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)

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)

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)

Here is a new railroad for Railpics, the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway. My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin Locomotive Works and he would give my f... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

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.

N&W 1218 has drawn a crowd this morning as she prepares to leave Greensboro NC on a June 1989 excursion.

The engineer of Norfolk & Western 1218 watches his train as he backs it around the wye at Front Royal, Virginia.

Happier Times at Happy Creek

Norfolk & Western 1218 storms though the small settlement of Happy Creek, Virginia with an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion. Since the 611 ran here... (more)

Without the 1970’s GM iron inconveniently parked in sight of this vantage point, this could easily have been a scene from the 1950’s in rural Virginia. In fact, Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 drifts past a well-manicured lawn in Belvoir, Virginia with an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion. The landowner here allowed the train to unload for photo runbys... (more)

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 leads a Birmingham (AL) to Columbus (GA) round trip excursion eastbound. #1218 was built by N&W in 1943 at their Roanoke shop

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 leads a Birmingham (AL) to Columbus (GA) round trip excursion eastbound. #1218 was built by N&W in 1943 at their Roanoke shop

The 1218 on the point of a southbound NRHS Special, nearing Lynchburg and crossing the James River on the massive old Southern Railway bridge