Lerro Productions Photo Charter: Tennessee Valley Edition

Описание: On March 12, & 13, 2018, Pete Lerro chartered the Tennessee Valley Railroad's ex. Southern Railway steam locomotives 630 and 4501, which together with a set of vintage freight cars, performed photo runbys over 51 miles of railroad between Chattanooga and Summerville, Georgia.

On March 12, runbys were performed on TVRM property at Grand Junction, Chickamauga Creek, Whiteside Tunnel, and East Chattanooga. Notice in some shots, it is snowing, which was quite the coincidence considering it was the 25th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1993.

On March 13, 2018, the TAG 80 was added to pull the steam train down the old Central of Georgia Railroad to Summerville, Georgia. At the photo stops, the diesel and coaches were removed and the steam engines took over. Runbys were performed at Rossville, Kudzu Curve, Lytle Road, Rock Spring, Trion and Summerville.

All videos (except for the one of 4501 leading at Grand Junction) were recorded by my amazing girlfriend Lea, who offered to film for me since I was on the train crew, and by federal law was not allowed to operate an electronic device until I was off the clock, so without her generous cooperation, this video would not have been made possible.

Charter Train consist:
TAG 80, GP38 (not seen)
CG 907, 68 seat coach
CG 661, 56 seat coach
SOU 630, ALCo 2-8-0
SOU 4501, BLW 2-8-2
TPW (masquerading as Southern) Boxcar #10044
SOU Hopper #74462
SOU Boxcar #9008 (which features an original Bozo Texino drawing)
SOU Bulkhead Flatcar #920002 (with machine load)
CG Boxcar (with MU connections for acting as idler car on branch)
SOU Flatcar #9001 (with crosstie load)
Wilson Refrigerator Car #2719
Dupont Tank Car #6516
SOU Caboose #X-252 (originally Savannah & Atlanta Railway)

Enjoy the video, and thanks for watching!