The J: At the end one of the first public excursions pulled by 611 in her third career, N&W's classic J locomotive was swarmed by fans.

Norfolk & Western J-Class 4-8-4, 611, pulls a packed excursion train around the Powell wye.

Heading up the B-line to Front Royal

We cant keep everything old around... New Safetran signals are up as the exSouthern GRS tri-lights feel the blast of steam and smoke for probably their last time, at least 611 will be around for a... (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)

Exactly one year before making her maiden voyages across North Carolina and Virginia, the most impressive machine on Earth, N&W 611, sits in Spencer, North Carolina at the streamliners event.

Like a scene from the railroading days long ago on the Norfolk and Western, the N&W 1218 and N&W 611 sit side by side in Roanoke, VA and appear to be awaiting their next assignments. The crew of ... (more)

N&W 611 highballs north at Upper Lake Road - between Lexington and Thomasville - during her homecoming trip to Roanoke. A double-track project is underway at this location, affording some nice wid... (more)

These are just some of the fine folks involved with restoring, maintaining and operating N&W 611. As with the majority of steam railroading, most of these folks do not get paid. They volunteer the... (more)

Putting on a magnificent show climbing up and out of Roanoke on the NS Blue Ridge District, N&W J Class Steam Locomotive 611 splits the N&W CPL's at Webster, Virginia on a dead head move.

Not much needs to be said for this..the J at speed what a sight!

Here we see the recently restored N&W 611 making some noise on her triumph return into Roanoke after passing the East End shops where 65 years and 1 day ago she was completed and entered into ser... (more)

N&W Y6a Class #2156 is finally home in Roanoke, and she's a beauty. Built as the strongest pulling locomotive in the N&W Steam Fleet back in the day, she was built right here in downtown Roanoke i... (more)

Under gloomy skies and light drizzle NS train #956, pulled by N&W class J #611, heads north across James River trestle towards Manassas after picking up three private cars at Lynchburg's Kemper St... (more)

N&W class Y6a #2156 poses in front of the former site of the N&W/NS Roanoke Car Shop, present day Freight Car America facility. A yard crew has pulled the big gal out of her hiding place and left ... (more)