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bierbass
September 6th, 2008, 12:37 AM
Knoxville and Holston River Railroad was recently the recipient of a 2-8-0 built by Alco in 1890. They'll be restoring it to run on their Three Rivers Rambler in a couple years. It sat in the City of Knoxville's Chilhowee Park for 50 years. Southern donated it to the city back in the '50s.

YouTube - Unloading Southern Railway 154 (time lapse)

(click on the title of the video to view it via a link to Youtube site.)


http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/aug/22/1890-steam-locomotive-in-line-for-restoration/