Train Tuesdays Quote of the Week It’s a good thing to let another generation know what a steam locomotive is – W. Graham Claytor Jr, president Southern Railway Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 50th Anniversary Video See Also: TVRM Railfest / NS Steam Report Southern 630 Train Ride on the NS Mainline Book Review: Steam’s Camelot [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] The Rollin’ Out Again – Rollin’ Out Again – Single song mentioned in my Launch of 21st Century Steam post came true to life this weekend. Not only is the song now available on iTunes, the old steam train really did roll out again over Labor Day [...]
Train Tuesdays Southern 630 Mainline Test Runs A little over a month after Norfolk Southern ran a test train led by Southern steam locomotive 630, NS ran another test train on Tuesday, August 8, 2011, this time apparently without a diesel in the consist. The NS Facebook page shows this video: According to the TVRM [...]
Train Tuesdays Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has completed the restoration of Southern 630, to be used in Norfolk Southern’s upcoming 21st Century Steam program. Excursions and appearances are expected to be announced shortly. Video of Southern 630′s Return Investigate Further: Southern 630′s Facebook page by
Train Tuesdays Southern 630 / NS Steam Program Update The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Soule Shops complex is one of the premier remaining locations to restore and maintain steam locomotives today in the United States. The TVRM website posts this recent update on the restoration of Southern 630 to be used in to-be-announced Norfolk Southern [...]
