Norfolk & Western A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 shows off its articulation as it approaches the I-66 overpass near Markham, Virginia. This was an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion.

N&W 1218 is crossing the Cumberland River Bridge at Burnside, KY

Pan view of the 1218 getting underway after an inspection stop at Bedford.

The awesome exhaust of Class A No. 1218 rockets skyward as the throttle is opened after exiting Montgomery Tunnel.

The 1218 is climbing the Blue Ridge grade after its first weekend of public excursions in 1987.

In its second day of public excursion service, the 1218 is coming from Shaffer's Crossing to couple ahead of a Lynchburg-bound special.

NW Class A No. 1218 is headed toward the Radford wye from Roanoke, after a morning round-trip from Roanoke to Lynchburg. Locals and casual railfans between the gauge are flinching from the awesom... (more)

Articulated - A picture is worth a thousand words. 1218 has been serviced at Auville Yard, on the Dry Fork Branch, and is leaving town via the west leg of the Iaeger Wye. She will continue the wes... (more)

My late grandparents (on the left) give a sense of scale to two of the world's greatest steam locomotives- C&O H-8 No. 1604 and N&W Class A No. 1218. The location is the old Roanoke Transportatio... (more)

Norfolk Southern steam special featuring N&W 1218. Tom Golden photo.

Norfolk Southern steam special featuring N&W 1218. Tom Golden photo.

Steam Fan Overload! NKP 587, N&W 611 and N&W 1218 make their way east through downtown Roanoke past the former N&W office building on the left. They will proceed east past the East End Shops and ... (more)

N&W class A 1218 and train have been turned in Toccoa and the Sunday excursion is ready to depart for Atlanta. The locomotive has just enough patina to give it the look of regular service in the 1... (more)

N&W class A 1218 heads up an excursion from Atlanta to Toccoa, GA on a beautiful fall morning. The MARTA north line has been built and is just to the left.