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6/15/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern
Model:Alco 2-8-0Built As:SOU 630 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:28446Order No:R-41
Frame Number:22X30 cylinders, 56" driversBuilt:2/1903
Notes:Richmond 02/1903, to ETWNC 207 in 1952, to TVRM 630
Other locos with this serial:  SOU 630(2-8-0) SOU 207(2-8-0) ETWNC 207(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0)
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Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description:  Headed downgrade
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:05:58 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 5261(GP38-2)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
Headed downgrade
Title:  Headed downgrade
Description:  But a nice plume of steam
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:10:02 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description:  Coming up on High Fill
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:11:18 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description:  On high fill
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:12:38 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description:  On high fill
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:13:28 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
Two southern classics
Title:  Two southern classics
Description:  Anyone see the signal
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:19:28 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description:  In a field of Christmas trees. Oh how I would love to have this under the tree.
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:22:01 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0) NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 5261(GP38-2)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description:  On the wye
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:22:58 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) TVRM 630(2-8-0)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
\team At Moore`s Cut
Title:  \team At Moore`s Cut
Description:  Southern #630 heading down the Southern Loops toward Old Fort. The excursion is rolling out of Moore`s Cut.
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/1/2015 6:52:00 PM
Location:  Coleman, NC
Author:  Robert Jones
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2) SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
#630 At The Wooden Trestle.
Title:  #630 At The Wooden Trestle.
Description:  Southern #630 crossing wooden trestle climbing the Southern Loops heading back toward Asheville.
Photo Date:  4/20/2013  Upload Date: 4/1/2015 7:13:31 PM
Location:  Coleman, NC
Author:  Robert Jones
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  NS 5621(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2) SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  1179   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Approaching Grovestone
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:14:50 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Greeting people at Grovestone
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:18:28 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Old meets New
Title:  Old meets New
Description:  SOU 630 meets NS 116 and some Dash 9's
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:20:43 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 9541(C40-9W)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Turning on the Wye in Biltmore
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:25:34 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Turning on the Wye in Biltmore
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:27:14 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Turning on the Wye in Biltmore
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:33:37 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  In the yard at Asheville
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:39:08 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  MP 130
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:43:34 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  MP 130
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:46:52 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Running about 40mph
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:49:17 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Stopped at Ridgecrest
Title:  Stopped at Ridgecrest
Description:  Stopped to set retainers before going down the loops
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:51:40 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
Stopped at Ridgecrest
Title:  Stopped at Ridgecrest
Description:  Stopped to set retainers before going down the loops
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:54:48 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
Bottom of the loops
Title:  Bottom of the loops
Description:  Close to Old Fort
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 8:01:52 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5261(GP38-2) SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
At Old Fort
Title:  At Old Fort
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 8:08:40 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Tim Keegan
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  3034   Comments: 0
Climbing the loops!!
Title:  Climbing the loops!!
Description:  Sou 630 climbs the mountains of western NC on the Southern Loops
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 5/1/2013 9:49:44 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Bo Ellis
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
SOU 630 almost ready to leave
Title:  SOU 630 almost ready to leave
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2025 8:32:13 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  George Nydegger
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
SOU 630 a close-up shot
Title:  SOU 630 a close-up shot
Description:  Re-upload working on completing this album again.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2025 8:25:00 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  George Nydegger
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
SOU 630 warming up
Title:  SOU 630 warming up
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2025 8:28:45 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  George Nydegger
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2025 8:35:39 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  George Nydegger
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  24   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 2:26:15 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  Turning on the "wye" at Old Fort before returning to Asheville.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 2:35:24 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 2:38:10 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 5261(GP38-2)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 2:41:38 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 5261(GP38-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 2:43:54 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 5261(GP38-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 2:46:23 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0) NS 5261(GP38-2) NS 5071(GP38-2)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 8:10:40 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  John Nagy
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Southern steam 630
Title:  Southern steam 630
Description:  April 21, 2013, 7:54am, Asheville, NC: Steam powered Southern 630 is ready to leave on a round-trip excursion from the Norfolk Southern Asheville yard to Old Fort on a sunny Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 6/25/2013 9:15:36 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description:  April 21, 2013, 8:45am, Ridgecrest, NC: Southern 630 steam locomotive pulls a round-trip excursion train through Ridgecrest. About 500 feet in front of the train is the Swannanoa Tunnel, which is the start of the downhill run through the loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort. The excursion ran from Asheville to Old Fort and back to Asheville.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 6/25/2013 9:22:51 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
Southern steam 630
Title:  Southern steam 630
Description:  April 21, 2013, 8:39am, Ridgecrest, NC: A round-trip excursion from Asheville to Old Fort, led by steam locomotive Southern 630, sits at the final crossing before starting the downhill run through the loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 6/25/2013 9:20:01 AM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
SOU 630 at Coulter in Asheville-Knoxville
Title:  SOU 630 at Coulter in Asheville-Knoxville
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2013  Upload Date: 4/22/2013 4:45:11 PM
Location:  Morristown, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
Southern 630
Title:  Southern 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2013  Upload Date: 4/24/2013 9:00:10 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Christopher Esposito
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SOU 630
Title:  SOU 630
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 5/2/2013 4:56:08 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Bob Sprague
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
NS 1068 passes TVRM
Title:  NS 1068 passes TVRM
Description:  the Erie heritage unit leading NS train 370 passes TVRM while Southern 630 boards passengers for a TVRM Missionary Ridge excursion
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 5/27/2013 1:18:19 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NS 1068(SD70ACe) SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
SOU (TVRM) 630
Title:  SOU (TVRM) 630
Description:  TVRM train 101, Missionary Ridge Lpcal, crosses over Chickamauga Creek
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 5/27/2013 1:17:04 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  346   Comments: 1
SOU (TVRM) 630
Title:  SOU (TVRM) 630
Description:  wide angle roster shot of the 630, all spiffed up for Memorial Day weekend excursions at the museum
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 5/27/2013 1:14:21 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  John Higginson
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Southern: Serves the South - and Saves Coal!
Title:  Southern: Serves the South - and Saves Coal!
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2013  Upload Date: 7/25/2013 9:50:34 PM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Drayton Blackgrove
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
At The Depot
Title:  At The Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2013  Upload Date: 7/25/2013 9:47:02 PM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Drayton Blackgrove
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
630 at Grand Jct.
Title:  630 at Grand Jct.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2013  Upload Date: 7/25/2013 9:46:00 PM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Drayton Blackgrove
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
630's Headlight
Title:  630's Headlight
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/27/2013  Upload Date: 7/25/2013 9:26:06 PM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Drayton Blackgrove
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 630(2-8-0)
Views:  253   Comments: 0


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