N&W 611 climbs towards the summit of Blue Ridge Grade.

The Powhatan Arrow is just departed Roanoke bound for Lynchburg passing the shops in Roanoke

NS 957 with N&W 611 on point west of Glenvar crossing the Roanoke River

NS 957 with N&W 611 on point coasts through a very crowded Lynchburg

NS 956 with N&W 611 on point stomps up grade at Villamont heading back to Roanoke

The entire excursion train is visible as Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 passes beneath the Vickers coaling tower near Walton, Virginia on the May 7 afternoon trip from Roanoke to Walton, Vir... (more)

Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 is cruising atop the Big Otter River trestle near Lowry, Virginia on the morning trip from Roanoke to Lynchburg, Virginia, on Norfolk Southern's Blue Ridge Dis... (more)

Norfolk and Western J 611 is eastbound at Lula, GA with a Sunday excursion to Toccoa from Atlanta. The train is rolling at a good speed and is about to cross Ga. highway 52.

N&W 611 roars under the classic Southern signal bridge at Smothers, Virginia en route to Greensboro, North Carolina with the Roanoker excursion. Scenes like this will soon be a thing of the past a... (more)

Norfolk and Western J 611 is westbound at Braswell, GA on an October morning. The excursion is enroute to Chattanooga, TN from Atlanta, GA.

The crepe myrtles are in full bloom in Ashland, Virginia as a group of locals watch a steam double header roll south on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. Several of them are covering their e... (more)

The Savannah & Atlanta 750/Norfolk & Western double-headed excursion from Alexandria to Richmond approaches the C&O diamond at Doswell, Virginia as it travels south on the RF&P. It looks like the ... (more)

The Odd Couple

After a pair of 1983 weekend Alexandria – Charlottesville excursions with Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 611 and a pair of Alexandria – Front Royal trips with Savannah & ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 leads a northbound excursion train through Barboursville, Virginia.

After waiting all morning, N&W 611 triumphantly storms up the grade as it curves around the hills surround the Loops at Old Fort.