The Norfolk & Western 1218 sits in the yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The locomotive had been moved out from under the shelter for a special event photo shoot for the weekend.

The helper crew has taken the siding with N&W 2-6-6-4 1218 to allow 4-8-4 611 to continue eastward with an overnight passenger train. This recreation courtesy of a Lerro Productions photo shoot at... (more)

Hooping up orders. The conductor grabs a new set of orders from the operator in this view from the cupola of a N&W caboose, while 2-6-6-4 1218 sits on the pocket track waiting to help the n... (more)

Train time in Roanoke. As the porter puts away a couple's bags and the conductor starts to collect tickets from the recently-boarded passengers, N&W 1218 waits to follow the passenger train... (more)

The NW 1218 sits in the yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The locomotive had been moved out from under the shelter for a special event photo shoot for the weekend.

This is not a passenger excursion. It is an EB coal train running during the NRHS convention. She is loafing along and bending around the curve.

Maybe again sometime...

During what is arguably the best NRHS convention ever, the great articulated is racing through the kudzu and clay on a hot summer day pleasing the fans on board and on the ground. I love 611 but ... (more)

The 1218 comes to Chicago and heads to Fort Wayne, IN on a railfan excursion. Many railfans greet the engine as it comes through the NS yard in Chicago.

Two of the greatest examples of mid-20th Century steam power on display at Roanoke, Virginia.

It only took me 26 years! When I was a budding 12-year-old railfan in 1987, I watched with intense interest (via the pages of Trains and Railfan & Railroad) as NS shopped 1218 and put it into exc... (more)

Westbound NRHS excursion at Arthur, VA behind N&W 1218 in August 1988.

Digging in and laying sand on a westbound fantrip on the Christiansburg grade.

The 1987 NRHS Convention was held in Roanoke, Virginia. The schedule included an excursion trip from Roanoke to Radford on August 1, 1987. This trip featured N&W 1218 with a coal train and N&W 611... (more)

The 1987 NRHS Convention was held in Roanoke, Virginia. The schedule included an excursion trip from Roanoke to Radford on August 1, 1987. This trip featured side by side running with N&W 1218 pul... (more)