Southern Railway Steam Variety

SKU: DVD-GSVP-197
(1 customer review)

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Four Southern Railway steamers, all steamed up and operating!

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Producer

Greg Scholl Video Productions

Run Time

1 hour 33 minutes

Narration

Yes

Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New

Technical Details

No Region Code

Finding four locomotives from one railroad, in this case the Southern, that are still operating today is rare. We begin with the oldest engine, with 1890 2-8-0 number 154 in the Knoxville area. The first thing we see is a photo charter on a freight train which ran a bit further than the regular excursion ran. This charter ran in 2011. Then we see footage of regular excursions with their holiday trains, in November 2014, where they ran 3 trips in one day. This is the Three Rivers Rambler excursion train.

Next we visit the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum to see 2-8-0 number 630 operating on the regular TVRM local in 2011. Several runs were shown, including the Missionary Ridge Tunnel, and much more. Then we are off to Monticello, Illinois where we see excursion train action which includes riding the train, a cab ride, and trackside views. The engine is 2-8-0 number 401. Next we get to see 401 on a special photo freight train charter, with many action-filled runbys along the route. Some vintage autos were used as well.

Our final engine is the most famous one, with 2-8-2 number 4501. This segment starts with some pacing from 2017(Different day than what was in the 4501 video), before we see the return trip from Summerville to Chattanooga in November 2018.

1 review for Southern Railway Steam Variety

  1. rickyfreni

    Shot over a 7 year span (April 2011-November 2018), this program covers 154 in 2011 & 2014, 630 on its first year of its second restoration on the regular Tennessee valley railroad museum which was on the same weekend as the 154 freight special in 2011, 401 at Monticello in October of 2012 & May 2018 Which includes a cab ride, & even 4501 in October of 2017 & in November of 2018. Plus there are some deleted scenes of 630 & 4501 on a Peter Lerro productions freight special in March of 2018 during production of Southern Doubleheaders. A one shot look at number 203 with 154 in November of 2011 is shown. The footages were recorded by mostly Ronald Burkhard & Brady Sanker, but there is a Saturday foggy morning shot of 4501 being paced along Holtzclaw ave by Greg. Overall, Christopher Kovacs (Trainmaster844) does an amazing job narrating this program.

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