On Friday night, a couple of friends and myself went down to Tennessee to stay the night to be able to chase the Southern 630 for what could be the last time on the mainline. The weather was forcasted to be mostly cloudy with thunderstorms throughout the day. Once we got out of Chattanooga, there was not a cloud in the sky. There was clear blue skies until we got to Glen Mary around 4pm. It was an amazing day with great friends and most importantly, steam!
Below are a few pictures from the chase, plus some other freights.. Check out my Flickr for more photos! >>https://www.flickr.com/photos/46459752@N08/
Southern 630 leads the Steam Anniversary Special by the McDonald Farm near Dayton, TN
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Steam Anniversary Special rolls by the most photographed house in Evensville, TN
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NS 956 and SOU 630 passes through downtown Rockwood
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The Steam Anniversary Special flies across the New River Bridge
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As a pack of cars race to get ahead of the Steam Special, Southern 630 passes under the signals at Pemberton
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After a quick crew change and a service stop, Southern 630 and the Steam Anniversary Special passes under the searchlights in Oakdale
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Like last weekend, outstanding pics (again)!
(How's the ticks, chiggers, rattle snack bites, etc. this trip?)
I've been looking on-line to see if anyone grabbed a photo at Nemo Tunnel (no luck yet).
Rich
If there is a next time for 630 on the CNOTP I'll definitely get Nemo SB...
Just not this time :)
A friend of mine by the name of Mark Ragan MAnaged to grab a shot of it. I was just north shooting him pop out of 22 and over the bridge.
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Photo Credit: Mark Ragan