Well into the 14th hour of the Fired Up Photo Charter led by Jim Wrinn of Trains Magazine, 611 poses for the final staging of the event with Lucas Safrit, NC Transportation member, posing as an en... (more)

Bedtime for 611. The photo shoot is over, the actors are gone and the photographers are already headed for the parking lot. The crew from Fire-up 611 moves in to secure the engine for the ... (more)

Climbing Christiansburg Grade near Shawsville, Virginia, N&W J Class 611 puts on a magnificent show as it marches along home rails.

One of the coolest things about chasing 611 in it's hometown this weekend, was running into the folks who either worked on them, fired them, or just were out taking pictures of them back when they... (more)

N&W 611 makes good speed eastbound toward Lynchburg, VA as it clears past the CPLs at Big Otter in Bedford, VA.

Living on borrowed time.... With her days of service numbered, a Norfolk & Western J-Class Steam Locomotive is in the care of the night hostlers as a leased diesel-electric cab unit approac... (more)

N&W 611 puts on a mighty fine scene as it passes the classic CPL intermediate signals at Villamont on its way east toward Lynchburg, VA.

Freight hog 611? Norfolk & Western 611 chugs slowly through the north end of the yard in Spencer, NC, hauling a short mixed freight. It almost seems to be heresy that the "ultimate st... (more)

The Norfolk & Western Big Three at the Virginia Museum of Transportation from left to right: N&W 2156, N&W 611 and N&W 1218. I had the opportunity to come down on my own and photograph the big thr... (more)

Protectors of the rails. NS Security Personnel pose with Norfolk & Western J-Class #611 as official photographers, including Casey Thomason (left) document the event.

Even on the third straight day of excursions, the 611 doesn't fail to draw a crowd! Hundreds of people line the tracks clear through the yard, and on both sides of the street behind me.

On the return to Roanoke, 611 splits the CPL's at Webster, VA. Soon the westbound Powhatan Arrow will be descending into Roanoke after a third and final assault on Blue Ridge Summit.

The more time I spend along the Norfolk and Western in Virginia, the more I absolutely fall in love with it. Shots like this abound- you just need to know where to look. An incident with the own... (more)

Independence Day, 1955 or 2015? You decide. N&W Class J #611 accelerates out of Vicker, VA with the eastbound Pelican. A lineside dog is not impressed by the J's throaty whistle sounding for th... (more)