The 1218 is northbound on the Shenandoah Valley Line on a circle trip from Roanoke to Balcony Falls on the C&O, down the James River Line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke over Blue Ridge. The Cl... (more)

N&W 1218 with an empty hopper train on the middle pass track at Walton Virginia.

N&W 1218 departs Greensboro in spectacular fashion as she heads east into the morning sunrise.

N&W 1218 is eastbound at Williamson West Virginia.

N&W 1218 has an empty hopper train in tow as she roars up-grade at Shawsville Virginia west of Roanoke. This was one of many memorable photo opportunities during the 1987 National Railway Historic... (more)

N&W 1218 and 611 doublehead back to Roanoke from Radford VA with one of the many trips run during the 1987 National Railway Historical Society Convention.

N&W 1218 is northbound at Grover NC.

Riding behind NW 1218 on its first trip up and over Blue Ridge. The train is approaching the summit on the fill at Webster. Today, the code lines are gone, the trees have grown up, and the 1218 ... (more)

The N&W Class A No. 1218 coming around the curve just in time to capture the last rays of the sun on Kodachrome 200 slide film. The engineer is blowing the mighty hooter whistle, acknowledging th... (more)

The N&W Class A No. 1218 is heading south to Lynchburg, at a grade crossing just off the old Zachary Taylor Highway in rural Culpeper County, VA

Boy were we spoiled! From 1987 to 1992 both of these fantastic steam engines were running mainline excursions and ferry moves on the Norfolk Southern System. This double headed run is somewhere so... (more)

Ready to Go! N&W 1218 will shortly be towed out of the Roanoke Transportation Museum and then on to Birmingham Alabama to be overhauled. Sections of panel track have been laid into the museum fro... (more)

A young railfan waves from the gondola as 1218 blasts past the N&W Color Position Light Signal at Forest Virginia.

Viewed from the Virginia Blue Ridge right-of-way, my favorite Norfolk & Western fan tripper backs across the trestle over the Tye River in Tye River, Virginia. The train has discharged any passeng... (more)

The Independence Limited enters Illinois from Indiana on the former Southern Railway bridge across the Wabash River.