630 heads back to Lexington through Gradison, KY. The photogenic GRS "Searchlight" signals at Gradison were replaced by the gawty looking Safetran signals a few months previous.

630 heads back to Lexington through Revilo, KY. Unlike the previous day, the northbound move received a new train number.

630 rolls downhill into the Cumberland Valley nearing Somerset, Ky.

630 rolls through the farmland just a few miles across the Tennessee state line.

Even with helpers, 630 still makes a sight hauling it's train up Kings Mountain. The GRS "searchlight" signals have since been removed in the weeks following this photo.

Even with helpers, 630 still makes a sight hauling it's train up Kings Mountain. The GRS "searchlight" signals have since been removed in the weeks following this photo.

The smoke of 630 hides the Safetran Signal Mast that will soon be ready to take over guard of NS's busy Central Division. Meanwhile the trusty 60 year old General Railway Signal model SCs feel th... (more)

Southern 630 storms south at Bowen on its way to Oneida, TN as part of the 21st Century steam program. The old Southern signal bridge is not long for this world as its replacement litters the rig... (more)

Late in the day on 31 May, Southern 630 highballs northward to Lexington, KY, crossing the bridge at South Fork.

A couple miles south of Stearns, the excursion passes through the community of Revilo as the 2-8-0 stretches its legs, keeping the train at a steady 40 miles per hour.

After a crew change in Burnside, the New Royal Palm continues towards Onieda as they pass through one of the many cuts made in the 1960's by the Southern Railway as part of the realignment ... (more)

Former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 may be 110 years old, but the consolidation shows no sign of its age, sprinting at a brisk 40 miles per hour down the 2nd District as it leads the southbound exc... (more)

Southern 630 leads the southbound New Royal Palm excursion under the endangered searchlights and signal bridge south of Danville.

Nearly twenty years has passed that the area has seen steam. Southern 630 steam engine is returning from Danville, KY on it's way to Ludlow, KY to complete an excursion run on Norfolk Southern.