I drove down to the public parking lot near the Ruth Chris steakhouse in Knoxville then walked to where the Southern Rail Productions' night photo location was and met the crew of Southern Railway 154.
Southern Railway 2-8-0 154, nee East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company 466, built by American Locomotive Company in 1890.
Chattanooga Traction Company SW1 4, ex. R.J. Corman 1002, exx. Southern 1002, nee Chattanooga Traction Company 4, built by Electro-Motve Division in 1947.
Southern Railway 154 and the water tank.
Tennessee Riverboat Company "The Star" on the Tennessee River.
Southern Railway 154 waiting for darkness to fall.
First the actors covered the brass on the sand dome for the night photo session.
After their job was done.
The crew discussed business before an evening run.
It was becoming darker.
The crew with lanterns.
Rear views looking down from the balcony of an adjacent building.
Back on the ground. At this point, I decided to call it a night and drove back to the Super 8 for a good night's rest before the photo charter in the morning.
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