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)

With a steady rain falling, it didn't take much for the 611 to put on a show, and she did just that as she made her way through the town of Orange, VA, deadheading to Manassas for the Weekend runs... (more)

The N&W Class J 611 heads east under the CPL's at Webster on this cold, rainy day. The engine was being moved for the upcoming weekend excursion.

Steam across the beam! The newly restored Norfolk and Western J class 611 pulls into the roundhouse at Spencer as steam crosses in front of the double headlight.

NS 957 with N&W 611 on the point glides just north of Ruffin, NC as the sun peeks out behind the clouds at Pryor Grain Company.

Norfolk and Western class J number 611 storms across the James River bridge leaving Lynchburg, Virginia. Road Foreman of Engines Don Woods is occupying the engineer's seat as the 23-car train make... (more)

Norfolk Southern OCS symbol 957-30, led by the Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, rolls the 20-car high-priority train northbound through Greensboro, North Carolina station on the way to the ho... (more)

The Spirit of Roanoke lives on today thanks to the dedicated crew who restored her back to run again.

N&W 611 leads NS 957 north past the large cemetery in Reidsville NC on her way back to her birthplace in Roanoke VA.

N&W #611 puts on a nice smoke show as it passes through Jamestown on it's historic trip home to Roanoke, VA

The Queen of Steam has returned home to the Star City, Roanoke, Virginia. The anticipated arrival of the J Class Nº611 was a historic event viewed by thousands of eager spectators from Linwood, ... (more)

N&W Class J #611 is just a few miles East of Roanoke, Virginia as Norfolk Southern CEO Charles "Wick" Moorman has his crack at the throttle much to the delight of everyone both on the tr... (more)

A couple of families watch as the 611 passes over East McGee Street.