Southern Railway 630
Southern Railway 630, in operation, posing at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Grand Junction Station.
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | American Locomotive Company (Richmond Works) |
| Serial number | 28446 |
| Build date | February 1904 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration | 2-8-0 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver dia. | 56 in (1.422 m) |
| Adhesive weight | 192,000 lb (87,000 kg) |
| Loco weight | 214,000 lb (97,000 kg) |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Boiler pressure | 200 psi (1.38 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 | |
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| Operators |
Southern Railway East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad |
| Class | Ks-1 |
| Numbers |
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| Retired | 1952 (SOU) December 1967 (ET&WNC) 1989 (excursion) |
| Restored | 1968 (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 February 1904 by the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company for the Southern Railway as a member of the Ks-1 Consolidation class.
The locomotive 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 from revenue freight service in November 1952. After that, 630 and sister engine 722 were both purchased by the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC) and renumbered to 207 and 208 respectively. The ET&WNC were originally offered Southern Ks-1s #685 (Baldwin, 1904) and #835 (Baldwin, 1906), but they found the #630 and #722 were in better condition than the 685 and the 835.
In December 1967, Ks-1 sisters were traded back to the Southern for use in their steam excursion program and reverted to their former identities in return for a pair of former Central of Georgia Alco RS3s. 630 and 722 pulled many excursion trains for Southern until replaced by larger steam engines to pull the longer and heavier excursion trains in 1978 and 1980.
After that, Southern loaned 630 and 722 to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in Chattanooga, Tennessee to run their Missionary Ridge Local. In the mid 1980s, 722 was taken out of service for its boiler ticket certificate and was moved by Southern's successor Norfolk Southern (NS) from TVRM to Asheville, NC to be on display at the city in 1992. In November 1989, 630 was taken out of service and put in storage when TVRM are restoring another 2-8-0 steam locomotive ex-U.S. Army #610.
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