Norfolk & Western #611 takes the train from Roanoke, VA. to Manassas, VA. for the excursions on June 4th & 5th.

NKP 765 leads an excursion train west off of the IHB mainline and onto the CP Elgin Subdivision at Franklin Park

NS 956 heads towards Bement, with two IAIS Geeps and the two IAIS business cars, Abraham Lincoln and Hawkeye.

611 roars past the small station in Montpelier, VA on a ferry move to Manassas for excursions for the weekend.

Deadheading from Roanoke to Manassas

The excursion from Roanoke to Lynchburg rolls into Bedford, VA on a nice, sunny day.

A small coud of people get their shots of 956 passing the dilapidated Forest Depot in some thickening overcast.

The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 put on one heck of a show as she splits the classic N&W Blue Ridge CPLs just east of Roanoke leading the Powhatan Arrow toward Lynchburg.

NS 956 with N&W 611 on point rolls through Bonsack bound for Lynchburg

611 just outside of Montvale on NS 956

While passengers and onlookers take in the hometown steam locomotive, freight continues to move through downtown Roanoke. Intermodal 201 gets ahead of the excursion as The Pelican boards fo... (more)

Dramatic skies begin to brew and the morning's rainfall begins to pick up as Norfolk And Western 611 thunders past a small horse farm just west of Webster, Virginia.

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N&W #611 rumbles westbound over the Independence Blvd overpass in Bedford, VA with the Powhatan Arrow in tow, bound for Roanoke. Just another d... (more)

A well known railfan and videographer captures the Virginia Museum of Transportation's N&W #611 charging through Forest, VA passing the old N&W depot and still standing CPL signal. The excursion ... (more)

NS 956 with N&W 611 on point splits the classic CPL signals at Villamont as it rolls over the Blue Ridge grade bound for Lynchburg