The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has announced their Summerville Steam Special schedule for 2018.
Southern Railway Locomotives 630 and 4501 doublehead on one of the Tennessee Valley Railway Museum’s 2017 Summerville Specials.-Kevin Madore
This year’s Summerville Steam Special Excursions will again feature Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 as it follows a historic route from Grand Junction Station in Chattanooga to Summerville, Georgia; crossing the state line in Rossville, traveling past Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park and through Chickamauga, Rock Spring, LaFayette, Trion, and into Summerville. Departure for the all-day trip is 9:00 am with return approximately 6:00 pm.
For Autumn trips, fall colors are usually a highlight outside the train, while a dining car luncheon, complete with chinaware, is served inside dining car Travelers Fare. During the approximately 75-minute layover in Summerville, passengers will be able to explore the town and adjacent Dowdy Park with its historic turntable. The locomotive will be rotated on the turntable, serviced and watered for its return trip to Chattanooga.
Motive power is expected to be recently-restored ex-Southern #4501.
Scheduled trips: March 3, April 7, May 19, June 2, July 7 and 21, August 11, September 1 and 15, October 6, 13, 20, 21, 27, and 28, and November 3, 10, and 11, 2018
Double-headed steam will be featured with both #4501 and #630 on June 2 and October 21 & 28, and November 11.
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