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The Medal of Honor, A Family Affair: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 13
In this episode of Our Historical Heritage, we explore a brief summary of the lives of four extraordinary men who fought valiantly at the risk to their own lives to protect the freedoms that we all enjoy to this day, earning them our nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
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Memories of an Old Railroader
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In this video, we sit down with retired Louisville & Nashville conductor Harvey Blassingame, just letting him tell some of his stories, and taking it all in. This was recorded on a trip at the Hiwassee River Scenic Railroad, where Harvey is a volunteer. He typically works the Hiwassee Loop trips as the "Senior Conductor", over the same territory that he carried seniority on starting back in 196...
Tennessee Valley Railroad's 2024 Georgia Season: The Highlights
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In this video, we look back at the 2024 season of trips into Northwest Georgia by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. In this video, we'll see trains powered by both steam and diesel locomotives of various sizes and paint schemes. Diesel wise, we'll see NC&StL GP9 No. 710, TA&G GP38 No. 80 & Southern GP38-2 No. 5000. On the steam side, we'll see both 2-8-0 No. 630 and 2-8-2 No. 4501 in action...
Autumn Steam to Summerville
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On October 19th, the world famous Southern Railway No. 4501 departed her home base at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum for another one of the museum's popular fall trips to Summerville, Georgia. The big 2-8-2 handled the eight car train with ease over the roller coaster route of the former Central of Georgia "Columbus Division", commonly known as the "C-Line". Come along with Georgian Rail ...
Death Valley Scotty & The Scott Special: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 12
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In this episode of Our Historical Heritage, we explore the story of Walter E. Scott, the con-man that he was, and the special train he chartered on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway that set a speed record between Los Angeles and Chicago that would stand for 31 years. Along with the story of "Death Valley Scotty" and his train, we also talk a bit about the story of one specific locomotive...
Southern Railway No. 630: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 11
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In this episode of Our Historical Heritage, we explore the history and operations of the Southern Railway steam locomotive No. 630. This episode is very special, because it is the first fully filmed and "live action" episode of this series, featuring interviews with several people onscreen, along with myself doing the on screen narration. I hope you enjoy this episode, as many hours of work wen...
An Andrews Raid Update: Adding to the Heritage, Episode 1
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July 3rd, 2024 Two more members of the Andrews Railroad Raid have now received our nation's highest military decoration, over 140 years since the last one was issued posthumously. Listen in for more on this historic event! For the episode that this is an update for, you can follow this link! th-cam.com/video/eELFU7D3QHY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2nN2ftrAUSrYpBLh For the video by Josh Roe that is an intervi...
Summerville Doubleheader 2024: From The Air and The Ground!
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June 1st, 2024 Southern Railway 630 and 4501 operate the first of two scheduled doubleheaders of the 2024 season from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Summerville, Georgia and return over rails dating from the mid to late 1800's. The nearly sold out train operated with cloudy skies, but the two stars of Southern steam still managed to put on a fantastic show. In this video, we see the train at multipl...
Dollywood Express: June, 2024
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In this short video, we see a few shots of former US Army, later White Pass & Yukon Route 2-8-2 No. 192 as she leads five cars of happy guests on trips up and down Iron Mountain in the Dollywood Theme Park.
TVRM's Chickamauga Turn: NC&StL 710 to Georgia
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On May 25, 2024, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum operated their popular Chickamauga Turn excursion between the museum in Chattanooga and the historic Civil War town of Chickamauga, Georgia. Power for the train this day was former Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway GP9 No. 710, the oldest operating diesel in the museum's collection. Built as a GP7 in 1950, the 710 operated on the NC...
Hiwassee River Scenic Railroad: May 24, 2024
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Trying a multi-camera approach to shooting a passenger train, we see Hiwassee River Scenic Railroad train No. 400 headed south between Delano and Reliance, Tennessee behind TVRM GP38 No. 2004 and GP38-2 No. 5109. 2004 is a former Penn Central unit that also saw service on Conrail, Burlington Northern and BNSF before becoming a lease unit for General American Transportation (GATX). The unit was ...
Repetitive Dates in History: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 10
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In this episode of "Our Historical Heritage", we examine seven different events that took place during the month of April between 1861 and 2011, a span of just a few weeks more than 150 years. These events all share something in common with at least one other one in our story, the day of the month on which it occurred. Some of the events covered in this episode I've already gone into significan...
CSX M648-08 at Cowan, Tennessee
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CSX M648-08 at Cowan, Tennessee
Steaming into 2024: Southern Railway No. 630
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Steaming into 2024: Southern Railway No. 630
CSX on the Western & Atlantic Railroad: March, 2024
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CSX on the Western & Atlantic Railroad: March, 2024
The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Narrow Gauge: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 9
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The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Narrow Gauge: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 9
Cruisin' the Savannah
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Cruisin' the Savannah
Lost & Found Steamboats: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 8
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Lost & Found Steamboats: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 8
The Photography of O. Winston Link: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 7
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The Photography of O. Winston Link: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 7
Trains, Planes & Automobiles: CSX at Lovell Field
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Trains, Planes & Automobiles: CSX at Lovell Field
The Louisiana Eastern Railroad: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 6
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The Louisiana Eastern Railroad: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 6
The King & Queen of the Rivers: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 5
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The King & Queen of the Rivers: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 5
Summerville Steam 2023: It's Been A Long Time Coming!
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Summerville Steam 2023: It's Been A Long Time Coming!
Chinese Steam in the United States: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 4
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Chinese Steam in the United States: Our Historical Heritage, Episode 4
Georgia Northeastern's South End (L&N "Old Line" Volume 5: Marietta to Tate
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Georgia Northeastern's South End (L&N "Old Line" Volume 5: Marietta to Tate
Southern Railway 5000 in August, 2023
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Southern Railway 5000 in August, 2023
Southern Railway 630 Arrives at Grand Junction
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Southern Railway 630 Arrives at Grand Junction
CSX 7876 at Dalton, Georgia
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CSX 7876 at Dalton, Georgia
Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway: August 8, 2023
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Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway: August 8, 2023
Norfolk Southern's Office Car Special: August, 2023
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Norfolk Southern's Office Car Special: August, 2023