Norfolk Southern train 957-30, the maiden voyage of the Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, is seen high-stepping over the Roanoke River on a gorgeous afternoon for a steam chase. While the pho... (more)
Welcome home old girl! Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 struts her stuff on her first trip under her own power in more than 20 years. The crowds cheered as the big steamer rolled into town a... (more)
Ascending N&W's Blue Ridge grade, N&W J-Class No. 611 leads a healthy passenger consist through the iconic CPL's at Villamont, east of the grade's summit on her maiden voyage home to Roanoke.
On its maiden run from the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer to the Roanoke Virginia Museum of Transportation, N&W J-Class No. 611 leads NS 957 through the community of Jamestown, N.C. northbo... (more)
The engine crew spent most of May 29, 2015- 611's In Service date 65 years ago- getting ready for the trip into her birthplace of Roanoke. Here, at the end of the day as the Carolina sun sets, 611... (more)
N&W Class J 611 resting beside the roundhouse at Spencer NC
Photographer: -unknown- from the original Kodachrome 35mm slide. The highlight of the 1984 NRHS Convention was N&W 611 double heading with NKP 765. Here we see the dynamic duo leaning into a s... (more)
A crew member of the 611 contacts the Engineer on the radio, to tell him to proceed forward into the yard on National Train Day.
Norfolk and Western 611 reverses past the Spencer Shops fuel racks on its way to the turntable for public viewing.
N&W Class J 611 gets a roll on her train leaving Greensboro NC on a roundtrip test run from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC to Greensboro NC
After a long day of test runs, N&W 611 eases up to the turntable, to be lined up over the ash pit
The return of 611 is actually here in front of my own eyes as it heads north towards Greensboro to wye before heading back to Spencer on its test run.
