Restoration Work
TVRM has a full working locomotive and car repair shop complex, Soule Shops (named after co-founder, Robert M. Soule, Jr.), capable of handling even the heaviest repairs. In March 2011, TVRM completed restoring Southern Railway Ks-1 class 2-8-0 630 to operational status. At present, two locomotives are under restoration to operational status: Southern Railway E8A 6914 and its flagship locomotive, Southern Railway Ms Class 4501. 630's 10 year long restoration was the most extensive restoration ever performed at TVRM, as well as one of the most extensive steam locomotive repairs in the United States since the end of steam on the railroads.
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