It's the 2018 Big Lick Train Tug! As part of a fundraiser, teams get a shot at seeing how far they can "pull" the 611 in twenty seconds. Incidentally, "Big Lick" is the origina... (more)

One way to limit truck competition is low clearance bridges. NW 1333 switches the Columbia local as it crosses over Park Ave.

Working the Yard. The 611 works around the grounds of the N.C. Transportation Museum. Amateur engineers, who paid for the opportunity, guide the locomotive under the watchful eyes of the 61... (more)

Fog rolls into the Shenandoah valley at CP Arcadia under clear skies.

After a successful season of special events and excursions at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, Norfolk and Western J-Class #611 heads for home, as it crosses over the muddy Roanoke River ... (more)

With the auxiliary water tender, 2 tool cars and 3 gondolas in tow, NS 069 storms across the Yadkin River Bridge just north of Spencer, North Carolina behind the Queen of Steam herself, Norfolk an... (more)

The Queen of Steam heads home to a likely retirement at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

"Many is the time that we feasted, and many is the time that we fasted. Oh well, it was swell while it lasted. We did have fun, and no harm done! So thanks, for the memories..." Passi... (more)

Norfolk Western J Class 611 Blows off steam as she prepares to head for to her next photo location. From North Carolina Transportation Museum's night photo session

Norfolk Western J Class 611 begins its run through the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum for a night photoshoot

"Barber Junction" ==== N&W 611 poses for photographers during a special night session in Spencer, NC during Labor Day weekend 2018. © 2018 RDKPhotography Sony A7 RIII No printing... (more)

"Spencer Shops" ===== It's all about perspective. I climbed atop a shuttered Chicago and Northwestern passenger car undergoing restoration adjacent to the turntable for this shot. The ... (more)