Photo Gallery: Southern No. 630 in Service at the TVRM

September 2, 2013 Todd DeFeo

Southern No. 630 was built in 1904 by American Locomotive Company. The 2-8-0, or Consolidation, entered into freight service and replaced locomotives built in the 1890s.

Here, the locomotive pulls a Missionary Ridge local on a rainy morning, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013.

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