Gilbert, Virginia was a usual location for photo runbys during the original Southern/Norfolk Southern steam program. Here a trio of FP7’s lead a runby during an Alexandria – Charlottesville ex... (more)
Southern FP7’s 3499, 3496, and 3497 glide over the Rapidan River in the Virginia settlement of the same name. They’re pulling a long string of excursion coaches bound for Charlottesville and a... (more)
Three Southern FP7’s lead a southbound Alexandria – Charlottesville excursion past the station sign in Brandy Station, Virginia. Brandy Station is just north of Culpeper on the Southern main l... (more)
In the 1980’s, the Norfolk Southern overhauled four Southern FP7’s for utility service as part of its steam program. Painted in the Southern’s green passenger scheme, the four-axle passenge... (more)
On a beautiful summer morning, Southern 4501 leads NS 958 past the CPLs at CP Washington in the small town of Glade Spring, VA. Man how things have changed. Southern 4501 is now stuck running at T... (more)
Old meets new as a steam drawn passenger excursion passes a hot shot intermodal and parked mixed freight at Burnside on the Saturday trip of the weekend excursions between Lexington Kentucky and O... (more)
Southern Railway #154 coasts over the Holston River on a beautiful fall morning in east Tennessee.
There’s no doubt that the highlight of the 1983 NRHS convention was the night photo session at Richmond’s famed triple crossing. Conducted by the late Jim Boyd, the scene featured a Chesapeake... (more)
Southern Railway #154 rolls out of downtown Knoxville on one of the Three Rivers Rambler's autumn excursions.
Making its way through the historic downtown of Chickamauga, Georgia, Southern Railway 630 and 4501 doublehead an excursion northward from Summerville, Ga to Chattanooga, TN.
”We’ve got a little problem here!” When the Southern Railway’s excursions from Alexandria, Virginia reached their destination in Charlottesville, the normal procedure was t... (more)
For quite a few years, steam excursions from Alexandria to Charlottesville, Virginia over the Southern Railway (and later Norfolk Southern) were annual occurrences. This trip in 1979 was a little ... (more)
TVRM's SOU 630 heads south for Oneida, TN with a NS excursion on the famed Rathole.
Train 17, the Birmingham Special. A Roger Puta Photograph
A Roger Puta Photograph