Steam & Excursion > TVRM 630/4501 Charter

Back in March, Pete Lerro chartered Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum to run a double headed photo freight. I have to leave for work soon, so I'll cut to the chase and put info with the pics. This batch is from Monday morning, at TVRM's Grand Junction facility in East Chattanooga.

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4 - 4501 takes a spin at Soule Shop

5 - Exiting the Missionary Ridge tunnel

6 - On the bridge just west of Grand Junction.

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7 - Night shots at Soule Shop

8 - Passing the well-known factory complex at Rossville

9 - Still in Rossville, rounding an S-curve back in the woods

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10 - The famous house by the tracks at Rock Spring. Rumor at the time was that the property had changed hands, and the house might not be around for much longer.

11 - A couple actors pose on the station platform at Summerville. They also dressed as Rosie The Riveter the day before.

12 - The two engines pose side-by-side at Summerville. We would spend a couple hours here while the engines got serviced, and a number of vintage cars were used as props.

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Last two are from our last stop at Trion, Georgia. After some debate, it was decided to keep the engines facing south here, even though it made for a long ride back to Chattanooga - #630 is restricted to 15mph in reverse. However, the consensus was to have nose light on the engines here, and trade off maybe getting one more spot on the way back.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/18 09:13 by pennsy3750.

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Beautiful shots...

Good stuff. Thanks much for sharing. My favorite is ladies on the platform.

Tominde Wrote:
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> Good stuff. Thanks much for sharing. My favorite
> is ladies on the platform.


Same here. Both lovely young ladies who look to be enjoying themselves very much.

Excellent photos and coverage.
Bob

Four stars ! Outstanding images.

Great stuff..!! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing--great photos and couple of nice looking steam locos. I noticed the crossing signal with the lighted "stop". The Wabash had a few of those.

Victor A. Baird
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