Tennessee Valley Railroad Classic Steam Updates |
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Year 2003 in Review |
This site brought to you by Volunteer "Webmaster" Steve Freer Note: All photos by S. Freer unless otherwise noted and must not be used without specific permission. |
<< #610 is shown in operation during April. The little blue engine >> made another appearance in May. Nearly 20,000 visitors were carried in two weekends! |
<< USA #611 had its #4 driver dropped for box removal. GSMR needed a pattern for their #1702. #630 is shown sans >> smokebox. Restoration continues slowly but surely. |
<< #610 rolls onto the Summerville turntable on May 31 for its very first spin. The first rotation is >> complete. Time to head for Chattanooga. |
<< Here we see #610 crossing the Chattooga River in Trion during the "Steam All The Way" trip on June 14. Wait a minute...she's head-first to Chattanooga!!! Approaching the turntable. >> |
<< "Blasting" through Fairview, Georgia on Saturday, November 1 on the last weekend of Autumn Leaf Specials. A total of 8 sold out trips ran in Oct & Nov. |
The Chickamauga >> Depot now sports a "tower" which is historically-accurate. The building serves as the Walker Co. Regional History Museum |
Conductor Alan >> Walker has written "Railroads of Chattanooga" which has been published by Arcadia Publishing. The book is available in the TVRM gift shop. |