Found along side the old Southern main.

[ncsilverspider]

Hey everyone! What a weekend! For the past 2 days, me and my dad have done nothing except chase the recently restored Southern Railway #630 steam locomotive on 3 excursions each day! It has been a blast and not only do I have many wonderful memories, but I also have a cool piece of railroad history. While trying to find a place next to the mainline to get a nice shot of her at trackspeed (Which I did. Check out photo below. Best one!) I was, no shocker, looking on the ground for insulators. Unfortunately, I didn't find any. I found something better. After #630 came by and I got my shot (Yes!) I went down in the small gully by the tracks and pulled up the complete top to an insulator pole with the insulators still on them! Unfortunately, the insulators were plastic and they, as well as the pole, were infested with ants! The pole is here, sprayed with Raid. After the ants die, we'll clean up the pole, replace the "fake" insulators with glass ones I've found and set it up in my train room! I'll have a pic of it soon, but here's my perfect shot once in a lifetime shot of #630 in all her beauty, taken with my phone, trackside. Enjoy and God bless!

 

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[Gunrunner61]

Would love to see the picture....

 

[ncsilverspider]

Would love to see the picture....

Yeah my phone messed up (computers down) the pic may send twice, but just in case it doesn't here it is again.

 

[ncsilverspider]

Here is a pic of the pole as of now. Were letting the ants die and then we'll clean it up. Hope you like it!

 

[ncsilverspider]

Also found a PERFECT insulator last weekend, also while chasing #630. NOT A SINGLE SCRATCH OR NICK! IT'S PERFECT! Here it is! Better pics to come later. Well my phone is being stubborn so I will post it later. Sorry!

 

[ncsilverspider]

Well, aparently it did work. So here are the other pics.

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[ncsilverspider]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

 

[antlerman23]

that is one nice lookin train! do you know how much the restoration cost, or how long it took?

 

[ncsilverspider]

that is one nice lookin train! do you know how much the restoration cost, or how long it took?

No I don't. Tennessee Valley Railroad did the restoration. Check out tvrm.org

 

[Giant056]

Very nice find I remember climbing them telegraph poles when I was a kid to check the insulators for the old ones

 

[Jeremy S]

Very cool find! I have always wanted one of those to display some of my insulator collection on. There are still quite a few along the tracks out here, but they are still standing and still property of the rail road.