Southern Railway Steam Engine #630
by Joseph C Hinson
Title
Southern Railway Steam Engine #630
Artist
Joseph C Hinson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Returning to the North Carolina Transportation Museum for her first run to Barber Jct, the Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 is doing something she doesn't do much on a Norfolk Southern mainline. She's running without the assistance of diesel engines.
Southern Railway #630 is a 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive built in February 1904 by the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company. She was first put into local and branch line service in Knoxville, Tennessee by Southern Railway before it was moved to Asheville, North Carolina to run on the Murphy and Lake Toxaway branch lines before being retired from revenue freight service in August 1952.
Here's an idea for a greeting card caption --
"You're not just blowing smoke; you're going places and getting there in style! Keep up the good work!"
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April 14th, 2013
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Comments (49)
Rachel Morrison
Amazing soot cloud! Gorgeous blacks against the green and blue, with the pop of red! Pin
Thomas Woolworth
Photography is all about capturing moments in time. Congrats on capturing this Wow moment!!
Toby McGuire
Great shot! I don't miss the times when vehicles pumped soot into the air like that but this is definitely striking!
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