Former N&W SD40-2, 1639 and 6129, bring an eastbound coal train into Bluefield yard past N&W 611 waiting on an out-bound track to go west with a ferry run to Portsmouth, OH. Several freight cars h... (more)

In May 1993 the Southern Railway Historical Association was granted a tour of the NS Norris Yard in Birmingham and I found this relic of the steam era still standing tall.

1218 sails across the trestle at Altavista on her way north to Lynchburg.

1218 is eastbound at Pearisburg, VA in route from Bluefield to Roanoke with a coal train.

A trip from Steamtown to the Delaware Water Gap and back re-creates part of the famous "Phoebe Snow" train. Here, the train passes the former DL&W station.

Norfolk & Western No. 611 leads the Cavalier excursion eastbound through Pamplin, Va., passing the historic station and CPL's as a crowd of railfans snap pictures of the locomotive as it passes th... (more)

Could it be the Birmingham Special? No it's just the 1986 version of the NS excursion train before all the coaches were painted tuscan red. 611 is pulling into Crew, VA for a service stop on her ... (more)

611 simmers at the Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse.

Southern Railway’s Only Berkshire

During the steam era, the Southern Railway never rostered any locomotives of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement. In 1981, however, that changed when th... (more)

1218 has just exited the 213 ft long Point Tunnel. This is the first of many tunnels she will pass through as she climbs the famous Southern Loops to Asheville, NC.

Royal Hudson 2839 is giving it all she’s got pulling a heavy train of NRHS convention attendees north through Burnley Station, Virginia on Labor Day weekend, 1979. The train is trying to make up... (more)

N&W 611 pulls into the depot to pick up passengers for an excursion out to Front Royal and back.

Nickel Plate 587 and N&W 611 are rolling east through Vicker, VA. Next stop Roanoke.

N&W 611 and Nickel Plate 587 are backing their train past the East End Shops into Roanoke Station to unload passengers. They have just completed a run from Bluefield, WV. This was one of many succ... (more)

NS Train 958 with N&W 611 blasts over the Norfolk and Western lettered overpass spanning Cox Road, which is also known as Virginia State Highway 611 near Church Road on the NS Norfolk District. <... (more)