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Photos: Preparing the Valentine Diner Train

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / From left, Dining Car Staff member Justin Freeman and Steward Bob Ralph set a table in the Traveler's Fair car. — Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / From left, Dining Car Staff member Justin Freeman and Steward Bob Ralph set a table in the Traveler's Fair car. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / From left, Dining Car Staff member Justin Freeman and Steward Bob Ralph set a table in the Traveler's Fair car.

By Robin Rudd February 15, 2021 1 min read

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Preparing the Valentine Diner Train

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / A table is ready for diners.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Chef Robert Ellison arranges pots on the kitchen car's gas stove.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Steward Rob Ralph checks on the condition of the dining car, Traveler's Rest.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Dining Car Staff member Brock Griggs caries coffee cups through one of the four dining cars.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Kitchen Staff member Barbara Ellison cuts a apple pie.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Diner Car Staff member Justin Freeman places rolls on a table.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The historic elegance of rail travel is displayed in this table setting in the first class car, Clover Colony.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The kitchen car is a tight work environment. In the Foreground chef Terrence Smith prepares mash potatoes.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Chef Terrence Smith is enveloped in steam as he mashes potatoes in the kitchen car.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Justin Freeman slips past Barbara Ellison in the kitchen car.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Dining Car Staff member Jim Jordan places salads on a table in the car, Silver Lake.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / A pot of potatoes boils on the gas stove.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Steward Rob Ralph assigns diners to their cars.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Dining Car Staff member Robert Smith directs diners to their seats.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Samuel Bolton helps his wife Roxanne Bolton with her coat, as the Chickamauga Georgia Couple take their seats in the Traveler's Fair Dining Car.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Diners board the car before the 5:30 p.m. departure.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Dining Car Staff member Jim Jordan waits on a table of diners.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Engineer Andrew Durden, left, is engaged to his conductor Rikki Burckett, right.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Built in 1972, Southern locomotive 5000 pulls the train from Grand Junction Station crewed by engineer Andrew Durden and conductor Rikki Burckett. Durden are Burckett are engaged.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / From left, Dining Car Staff member Justin Freeman and Steward Bob Ralph set a table in the Traveler's Fair car.

The staff of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum spend hours preparing the many facets of it’s Valentine Dinner Train. All available seats for the two-hour train ride was filled at 25 percent capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic.