N&W Class J 611 westbound at Vicker VA on a roundtrip Roanoke VA to Walton VA excursion

N&W Class J 611 eastbound headed for Roanoke under the old Coaling Tower at Vicker VA

N&W Class J 611 westbound headed for Walton VA crossing under the former Virginian Railway mainline at Singer VA

There are relatively few grade crossings just West of Forest, VA and several overpasses. With nearly 300 people lining the tracks at Forest and each subsequent overpass west of there crowded with ... (more)

N&W 611 passes under the soon to be replaced Southern signal bridge.

The Westbound leg of the afternoon excursion to Walton passes through the farmland near Shawsville.

Steam on the Blue Ridge District

N&W 611 is leading the morning excursion from Roanoke as it heads through Webster Virginia. Drowned out by the cloud of smoke is a pair of orig... (more)

N&W 611 Splitting the CPL's

N&W 611 put on quite a show for the dozens trackside in Villamont as the steam excursion split the orignal N&W CPL's.

With Old Glory flying from the marker brackets, 611 leads the Pelican out of Salem, VA. Soon she and her 21 cars will be tackling the Christiansburg Grade unassisted.

Nearly six decades later, a familiar face blasts her way up the formidable Blue Ridge grade with the eastbound Powhatan Arrow. Though the overpass is gone, and the trees have taken over, the eastb... (more)

Another slice of Virginia frozen in time, the westbound Pelican roars past the James Barnett cemetery, just outside Elliston. This is most definitely not the first time the 611 has rattled the bo... (more)

The more time I spend along the Norfolk and Western in Virginia, the more I absolutely fall in love with it. Shots like this abound- you just need to know where to look. An incident with the own... (more)

A quiet afternoon in Shawsville, VA is interrupted by the thundering exhaust of N&W 611 working hard to climb Christiansburg Mountain, where three generations of farmers are hard at work picking b... (more)

Southern 4501 shoves north on the I-Line as she turns her train at Cleveland, TN. She'll soon be racing back to Chattanooga on the return leg of her May 1st test run.