Stormy Return

After Norfolk & Western 611’s successful visit to Strasburg in 2019, it seemed logical that a return was likely. Getting it back to Pennsylvania became a stormy jou... (more)

"I'll get by with a little help from my friends"
- a double header pan shot captured at 1/15th!

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 double heads with Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. ... (more)

On a wet and rainy day, 611 get's ready to start the return trip back to the station.

N&W class "J" 611 heads to Strasburg, PA for excursions this summer on May 25, 2021 through Hagerstown, MD.

Mainline Steam. On August 20, 2019, Norfolk Southern Corp Train 955 featured an unusual consist as NS 9214 (C44-9W) lead the Queen Of Steam, Norfolk & Western 611 (4-8-4) as it was being de... (more)

NW 611 sits outside the station in the rain as one of the crew members looks on. Color version of https://www.railpictures.net/photo/771014/more)

N&W Class J #611 and Southern J Class #542 stand guard inside the North Carolina Transportation Museum yard in Spencer, NC as part of a NCTM sponsored night photo charter on May 1st, 2021. A "... (more)

It's all hands on deck for the hostlers and engine helpers of N&W Class J #611 on the evening of May 1st, 2021. This locomotive even after a long day of running across the N&W system will need to ... (more)

N&W Class J #611 comes to a stop under the water plug inside the yards of the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC on May 1st, 2021. Built in 1950, #611 is the only remaining Class ... (more)

N&W Class J #611 pulls into Bristol, VA with the Tennessean on the starry night of May 1st, 2021. Meanwhile on the adjacent track the engineer of Southern FP7A #6133 climbs aboard ready to haul hi... (more)

Norfolk & Western Class J #611 pauses at CP "Duncan" with the Tennessean on the evening of May 1st, 2021. This was taken as part of a night photo charter at the North Carolina Transporta... (more)

North Carolina Transportation Museum held a night photo charter with N&W Class J #611 depicted as pulling into Bristol, VA with the Southern's Tennessean. Inaugurated in 1941, the Tennessean was a... (more)

N&W Class J #611 stands guard at the N&W CPLs of CP "Duncan" on the evening of May 1st, 2021. The N&W CPLs were donated to the NCTM by Mr. Tommy Duncan, a retired N&W/NS employee of 44 y... (more)

N&W #611 hustles past the N&W CPLs with the Tennessean on the evening of May 1st, 2021. This sunset shot was taken as the start of a night photo shoot hosted by the North Carolina Transportation M... (more)

It's a late night inside Shaffers Crossing of the Norfolk & Western Railway as two female hostlers work to replenish Class J #611's 20,000 gallon tender after a long day of running through souther... (more)