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Pictures of TVRM 630
 
Owner: Tennessee Valley
Model:Alco 2-8-0Built As:SOU 630 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:28446Order No:R-41
Frame Number:22X30 cylinders, 56" driversBuilt:2/1903
Notes:Alco Richmond blt in 1904 for the Southern Railway
Other locos with this serial:  SOU 630(2-8-0) SOU 207(2-8-0) ETWNC 207(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0)
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630 poses in Knoxville before her ill-fated trip
Title:  630 poses in Knoxville before her ill-fated trip
Description:  It's 9 a.m. and 630 is fired up and ready to go
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:10:00 PM
Location:  Knoxville, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
Rolling along the shore in Farragut
Title:  Rolling along the shore in Farragut
Description:  630 rolled by this Tennessee River backwater at 10:23 a.m. with no hint of trouble
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:11:00 PM
Location:  Huntsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  714   Comments: 2
Crossing the Tenn River at Loudin
Title:  Crossing the Tenn River at Loudin
Description:  Over the river at 11:28 a.m. Train has just had its first stop just north of here.
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:12:26 PM
Location:  Loudon, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
630 races along after her second delay
Title:  630 races along after her second delay
Description:  630 heads past a house north of Philadelphia. It's 12:18 p.m. and she has traveled less than 35 miles
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:13:08 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  729   Comments: 0
Stopped again in Sweetwater siding
Title:  Stopped again in Sweetwater siding
Description:  2 p.m. and 630's bearing has heated up again. She's now stuck between the switches and a coal train is coming
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:13:55 PM
Location:  Sweetwater, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
Up close and personal with a steam engine
Title:  Up close and personal with a steam engine
Description:  A TVRM worker extricates himself from the bowels of 630 during her 3rd stop of the day
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:14:27 PM
Location:  Sweetwater, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  794   Comments: 0
Chugging past the Niota Depot at 2:40 p.m.
Title:  Chugging past the Niota Depot at 2:40 p.m.
Description:  This is the last photo of 630 in action Monday. In less than an hour she'll be ordered off the mainline.
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:15:55 PM
Location:  Niota, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
Crew gets their portrait taken
Title:  Crew gets their portrait taken
Description:  In one of trip's lighter moments NS photog Casey Thomason films the crew. Why not? Their engine is down anyway.
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:17:13 PM
Location:  Coile, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
TVRM rolls through the woods
Title:  TVRM rolls through the woods
Description:  TVRM 630 coasts along as she heads north through Ooltewah, Tenn. on an excursion to Cleveland and back.
Photo Date:  9/1/2012  Upload Date: 9/2/2012 10:56:56 PM
Location:  Ooltewah, TN
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
Blowin off some steam
Title:  Blowin off some steam
Description:  630 blows down while taking a break in Attalla (west of Gadsden)
Photo Date:  9/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:12:03 PM
Location:  Attalla, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
Locals move for a closer look
Title:  Locals move for a closer look
Description:  Crowds turn out as word spread that steam was in town!
Photo Date:  9/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:14:51 PM
Location:  Attalla, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
Trying to catch up with the pack
Title:  Trying to catch up with the pack
Description:  A rat-packer passes someone who know nothing about what's happening
Photo Date:  9/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:18:43 PM
Location:  Crudup, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
The Rat Pack follows 630 south
Title:  The Rat Pack follows 630 south
Description:  Over-the-shoulder shot along U.S. Highway 11 just south of I-59
Photo Date:  9/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:16:25 PM
Location:  Crudup, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  623   Comments: 1
Approaching Atalla
Title:  Approaching Atalla
Description:  630 clears the signals north of Attalla as she prepares for a planned service stop.
Photo Date:  9/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:05:23 PM
Location:  Attalla, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
Full steam ahead
Title:  Full steam ahead
Description:  Southbound through Collinsville
Photo Date:  12/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:00:42 PM
Location:  Collinsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
Between the trees
Title:  Between the trees
Description:  630 is dwarfed by trees as she rolls towards Atalla.
Photo Date:  12/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 6:03:23 PM
Location:  Collinsville, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Rolling through the countryside
Title:  Rolling through the countryside
Description:  TVRM shuttles its #630 southbound through the scenery south of Valley Head while headed to Birmingham.
Photo Date:  12/13/2012  Upload Date: 9/13/2012 5:48:54 PM
Location:  Valley Head, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
Steamin south through the countryside
Title:  Steamin south through the countryside
Description:  TVRM 630 heads towards Summerville
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 10/12/2013 10:03:47 PM
Location:  Trion, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Rounding the curve south of Martindale
Title:  Rounding the curve south of Martindale
Description:  630 heads through "Idiot's Curve" southbound toward Summerville.
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 10/12/2013 10:05:11 PM
Location:  Summerville, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Smoke, steam, and cinders at the "shack"
Title:  Smoke, steam, and cinders at the "shack"
Description:  630 blowin everything as she rounds the curve in this quintessential shot on the C&C
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 10/12/2013 10:05:32 PM
Location:  Rock Spring, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  379   Comments: 1
Southbound through the iron bridge
Title:  Southbound through the iron bridge
Description:  Beautiful bridge still stands after 90 years(?) at the Trion Denim Mill
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 10/12/2013 10:03:58 PM
Location:  Trion, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Headin' home after a day on old rails
Title:  Headin' home after a day on old rails
Description:  630 heads north traverses the mill bridge on her back to the "Noog"
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 10/12/2013 10:03:10 PM
Location:  Trion, GA
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
Gettin the Bird
Title:  Gettin the Bird
Description:  Southbound TVRM excursion spooks a bird south of Valley Head.
Photo Date:  3/2/2014  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 10:35:53 PM
Location:  Valley Head, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Rollin' north toward home
Title:  Rollin' north toward home
Description:  Northbound excursion has Lookout Mountain behind her as she approaches Rising Fawn, Ga.
Photo Date:  3/2/2014  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 10:32:45 PM
Location:  Rising Fawn, GA
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  400   Comments: 1
(B)rat Pack accompanies excursion north at the I-59 overpass
Title:  (B)rat Pack accompanies excursion north at the I-59 overpass
Description:  The Pack slows traffic on US 11 north of Atalla on the run back to "The Noog".
Photo Date:  3/2/2014  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 10:33:01 PM
Location:  Keener, AL
Author:  William Martin
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Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  496   Comments: 1
Big steam in Atalla
Title:  Big steam in Atalla
Description:  TVRM 630 kicks out a huge cloud of steam as she runs the wye.
Photo Date:  3/2/2014  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 10:33:27 PM
Location:  Attalla, AL
Author:  William Martin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Northbound smokes it up heading upgrade north of Trenton
Title:  Northbound smokes it up heading upgrade north of Trenton
Description:  The long shot finally worked!
Photo Date:  3/2/2014  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 10:32:19 PM
Location:  Trenton, GA
Author:  William Martin
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  420   Comments: 0

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