The awesome Class A at Attica Junction, banging across the old B&O diamond, where PRR J1 2-10-4s once trod. The train is headed from Bellevue to the Ohio State Fair in Columbus via the old PRR Sa... (more)

The 1218 and its tool car are turning on the Bellevue wye, getting ready for an excursion to the Ohio State Fair in Columbus.

The 1218 has completed its first weekend of public excursions and is pausing at Bedford to have test wire strung along the boiler. The unique old station was built in 1905 and saw its last NW pas... (more)

The 1218 is headed south to Lynchburg on a beautiful fall day, with its awesome "hoot" whistle sounding for a grade crossing. I've heard hoot whistles mounted on other locomotives such as the C&O... (more)

N&W 1218 sits on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA

Rolling thunder- the 1218 is southbound from Bellevue to the Ohio State Fair on the old PRR Sandusky Branch.

On the ex-NKP bridge over the Cuyahoga River. A Roger Puta photograph

The 1218 is turning its train after an excursion to Fremont, Ohio.

The 1218 is westbound on the last leg of a circle trip from Roanoke north along the Shenandoah Valley line, east on the old C&O James River line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke.

Deep in Pocahontas coal country, N&W Class A No. 1218 passes the coaling tower in Iaeger, W.Va. The trip was part of the 1991 convention of the National Railway Historical Society based out of Hun... (more)

On Standby

N&W class Y6a #2156 sits by N&W class A #1218 awaiting a call to service. No. 2156 is a 2-8-8-2 and the sole survivor of the railroad's Y5, Y6, Y6a, and Y6b classes. This loc... (more)

"A" Classic Locomotive Though I look forward to the chance of seeing 611 in steam, I must admit that I would be exponentially more excited to hear of a FireUp1218 campaign...

1218: We've seen a good deal of 611 and 2156 lately, but 1218 has managed to stay out of the limelight. With just a few more days until the reunion of the N&W Three, though, here's a pictu... (more)

N&W 1218 leading a NRHS excursion near Swannanoa, NC in April 1984.

Deep in the Pocahontas coal fields, Norfolk & Western A-Class No. 1218 looks right at home. It was visiting Iaeger on this day with a special passenger train for the 1991 National Railway Historic... (more)