Norfolk & Western #1218 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The photo was take with a Canon 20D with a EF-S 10-22 lens to get the entire engine in the picture.

The mammoth NW Type-A 1218 ventured out of the Virginia Museum of Transportation for the first time in years to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the East End Shops.

Everybody's looking for a good angle! Bound for Columbus, the Class A had stopped and now eases forward across the B&O double-track main line.

NS steam special from Calumet Yard to Ft. Wayne about to rock the IHB diamonds at Hohman interlocking.

Norfolk and Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 slowly articulates around the curve from NS New Castle District onto NS Huntington District. The diamond is just visible behind the leading edge of the locomotive... (more)

NW 1218 has a high green at Hammond for an eastward move over the old Nickel Plate at Hohman Ave. enroute to Ft. Wayne.

The crew is watching carefully as Norfolk & Western 1218 is negotiating the wye at Front Royal, Virginia.

Returning from Toccoa near sunset

Bound for Toccoa

Articulation is evident on curve

Awaiting departure for Toccoa

Norfolk & Western 1218 is turning on the wye at Front Royal, Virginia, preparing to take an excursion train back to Alexandria in May of 1988.

Station stop on an excursion