Tennessee Valley Authority
Kingston Fossil Plant, commonly known as Kingston Steam Plant, is a Tennessee Valley Authority 1.7 GW coal-burning power plant located in Roane County, just outside Kingston, Tennessee, on the shore of Watts Bar Lake. Begun in 1951, it was the largest coal-fired power plant in the world when completed in 1955. It was built primarily to provide electricity for the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory and still utilizes rail service from a nearby Norfolk Southern connection.
Motive Power
Tennessee Valley Authority #27
Harriman, Tn / 2003 / JCH
Tennessee Valley Authority #27
Emory Gap, Tn / Dec 1991 / Sid Vaught
Tennessee Valley Authority #13
Harriman, Tn / Mar 2004 / Jonathan Guy
Tennessee Valley Authority #13
Harriman, Tn / 2003 / JCH
Harriman, Tn / 2003 / JCH
Kingston Fossil Plant
Harriman, Tn / 2003 / JCH
Harriman, Tn / 2003 / JCH
Spotlight: Survivors
TVA locomotives in our collection preserved on display or in operation at museums
UNCOMMON or UNUSUAL locomotive
Tennessee Valley Authority #F3060
Tennessee Valley Authority #F3060
East Chattanooga, Tn / Oct 2021 / RWH
Tennessee Valley Authority #F3060
to Tennessee Valley Authority #F3060
to Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
East Chattanooga, Tn / Oct 2021 / RWH
Oct 2021 / RWH
Oct 2021 / RWH
Oct 2021 / RWH
The H-16-66 was a 1,600 horsepower (1.2 MW) locomotive, with a C-C wheel arrangement that was manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse from January, 1951 until October, 1958 as a smaller alternative to their better known FM H-24-66 "Train Master" locomotive. With an 8-cylinder prime mover developing 1600 hp compared to the H-24-66's 2400 hp from as 12 cylinder engine, the H-16-66 was commonly referred to as the "Baby Train Master". Although sharing a common model designation, four different carbody variants existed with a total of only 59 locomotives produced.
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum added unit F3060 (originally number 24) to its collection thanks to a donation from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The unit was built in October, 1958 and spent its entire working life at TVA's Gallatin Power Plant near Gallatin, Tennessee until its retirement in 1997. Plans are for the locomotive to be moved and displayed in time for the start of the museum's year-long 60th anniversary celebration beginning Oct. 14, 2021.
Gallatin, Tn / Oct 2005 / Kevin Andrusia 
Oct 2021 / RWH
East Chattanooga, Tn / Oct 2021 / RWH
Oct 2021 / RWH
See also our complete Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum featured scrapbook in Preservation