4501, a Mikado original to the Southern Railway, leads the Missionary Ridge Local across the South Chickamauga Creek on the approach to Grand Junction Station.
Southern 4501 is on the point of the Missionary Ridge Local on the final day of steam operations for the year. Here, the first trip of the day is seen about to cross the Chickamauga Creek bridge.
The Marines are Here! For its 60th anniversary, one of the events was the presentation of a reenactment of a shootout in the early 1920s, when the Marines were assigned to guard trains aft... (more)