630 passes a small grave yard at Tateville, KY. Many grave stones were simply weathered rock with no writing. Some grave stones had dates preceding the establishment of the CNO&TP line through t... (more)

Hammer down at 40MPH as 630 leans into a banked curve in newly double tracked territory. The CNO&TP has many curves that bank allowing faster train speeds, a common sight on this well engineered ... (more)

From high on top of Kings Mountain, Southern 630 bursts through the cut and finishes the climb up the mountain on its way to Oneida

The 630 smokes her way across the massive Burnside Bridge. Thanks to a service stop at the yard a few hundred yards south of the bridge, she puts on a good show accelerating back up to 40 MPH. Th... (more)

The rising morning sun greets the first steam lead train to run on the "2nd district" of the CNO&TP on over 20 years!

SOU 630 pulls into Oneida, TN while a few crew members aboard check out the spectators lining the street that parallels the tracks.

SOU 630 rolls north under a classic Southern Railway signal bridge at South Fork, KY.

SOU 630 crosses the Cumberland River in Burnside, KY.

SOU 630 rolls north through Parkers Lake, KY.

SOU 630 is working hard up the grade out of Tennessee into Strunk, KY.

SOU 630 rolls south through Whitley City, KY.

SOU 630 rolls past a couple of barns in Somerset, KY.

SOU 630 rolls by a set of searchlight signals at CP Bowen in Stanford, KY.

Deep in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Southern 630 leads the excursion northbound on the famous Rathole, seen here at remote Keno. While there were many railfans out for the chase, we had thi... (more)

The Lexington-Oneida roundtrip 21st Century Steam excursion crosses the large bridge at Burnside as it heads north on a beautiful day.