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The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (reporting mark TVRM) [1] is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum was founded as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1960 by Paul H. Merriman and Robert M. Soule, Jr., along with a group of local railway preservationists.
Tennessee Valley Railroad No. 610 is a preserved S160 Class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation for the U.S. Army in March 1952. It is one of the last steam locomotives built for service in the United States and the last new steam locomotive acquired by the U.S. Army.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
TVRM quickly determined that No. 4501 required a thorough rebuild to obtain a new boiler ticket, and at the time, the museum did not have enough funds for it. [40] No. 4501 was then retired while the museum concentrated their efforts and investment on rebuilding SOU 2-8-0 No. 630, and Ex- U.S. Army 2-8-0 No. 610 subsequently covered TVRM's ...
Meanwhile, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in Chattanooga, TN had been looking for ages for a 4-6-2 type locomotive and quickly sought to acquire one. It was chosen as a good candidate since it had been shopped shortly before retirement. In 2001, it was moved to TVRM where it resides on static display until 2023.
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. [1]
The Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum is a museum in Pittsburg, Texas. It consists of two separate facilities, the Depot Museum and the Farmstead Museum. [1] [2] The Depot Museum is located in a former Cotton Belt railroad depot that was built in 1901.
In 1967, Nos. 722 and 630 were both traded back to the SOU for use in their steam excursion program until 1980, when they were sent to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in Chattanooga, Tennessee to make way for larger steam locomotives haul the longer and heavier excursion trains. In late 1985, No. 722 was taken out of service and was ...