Norfolk and Western 611 shoves up the hill out of the Virginia Museum Transportation in Roanoke, ready for a ferry move to Spencer as NS train number 956, on a cold January 6, 2017 morning.
Making its inaugural run of 2017, Norfolk and Western 611 marches towards Spencer, NC for its annual inspection prior to a busy excursion season. Following the old Virginian route between Roanoke ... (more)
The mighty 611 hardly makes a sound as it slips through the recently opened double track section just south of Thomasville, NC. I am still quite surprised at how quiet such an impressive machine c... (more)
On a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, N&W 611 sings the song of her near extinct people as the train ducks under the old Southern-... (more)
A classic spartan cab SD70 leads a train of Chapel Hill bound coal loads through the curve at East Spencer as the N&W 611 deadhead move arrives on the north Old Spencer Yard lead on a snowy aftern... (more)