| Southern Railway 630 | |
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| Southern Railway 630, in operation, posing at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Grand Junction Station. | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | American Locomotive Company (Richmond Works) |
| Serial number | 28446 |
| Build date | February 1904 |
| Configuration | 2-8-0 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver diameter | 57 in (1.448 m) |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Boiler pressure | 200 psi (1.38 MPa) |
| Cylinders | Two, outside |
| Cylinder size | 24 × 30 in (610 × 762 mm) |
| Valve gear | Southern |
| Tractive effort | 46,700 lbf (208 kN) |
| Career | Southern Railway |
| Class | Ks-1 |
| Number | 630 |
| Retired | 1967 (revenue) 1989 (excursion) |
| Current owner | Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum |
| Disposition | Operational at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum |
Southern Railway 630 is a steam locomotive built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company (Richmond Works) for the Southern Railway. It is a 2-8-0 Consolidation of Southern's Ks-1 class.
The 630 was used on Southern in regular freight service until her retirement in 1952. December of that year, the 630 and sister locomotive, 722, were purchased by the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad and numbered 207 and 208 appropriately. In December 1967, both locomotives were traded back to the Southern for use in their steam excursion program and restored to their former identities in return for a pair of former Central of Georgia Alco RS3's. The steam locomotives headed main line excursion trains over the entire Southern system until 1983 when both were retired again from the Southern in favor of larger power. They both were leased to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. 722 was later loaned by Southern's successor NS to the Asheville Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society of Asheville, NC. TVRM ran the 630 until 1989 when she was yet again retired. 630 was donated to TVRM in 1999 by NS. Shortly thereafter, 630 entered TVRM's restoration shop (now Soule Shops) and underwent a thorough ten-year restoration -- one of the most thorough restorations performed on a steam locomotive in the U.S. in recent years, including frame work and complete running gear overhaul. 630 returned to regular service on TVRM in March 2011 and may participate in the upcoming "21st Century Steam" program being developed by Norfolk Southern.
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