N&W No. 611 emerges from a tunnel of tress at Carpenters, in Paradise, PA, along the Strasburg Rail Road.
Nothing like a cool refreshing 611 Big Gulp™ after a 9 mile round trip excursion to Paradise and back!
It's about time!
N&W No. 611 leads the 5 PM excursion past the railroad's new clock tower and on towards the station. Lancaster jeweler Brent L. Miller Railroad: Norfolk & WesternLocomotive: Steam 4-8-4Location: Ronks, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: NW 611Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 10, 2021
The N&W A and J are racing past the photo line, transporting hundreds of NRHS conventioneers back to the glory days of steam. One wonders if this scene will ever be repeated...
By the Signals! The N&W 620 passes the NCTM’s signal and crossing guard display on its way to Barber Junction to load the day’s first passenger train run. To the left are some Southern... (more)
No. 611 puts on a show for the three photographers that were trackside at Cherry Hill during the last run of the day on May 30, 2021.
No. 611 simmers outside the Strasburg shop on its first day of excursions service on "The Road To Paradise" for 2021.
N&W GP9 2465, NYC E8A 4050 and PRR E8A 5793 at East St. Louis, Illinois in May 1968. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer Edward Brown.
Big Rock was one of those places that existed virtually entirely for the railroad. I do not think there was any town to speak of, just lots of diesels and cabooses for mine runs.
High Hood Reversing. Running the day's passenger train, the N&W reverses the train here underneath the old Southern Railway signals on the museum grounds.
The face of a queen. I missed seeing Norfolk and Western #611 in 2019 in Strasburg so when it was announced it would be there all this summer, I was very excited. It was certainly a unique experie... (more)
On the final run of the evening, the 611 brings her train back toward the station.
The Class J 600 gives a little smoke show as she pulls out of the tree tunnel on the Strasburg RR.
611 is departs Groff's Grove on the Strasburg Rail Road with the 12 noon train back to Strasburg.