With a little imagination, this could be Christmas Eve, 1957 in Rural Retreat, Virginia as O. Winston Link recorded his famous audio capturing the final days of N&W steam. The final edit of the re... (more)
611 is passing the former Norfolk & Western East End Shops where she was built in May 1950. The shops have been closed by Norfolk Southern and now stand deserted.
And around we go...611 with the assistance of NS Southern Heritage unit ES44AC 8099 and Southern FP7 6133, negotiate the Southern Railway Loops over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville NC. The t... (more)
Norfolk and Western locomotive 2156, Class Y6a, a compound Mallet, sits on display at the Museum's first night photography event. This locomotive was loaned to the Virginia Museum of Transporta... (more)
The 611 in a driving rain on Memorial Day weekend 2021, accelerating out of Groff's Grove
With the world slowly escaping Covid, 2021 also marks the return of N&W superpower to the Strasburg Railroad. After making its way out of Leaman Place, J Class #611 accelerates up the Pumpkinville... (more)
Charging up-hill out of Leaman Place, NW 611 billows a plume of dark smoke on its way back to Strasburg. Built in 1950, the bullet-like locomotive has been fully restored and is the last class J l... (more)
After getting photos of two different Norfolk Southern heritage units leading trains, it looked like the 7:00 Strasburg train would possibly operate in storm light. Those conditions didn’t exact... (more)
Steam Show: Watching N&W 611 leave Roanoke on one of its last mainline excursions was the first time I'd seen a proper display of mainline steam power.
No. 611 puts on a show for the three photographers that were trackside at Cherry Hill during the last run of the day on May 30, 2021.
No. 611 simmers outside the Strasburg shop on its first day of excursions service on "The Road To Paradise" for 2021.
Shrouded in Mystery
If it were not for the bullet nose, red stripe, and of course, the numerals on this famous locomotive - which otherwise give her away! N&W No. 611 in a pan sho... (more)
The engineer of N&W No. 475 takes the siding at Blacksburg, VA as N&W No. 611 idles past slowly awaiting a highball signal.
A clerk for the N&W Railraod holds up trainorders for the fireman of No. 611 as the crew prepares for departure.
611 arrives back at Strasburg with the last excursion of the day.
