Southern Railway Still Serves the South

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Most people don't realize that the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum also operates three freight railroads. In this video, we'll follow the East Chattanooga Belt Railway on a freight run pulled by the museum's Southern Railway 5000 locomotive.
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[@Rob-tr1st]

Nothing beats the starting sounds of a old EMD. Love how those babies crank up and idle.

[@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel]

Purring like a kitten as I mentioned in an earlier post. Love that sound.

[@andyharman3022]

I fall asleep to EMD videos almost every night.

[@williambryant5946]

Beautiful paint schemes Southern Railway had. The green and gold, this deluxe, and the black and red scheme of their steam freight locomotives all with yellow or gold lettering. EMD General Purpose locomotives up to the GP38s are one of my favorite models of diesel locomotives. Great video. Stay well. -Wil 👍

[@briggscarson]

when you look at the cab windows and the chain across the handrails, you realize she's so happy to do what she was built for! :)

[@fakecumberland]

I’m elated that they were able to preserve the 5000. These were mainstays when I was growing up along the CNO&TP in Kentucky.

[@fafnir242]

Same. Growing up along the NS in Springfield, Illinois, the 5000-Class GP38-2s were mainstays on the D31 and D37 locals to and from Decatur, Illinois.

[@charlesgriffith4217]

My grand parents lived near the CNOT&P. I loved hearing the EMD SD 45s and U36s coming down though the cut near Helenwood TN.

[@JackCarsonsRailroadVideos]

Nice to see SOU serving freight again, Great work!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Thank you SOU much!

[@JackCarsonsRailroadVideos]

@@DelayInBlockProductions IC what you did 😂

[@ernestpassaro9663]

That’s just a paint job southern ceased on June 1 1982

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

@@ernestpassaro9663 We are well aware.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

@@DelayInBlockProductions putting a paint job on an old locomotive doesn’t change anything lol

[@amyreynolds3619]

nothing beats a true Southern locomotive at work

[@buddyburtonphotography]

Thank you for the video of SOU 5000. An iconic piece of SOUTHERN history.

[@DDavis-co9ck]

Thanks again, Drayton

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Thank YOU for the Super Chat! I really, really appreciate your support.

[@roberttrains8696]

Hey Drayton your pickup truck looks great popping up in different scenes

[@atlbike]

I thought the overhead coupling shot was exceptional.

[@streetfightinmanrs]

Agreed, What an awesome shot.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊

[@phuturephunk]

I gotta admit, I actually really do love the sound those prime movers make. It's a very distinct chugging sound that's pleasing to listen to. It's not grating at all.

[@spaceghost8995]

Two stroke supercharged diesel.

[@moparluvrsgagarage2898]

Being an E TN'n I love all TN history and this is another example of it. Great Job on the Video.

[@arneservatius1982]

Born in 46 and growing up on a farm; I would have my bedroom window open at night. I could hear the steam engines hauling thru Grand Junction Michigan after midnight. These big steam engines would run 80 mph plus. The sound of a 5 mile long train with its steam whistle would carry for miles. When a steam engine was running full bore it was the most hypnotic sight with all its moving parts. The steam engines and their pilots are gone into history, but I can hear them as if it was yesterday!🤗🇺🇸

[@CRFProductions2023]

Nice! A museum piece still hard at work. I wish the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad museum would send some of their operational locomotives out on work release, getting permission from CSX. And they could direct any funds made from this, to go to the museum for restoration projects and to help keep the history of the railroad alive.

[@AB-mw8wu]

Yeah. Csx is behind. Every other railway has their heritage.

[@dsmith9964]

@@AB-mw8wu If CSX were to do a heritage series of locos.. how many? SCL, SBD, SAL, ACL, L&N, Clinchfield, A&WP, Monon, NC&StL, P&LE, C&O, B&O, WM, NYC....Did I miss any?

[@carlyeiter9263]

It sure would.

[@jameshill1740]

I was raised on the B@O as an enthusiast inside of a 7 year old boy. My fascination with everything trains, grew when I learned the entire railroad world wasn't just B@O. And it was seeing these briutish black beauties named 'Southern', working a line on the other side of the city that did it for me. Seeing this scheme on a working engine after all these years brings it all back.

[@jwrailve3615]

It’s the worst that the railways before all the final huge mergers in the 90’s had such amazing paint schemes as soon as the main mergers completed we lost all the amazing paint schemes from our never forgotten fallen flags

[@neilray9357]

I'll agree with that! I loved the Chessie System multi colored paint schemes on their engines.

[@professorx4976]

At least we have the heritage units to preserve their glory. I love the old schemes like the SOU green, PRR red and even the Interstate's orange and white "Creamsicle" RS-3 paint scheme

[@kishascape]

Same thing started happening recently again the past couple years with Genessee and Wyoming repainting all their remaining short lines in the candy corn scheme.

[@professorx4976]

@@kishascape True. Delaware-Lackawanna (a company within G&W) does have a few heritage units. I think their most recent one was Wabash 2409. Now that Conrail GP-8 (ex-DLW GP7 rebuild) is awaiting a paintjob. It will be backdated to DL&W scheme.

[@jwrailve3615]

@@kishascape I literally dislike that paint scheme so much. It’s on so many shortlines, i don’t know if it’s the orange or the yellow or the same logo on hundreds of shortlines but I wish there were more personality in the paint schemes. If I had a short line id stack the roster with fallen flag schemes so rail fans loved it haha

[@larrythorn4715]

So it's a museum that operates revenue generating freight trains? That's freaking genius. I don't know if they have done it yet but imagine the cash they could make by selling cab rides during freight operations, or a chance to play conductor or switch-man for a day of pulling freight.

[@DAPchatt]

That would be a big liability with the conductor for the day. But if they did it with a contract, maybe. Not sure the FRA and OSHA would approve of that

[@larrythorn4715]

@@DAPchatt I should clarify that I do mean play. They would have to be under direct supervision of the ACTUAL conductor the entire time.

[@jmadden50]

What a great video. Brings back memories of my childhood in Milledgeville, GA in the 1960s. Southern ran on tracks right thru the middle of town, down the middle of streets, serving JW McMillan brickyard & a Coca-Cola bottling plant, among others. I always loved their paint & thought that that's what a locomotive should look like. Thanks!

[@RTS4018]

Excellent footage as always. The high hoods are my favorites.

[@dsmith9964]

High short hood on Southern locomotives were irrelevant as they ran them long hood forward.

[@restoredoutboards]

That’s a thing of beauty. Great restoration. Thanks!

[@millzym3381]

That thing is clean

[@paulwarner5395]

Great video. Didn't realize that Southern was still a thing.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

It's not - but it is at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

[@joeystrains.9316]

You should have a TV slot. Always interesting and well done.

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

I had the opportunity to ride behind 5000 on the TVRM dinner train a few months back, and she is truly a beauty and it was great to see the former Southern locomotive still alive and working

[@jermainewyatt1995]

Great video can't wait to see the next one

[@VinnieRozzisi]

I love how on this locomotive the horn changes based on the direction it is moving

[@jordansewell8790]

I'd noticed that then realized there's 2 different sets of horns.

[@oal3239]

Great video and that OBS is clean

[@mumps59]

That is one beautiful locomotive.

[@rob4b]

So much American History in the area, it fitting there's a heritage railway there.

[@josephkarl2061]

This would make an ideal HO shelf switching layout if you compacted things a little 👍

[@jwrailve3615]

Definitely! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a shelf layout or a layout in general based on a rail musuem, it sounds like a great way to have a ton of foreign power all on one layout without it making no sense to do so great idea!

[@SirLANsalot]

N scale would do it more justice with less compression and less space. N scale can turn around twice inside 24" so you could even put some reverse loops on the ends of the shelf/layout to allow continuous running, or just means to turn a locomotive/train around. Also would work as a "staging" track, a place for boxcars/hoppers and the like on your layout to go to and to come from. Even my own small portable 2'x4' N scale layout has a small shelf on it for the command station (DCC, Digitrax DCS52) that has two tracks on it that lead onto the layout through a curved switch. A small staging yard that doesn't "exist" and represents an interchange track for the small layout.

[@kishascape]

@@SirLANsalot n scale looks better too.

[@multicolorfilms]

Great production again! I remember riding the Tennessee Valley in 2012. We saw an engine being turned on the turntable, and we then ate from a food truck. Thanks for sharing!

[@ericsturniolo]

This was awesome! I didn’t know that TVRM did freight operations. Great video as always!

[@chrisbeck8182]

That was really well done!! Beautiful locomotive and great shots of it working. Keep up the great work!

[@norbertdx]

15:00 looks like the crossing lights weren't working as they went to pick up the hopper.

[@donaldfaris4798]

Thanks Drayton for catching this operation love to see old Southern equipment still running

[@brianfalzon6739]

Glad Southern still lives!

[@thomasmackowiak]

This was a neat video, Drayton! I enjoyed watching the train crew doing the switching work and taking the two empty covered hopper cars to the Norfolk Southern for interchange. It was very interesting to see how the train crew did the switching moves and how they ran the engine around the cars to put the engine in the proper position to do the moves that they needed to do to accomplish what they had to do. Watching Southern Railroad engine #5000 in Southern Railroad paint was a wonderful trip to the past. Thank you for dociumetning this switching work and for sharing it with the rest of us railfans!

[@musclecarmitch908]

I remember watching the Southern high hoods come through Junction City Ky. I'd be at the Ponderosa speedway and the tracks came right by it, between races I'd watch the train's. Then I'd usually see a L&N on the way back home through Parksville KY. I always knew the L&N because of their Mars lights at night.

[@keonikaig9247]

CLASSIC, great job...Thank You ! And thx for the history too... !

[@TheJaernvaeg]

Those drone shots and flying skills are awesome. Nicely done and informative comments. Keep up this really good work.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Thanks for watching. That means a lot!

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Oh Wow 👏 this is one of our favorite videos and places. How cool is it that a tourist Railway runs both Passengers and freight trains 25 years ago this be unheard

[@williamflowersrailfannerpr3808]

I can't wait for this one Drayton

[@barroningram7286]

at 9:30 nice shot of a good looking Chevy pick up and that hi hood engine running long hood forward 👍

[@zpw31]

Awesome job Drayton! Hope to see you come back down to GC again in the future

[@sgttombailes3380]

We loved our OCT 2018 Summerville Excursion. All day long. 8 hrs. of excellent train ride!! I highly recommend IT ! Great Fun Ride !!

[@bowlinerailfan]

I got to see Southern 5000 moving the TVRM dinner train into the Grand Junction depot last year when I was there for my vacation. I filmed it at the same time as 4501 took the Missionary Ridge local out to the wye to turn around for another run, which I also filmed. Coming from TVRM the thursday before to get back to my hotel, I went down Hortzclaw Ave and was surprised and thrilled to spot my favorite locomotive Atlantic Coast Line 1504 at the FMW Solutions location there (albeit in pieces). If not for the ACL logo on the tender, which was by the fence, I probably wouldn't have noticed it being unfamiliar with the area. The tender and cab were next to each other and the boiler with the smokebox and firebox still attached were in the compound interior. I wish I knew of safe places to park so I could have got out and photograph them. I've since learned that literally a few weeks later, FMW moved that operation to Soddy Daisy so I'm glad I saw it when I did. I didn't follow the line beyond the Mapco gas station you filmed the train going by, but I'm pleased to know where it leads to now. Thank you for filming this. If anyone is interested in what I got of 5000 and 4501, I can put a link here. And my apologies for the the lighting at the start; the late afternoon june sun can be quite bright. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZPCY42ErLR6qdUsi=55v-fvrhfad-jQim

[@project_animations013]

Im glad to see some of the other diesel locomotives are getting some attention especially 5000 since i haven't seen much on film content of her lately if at all

[@vettebecker1]

Very cool operation and history!

[@williamflowersrailfannerpr3808]

I really love some SOU high hood Locomotives getting saved ❤

[@thewheelspinreport]

8:39 being a rail fan with a drone I was screaming to myself at this point, WATCH THE POWER LINES BRO!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Practice makes perfect!

[@Army_Outdoors_88N]

Excellent footage Drayton as always. Definitely making a trip down there to see this heritage

[@tommyhunter1817]

They need a Southern bay window caboose to lug around.

This was a GREAT video! Thanks for posting it! =)

[@squallywally]

Great film once again. Love the bit on the Cemetery and Memorial. I like your films that have a little of the local culture and history.

[@AMPProductionsVideo]

Great job with this video

[@vishal_electrodharwad7678]

Beautiful Train Video, Beautiful Scene , Very nice explanation & information Thanks

[@maryebajcz]

The General starting Buster Keaton is one of my favorite movies.

[@georgemcneal9297]

Southern railroad always had the pretty black white and gold paint scheme,always will.

[@michaelhorn4540]

I've watched many southern railroad trains come behind the house I grew up in less than 30 yards away. Today it's Norfolk Southern and I was delighted to see a train come by my workplace last year with a big diesel engine painted in green with the southern emblems on it

[@zachariassiefker9249]

Oh, yes! Two classic General Motors (GM) products! A high-hood EMD GP38-2 and a Chevy Silverado! Awesome! Also, love the Southern golden deluxe paint scheme and the Chevrolet logo on the back of the pickup truck!

[@sausagefingers2885]

This video is fantastic! They're very fortunate to have revenue freight; helps pay for nice things. P.S. I noticed your svelte Chevy Pickup. Approve.

[@NS5000]

Ah , the Chevy truck makes a cameo !

[@moregltfirephotography4857]

Very cool to see 5000 at work as a fellow drone operator you were scaring my with those power lines lol

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Haha, a lot of people have said that. Practice makes perfect!

[@nsvirginiafankelly9526]

It’s great seeing a Southern high hood still in operation. Reminds me of watching them go through my town when I was a kid. Great video 😊

[@jason27swg]

Great video and very cool drone shots especially between the powerlines!

[@SneaktheWolf]

Truly a beautiful locomotive

[@jacobhildreth414]

The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad does the same thing in Iowa. Its very cool to see their old NW2 or RS3 working industries.

[@ro6742]

Keeping the engines running is a good thing too. The rings like to be worked. It cuts down on oil consumption and crankcase oil dilution. LHF with bidirectional control stand is not as bad for visibility as some might think.

[@deezlpwer07]

Love your videos. Your camera work is excellent! Love how you put in the gratuitous shots of your black truck. Good looking truck as well.

[@petercarmeci8317]

What a sweet looking locomotive.

[@kevinb9327]

Thank you! That was some LIVE nostalgia! 👍

[@rudyandersson38Star]

Nice to listen really, engine sounds and the explained👍 Keep it up

[@daveyboy_]

M&M Industries- nothing 'pails' in comparison Nice aerial shot's.

[@ray_road]

The part at 6:05 makes it look like this is sometime in the 1970’s in the town of Moyock, NC.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

This has added to my education: I thought all the later GPs had "comfort cabs" and ran short hood forward - this lovely video sent me off to learn a bit more! 💚💙💜

[@doublediamondrailroad5949]

Really liked this one! Great Historical info on area and a great Loco story!

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

Great video... Thanks for making and sharing.

[@lnproductions3227]

I railfan to CNO&TP Regularly. Wish I could have seen these beauties in action back in the Southern Days at Danville. I sometimes ask my Grandfather about the Southern and he says he remembers them looking like 5000 here in their Black & White paint. He used to Railfan it back in the 60s and 70s a little

[@NorthernOhioRailroadAction]

Excellent video really enjoyed watching your videos keep up the great work thanks again and have a wonderful day

[@DRGWFan3005]

The California State Railroad Museum here in Sacramento used to serve a lumber mill about halfway down their line. Would be really cool when engines painted in their historic schemes (like SN 402) would switch and pull the train. Unfortunately, the mill has since closed and freight trains no longer run on the line.

[@haydentheratholerailfan3785]

Great video! The Southern will always serve the south!

[@sunnysiderails397]

Love seeing a classic high hood out on the rails! Nice video with great camera work!

[@robertsimon6500]

Nice drone work. Of course everything else was excellent as well.

[@Nicola636128]

Excellent video!

[@Manwholikestrains]

During my last trip to the tvrm to ride the Summerville tripI did get to see the 5000 run around grand junction it looked like it was running great

[@rdak4943]

Good camera work catching the ol chevy in the frame

[@schadowolf]

A very well done video presentation!

[@ChargerusPrime]

Gotta love the sound of any EMD starting up, but when NS 7291 came on screen, I was REALLY smiling as I myself have seen NS 7252 here in Texas. Also, I'm curious if TVRM will restore that what I'm assuming is a 4-6-2 Pacific which was parked in front of that beautiful high hood SD40-2, never caught her road number. Also, I have GREAT news from Texas, Southern Pacific 982 is being restored to operation!

[@kenkramer6529]

Wonderfully shot.

[@chicnwing4519]

Love that long hood forward

[@cadenmcmexican7999]

Ugh I wanna see 5000 in person so bad😍😍I can’t get enough of high hoods and the fact it was the first gp38-2 purchased by the Southern Railway is even better. Amazing video as always Drayton

[@GordonWheeler]

Great Video. The 5000 is a beautiful locomotive. I really the fact that it is earning it's keep, not just on display. The working museum, probably wouldn't work everywhere, but a great idea. BTW I like the OBS cameo's.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Southern inspired me to model a high-nose Great Northern GP60 in the orange and green with yellow stripes scheme last seen on their GP20’s. I’m from Minnesota but I’ve always loved that Southern paint scheme. I’m an E-L and Lehigh Valley fan too.

[@adrianspeeder]

"Got fussed at." Love it.

[@gotoxygen4296]

If you know, you know. Lol.

[@adrianspeeder]

@@gotoxygen4296 If I was ridin' my minibike too fast around Memaw's yard, I got fussed at.

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Fantastic

[@joellaurin9007]

Yeah, we get it... nice Chevy

[@alexanderbailey3128]

Wish they never muffled Diesel engines with the ol 567’s. They were screamers and had amazing supercharger sounds too 🥺

[@Sparkchaser1200]

A lot of museum lines also make a lot of money storing freight cars . My local museum stores grain hoppers and ethanol cars. They bring them on property and when called for move them back to the interchange. They do not have any “customers” on the line.

[@jameswise3971]

Awesome video!!! I swear the prime mover of the GP38-2 when the throttle is up sounds like a ghost

[@shawnbegay4966]

The last time I've been to TVRM was back in September 2004. I live in the Phoenix area and used to see Southern rail cars. I thought they were part of the Southern Pacific, so I remember seeing "Southern Serves the South" and "Gives a Green Light to Innovation".