Southern Appalachia Railway Museum

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Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
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An Alco RS-1 of the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum.
Overview
Headquarters Knoxville
Reporting mark SARM
Locale Knoxville, Tennessee
Dates of operation1990 (1990)present
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Other
Website www.sarmrail.org

Southern Appalachia Railway Museum is a railway museum headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

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History

The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum was founded in 1990. [1] The museum collects antique locomotives and rolling stock to run on their 7 miles of track from the K-25 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to an interchange with Norfolk Southern at Blair, Tennessee and back. The museum formerly ran an excursion train along this route using their rolling stock. [2] The ride runs over former Southern Railway trackage. The excursion train's name was the Secret City Scenic using Oak Ridge's nickname the "Secret City". The museum does an annual trip and railfan weekend. The excursion train typically ran on the first and third weekend of each month with the exception of special trains. A freight railroad still uses the tracks with the Scenic sometimes using some of the engines. The museum is currently restoring a Southern EMD E8 #6913 among other projects. The museum's ticket office is an old guard station that has been restored.

In 2000, the reuse committee of the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee approved a lease of land to the museum for a visitor center, train depot and repair shop. [3]

In 2016 the museum ceased passenger excursion train operations but continues the restoration and preservation missions while seeking out a new home for excursions.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Passenger Cars

Freight Cars

References

  1. "Southern Appalachia Railway Museum to Restore CofG's Man o' War Train". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 7, 2021.
  2. "Rail Museum offers cool rides for summer". The Oak Ridger. June 28, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
  3. Brass, Larisa (February 21, 2000). "CROET reuse committee approves three leases". The Oak Ridger. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
  4. "Seaboard Coast Line SD45 being restored for museum". Trains . September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.(subscription required)

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