Southern Railway 630

Southern Railway 630, in operation, posing at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Grand Junction Station.

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	American Locomotive Company (Richmond Works)
Serial number	28446
Build date	February 1904

Specifications
Configuration	2-8-0
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	57 in (1.448 m)
Adhesive weight	192,000 lb (87,000 kg)
Loco weight	214,000 lb (97,000 kg)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	24 in × 30 in (610 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gear	Southern

Performance figures
Tractive effort	46,700 lbf (208 kN)
Factor of adh.	4.11

Career
Operators	Southern Railway
Class	Ks-1
Numbers	SR 630, ET&WNC 207
Retired	1967 (revenue) 1989 (excursion)
Restored	1970s (1st restoration) 2011 (2nd restoration)
Current owner	Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Disposition	Operational

Southern Railway 630 (commonly referred to as Southern 630) is a 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive built in 1904 by the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company for the Southern Railway as a member of the Ks-1 Consolidation class.^[1]

History

630 was put into local and branch line service in Knoxville, Tennessee by Southern Railway and moved to Asheville, North Carolina to run on the Murphy Branch until it was retired in 1952. It was later purchased by the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad and renumbered to 207. In 1967, the locomotive was traded back to the Southern for use in their steam excursion program and restored to its former identity. Southern 630 pulled many excursion trains for Southern until replaced by larger steam engines to pull the longer and heavier excursion trains in 1978. After that, she was donated to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum to pull light passenger trains until being retired in 1989.^[2]

1999-Present

Shortly thereafter, 630 entered the TVRM's restoration shop (now Soule Shops) and underwent a thorough twelve-year restoration. One of the most thorough restorations performed on a steam locomotive in the U.S. in recent years, it included frame work and complete running gear overhaul. In addition, 630 was given a new tender that was Southern Railway 4501's old one. The locomotive returned to regular service in March 2011 and is participating in the 21st Century Steam program instituted by Norfolk Southern.

The locomotive has toured several eastern states between 2012 and 2014 for this program such as Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and of course West Virginia.

Locomotive whistles

630 would always get different type of whistles swapped out such as the Central of Georgia 6 chime and the Southern 3 chime steamboat. It also wore one of the N&W J Class Hancock 3 chime steamboat whistle when 630 pulled an excursion from Roanoke, Virginia to Lynchburg, Virginia in March 16, 2013.

References

Ferrell, Mallory Hope (1991). Tweetsie Country. Johnson City, TN: The Overmountain Press. ISBN 0-932807-58-5.
Tillotson, Curt, Jr. (2005). Southern Railway Steam Trains, Volume 2 - Freight. Forest, VA: TLC Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-9766201-5-4.

External links

SOU 630 in Revenue Service Southern Railfan

Steam Locomotives of the Southern Railway

Passenger Locomotives	B (4-4-0) C (4-4-2) F (4-6-0) P (4-6-2) Ps-4 (4-6-2) Ts (4-8-2)

Freight and Switching Locomotives	A (various) D (2-6-0) E (4-6-0) G, H, I, J (2-8-0) K (2-8-0), Ls (2-8-8-2) Ms (2-8-2) (Ms-2) Ss (2-10-2)

Survivors	107 (G) 154 (G) 385 (H-4) 401 (H-4) 542 (J) 630 (Ks-1) 722 (Ks-1) 1401 (Ps-4) 1509 (A) 1643 (A-7) 4501 (Ms)

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