depot. That depot was torn down when passenger service stopped in town. However, a few decades later, a new replica was built to be operated as a museum. The highlighted locomotive at the museum is a 1927 Prairie type 2-6-2 Baldwin Steam Locomotive. It hauled freight for the St. Louis & O'Fallon railroad at first and was retired after 37 years in use. in 1997, the museum acquired it. Other trains cars at the museum include a 1923 Pullman Passenger Coach (which inside has a sub-museum honoring nearby Milky Way Farms), a 1950 wood deck flat car, and a 1971 caboose. To see all of the Lynnville Depot Museum pictures, Click here.
Lynnville, TN Depot Museum Locomotive Lynnville is a small town in Giles County where L&N operated a Passenger depot. That depot was torn down when passenger service stopped in town. However, a few decades later, a new replica was built to be operated as a museum. The highlighted locomotive at the museum is a 1927 Prairie type 2-6-2 Baldwin Steam Locomotive. It hauled freight for the St. Louis & O'Fallon railroad at first and was retired after 37 years in use. in 1997, the museum acquired it. Other trains cars at the museum include a 1923 Pullman Passenger Coach (which inside has a sub-museum honoring nearby Milky Way Farms), a 1950 wood deck flat car, and a 1971 caboose. To see all of the Lynnville Depot Museum pictures, Click here.
Lynnville, TN Depot Museum Locomotive and Wigwag Lynnville is a small town in Giles County where L&N operated a Passenger depot. That depot was torn down when passenger service stopped in town. However, a few decades later, a new replica was built to be operated as a museum. The highlighted locomotive at the museum is a 1927 Prairie type 2-6-2 Baldwin Steam Locomotive. It hauled freight for the St. Louis & O'Fallon railroad at first and was retired after 37 years in use. in 1997, the museum acquired it. Other trains cars at the museum include a 1923 Pullman Passenger Coach (which inside has a sub-museum honoring nearby Milky Way Farms), a 1950 wood deck flat car, and a 1971 caboose. To see all of the Lynnville Depot Museum pictures, Click here.
Knoxville Historic Train Mural Located in the Old City area of Knoxville. If you walk a few steps, you'll be on the tracks and can see the old Southern Depot. The artists of the 2001 mural are Eva Allawos, Walt Fieldsa & Randall Starnes.
"The Barn" - Chuckey, Tennessee At one time, there was a marker by the barn that was either gone by the time I got there, or I just didn't see it. The sign read: The Barn was built mid 20th century pimarily for farm use. The barn was readily visible from the old 11-E highway and quickly turned into a form of advertising for Corner and Central Drug Stores in Greeneville. Progress has moved business and traffic patterns to the new 11-E highway, leaving the barn bypassed by today's population. However, the barn continues to serve as a landmark today, preserving the history of one of Greene County's oldest towns. Davy Crockett: Born in Chuckey 1786 Glider: Ed Huffaker, early pioneer in aviation Steam Locomotive: Railroad and Fullens Depot Log House: Earnest Fort House built in 1784 First Aid Cross: Dr. Annis O. Pickering, Tennessee's first lady doctor. Tennessee Flag Pole: Battle of Rheatown 1862 Nolichuckey River: Early transportation "Earnestville" Pointer: "Old Ted" One of the best bird dogs to hunt in Chucley
Steam Train Mural - Bluff City, TN In the 1850's, the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad looked to connect Knoxville to Bristol. To get there, they needed to cross the Holston River. While the bridge no longer exists, the southern bridge abutment and piers still remain. On the abutment, artist Tim Cross painted this mural of a steam train coming out of a tunnel. Bluff City went through several name changes in the Nineteenth Century. The city was originally Choate's Ford and then Middletown. After the railroad came through town, it changed to Union. That's not a good name to have in the Confederacy, so during the Civil War, it changed to Zollicoffer in honor of a Confederate General. After the war, it went back to Union until 1887 when Bluff City became the permanent name. UPDATE: Late in 2014, this mural was repainted and looks a little different.
Armour Fertilizer Works #9 Armour Fertilizer Works was a phosphate mining & processing company that flourished in Maury County in the early part of the last century. This 36" Narrow Gauge 0-4-0T was built in 1927 by Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was moved here at Maury County Park in Columbia in 1988 for the 100th anniversary of the local Phosphate Industry. The locomotive has been nicknamed the Louis J. Finney Special in honor of the local civil leader who was part of the county's park commission.
CN 5288 Steam Locomotive - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum This Locomotive was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1919 for the Canadian National Railroad. It is known as a "Pacific" locomotive, having a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement: four small guide wheels in front, six large driving wheels, and two small trailing wheels under the locomotive cab. The very large driving wheels betray this locomotive as a high-speed passenger engine. Freight locomotives has smaller wheels, which gave them more pulling power for the long freight trains, while passenger engines had large wheels, which gave them less pulling power for the shorter passenger trains, but higher speeds.
The Pride of Pensacola - Frisco 1355 Steam Locomotive This historic steam locomotive is on display between the lanes in the median along US98 on the west side of Pensacola.
Central of Georgia Steam Locomotive #349 This Steam locomotive is one of the rolling stock on display (but non-functional) at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga. This upcoming weekend is the yearly railfest. www.tvrail.com/pages/railfest Here's the info about this train engine from their marker: Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1891 for the Central of Georgia Railway, the 349 is one of the few remaining examples of the most common type of locomotive ever built. The design was so ubiquitous that it earned the name "American" locomotive. It is distinguished by its four small wheels in the front and four large wheels behind, with no wheels in the rear. Thus it is a 4-4-0 type wheel arrangement. Various locomotive manufacturers built the American-type locomotive from prior to the Civil War until the 1920's.
TVRM Railfest 2013: Southern Steam Locomotive #630 Departs Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This photo was taken as the train departed the station. I took a ton of photos, and as of this writing, I haven't picked my flickr-worthy favorites yet, but you can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Steam Train Panning - Southern #630 at TVRM Railfest 2013 Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This photo was taken as the train was returning to the station. This locomtoive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
Southern #630 comes around the bend - 2013 Railfest Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. Once the locomotive made it back to the Chattanooga station, it had to be repositioned from one end of the train to the other, which it is seen here doing along their wye. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program. You can see quite a thorough collection of photos of #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with Southern FP7 #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here: seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=chattanooga/railfes... Also, I took video and put it on youtube: Just the steam train departure seen here: youtu.be/QVBCATNnTQI That, and more footage of the steam train: youtu.be/85iljPK1TfY All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM Hello to anyone who found this here: www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/unlimited-tn-cities/ Everyone In Tennessee Must Visit These Bigger Cities For Their Unlimited Options
