Over the top...History made! For the first time ever, on October 25,1992, N&W 611 and her five car consist conquered the famous Saluda Grade in Western North Carolina to the delight of hundreds o... (more)

Back in 2019, Norfolk & Western J Class 611 paid visit to the Strasburg Railroad for a couple of months. Seen here the 4-8-4 steamer is seen pulling the 15 minute shuttle through the Farm Fields o... (more)

N&W Class A No. 1218 on the wye at Lynchburg on the first of its two trips out of Roanoke that day. Later in the afternoon, it would head west to Walton. The tool car is ex-CN, and had not yet b... (more)

The N&W A and J are racing past the photo line, transporting hundreds of conventioneers back to the glory days of steam. One wonders if this scene will ever be repeated.

N&W's Class A No. 1218 is rolling down the old Pennsy Sandusky Branch toward Columbus, pulling an excursion from Bellevue to the Ohio State Fair. The N&W acquired the Sandusky Branch from the PRR... (more)

NW 611 and C&O 8016 at the Streamliners at Spencer event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

Norfolk and Western J slowly back down the track at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. This is one of the few moments when there was not a lot of people trackside watching this ... (more)

1218 has just exited the 1832 ft long uphill grade Swannanoa Tunnel. The engine has crested the grade, which also is the Eastern Continental Divide, but the majority of the consist is still in the... (more)

N&W 1218 has cut away from her train and heads west to Shaffers Crossing for servicing. The large crowd of riders are detraining and heading for their cars.

We're standing under the Main St. SW bridge, between two of the world's greatest steam locomotives- N&W Class A No. 1218 on the left, and C&O H-8 No. 1604 on the right. The location is the old Roa... (more)

The Queen of Steam let’s off a large plume of smoke during a chartered photo shoot on that Strasburg Railroad. Driving rain couldn’t dampen spirits or the beauty of the engine. With 611 back... (more)

The N&W 2156 is well on her way west to St. Louis, seen here in Elliston, Va. It'll definitely be sad not seeing her at the Virginia Museum of Transportation anymore.

"Morning Thunder": N&W J Class #611 sprints west hauling freight in the final days of steam service on the Norfolk & Western. This was taken during a photo charter at the Strasburg Rail ... (more)