Through a canopy of trees, 611 heads east to Manassas to the delight of all who have gathered trackside to see live steam.

Delaplane is a shot that everyone and their brother seemed to want to get. Shortly after Delaplane is this shot coming into Rectortown, and it was a little less crowded. 611 makes her way back t... (more)

During its mainline test run on May 21, 2015, Norfolk and Western class J number 611 sprints along the Piedmont Division mainline at milepost 311 near Thomasville, North Carolina with train number... (more)

The N&W Class J 611 heads west under the CPL's at Webster with hundreds of interested spectators watching. Many in the huge crowd here had waited for hours. I don't think anyone imagined that such... (more)

The 65 year old N&W J 611 is on its Homecoming Journey after being fully restored in Spencer, NC.

On May 24, 2014, Norfolk and Western class J #611 was moved from its Virginia Museum of Transportation display location to the Norfolk Southern locomotive service facility at Shaffers Crossing in ... (more)

N&W J 611 crosses the Wolf Creek in Narrows, VA.

The 611 crosses the Virginian bridge at Narrows, VA.

I like that smudge. All too often excursion engines are so squeaky clean they look like they don't work at all. As she prepares to go for some servicing there's no it has been a hard pull this t... (more)

Norfolk & Western No. 611 stomps along its old home ground, passing under the coaling tower at Vicker, Va. This was the Powhattan Arrow excursion sponsored by the Roanoke Chapter NRHS. No. 611 ran... (more)

This is number 2000! Was it really 32 years ago? EB train was carrying school children for short jaunts. The daisy pickers were nowhere to be found and a few of us hard core types had a great t... (more)

The Independence Limited left Bluefield and will end its day at Portsmouth, OH.

It's mid-fall, the height of the leaf season, and there's a nip in the air. The jacket feels good as you stand on the rock and hear that deep somewhat muffled whistle echo off the hills and then.... (more)

It's a crisp fall day and 611 is waiting for a signal, sitting on 300 PSI with not so much as a feather of steam, no hiss, quiet as electric, ready to give the school children aboard a free short ... (more)