Even if for only a brief moment, a glimpse of what an earlier period in time looked, sounded, and smelled like transcends generations when great machines of the past come to life.

Pay no attention to the man behind the pole... There's always one in the crowd.

30 second exposure in the cab of N&W 611 after the first day of excursions over Memorial Day weekend. May 27, 2017.

A view from the engineer's seat of N&W 4-8-4 #611 as she simmers before another day of excursions out of Roanoke

After turning its train on the wye at Walton, Norfolk & Western 611 charges upgrade under the coaling tower at Vicker, Virginia with the morning excursion in tow bound for Roanoke.

After a successful weekend with a total of six excursions, N&W 611 rests at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in need of a good wash. The museum owns the locomotive which was restored under th... (more)

A reminder of the glory days of railroading, N&W 2156 sits on static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The big articulated "Mallet" was built in the N&W Roanok... (more)

The Eastbound "Pocahontas" passes under the coaling tower at Vicker on the way back to Roanoke.

The morning run of the N&W 611 from Roanoke to Lynchburg and back returns West through Lowry, crossing over the Big Otter Trestle. *Taken safely from the ground at the end of the bridge

After dropping off the passengers and turning the wye at Campbell Avenue, the N&W 611 leads 958 West out of the wye and back into the yard to tie their train down before the next days excursions. ... (more)

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 does what she was meant to do, climb the steep grades of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As she charges up Christiansburg Grade through the village of Shawsvill... (more)

Flying J and Blue Ridge, VA.