After waiting all morning, N&W 611 triumphantly storms up the grade as it curves around the hills surround the Loops at Old Fort.

As darkness falls over the City of Greensboro, the Norfolk & Western J Class 611 returns to the Greensboro Amtrak Station after the first day of the "Roanoker" excursion.

N&W 1218 sits on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA

The Queen Of Steam N&W 611 charges south through the countryside south of Gretna, Virginia on a perfect April afternoon.

An attempt at a slightly different angle than others were using during the 2016 "Fired Up" photo charter.

NW 611 getting cleaned and shined up for its excursion run.

NC Transportation Museum's 1959 Edsel poses next to the famous locomotive, nine years her elder during lunch at the 2016 Fired Up photo charter.

NW 611 passes the NS 911 Honoring our First Responders locomotive pulling a short frieght on the museum track.

Homeward Bound

After spending a few weeks in North Carolina, Norfolk & Western J-Class 4-8-4 611 is headed home to Roanoke. Until she gets into the city of her birth, the big Nor... (more)

Pacing the 611 into the sunset on her return trip back from Roanoke, Va to Greensboro, NC. The rapidly setting sun turns the evening smoke a brilliant Orange

The Queen Of Steam N&W 611 puts on quite a show as they steam south passing the 252 Milepost south of Ruffin, NC in the last bit of the golden evening sunlight on their trip back to the NCTM.

The N&W Class J 611 heads north over the Dan River on a beautiful Sunday morning.

As the crews of Norfolk & Western 611 prepare her for her first weekend of excursions of the 2016 season, visitors (including myself) get a chance to view the Queen of Steam up close. It's quite a... (more)

Continuing southbound on the Danville District, NS excursion train 958 with the Norfolk & Western 611 in charge crawls by the small community of Dry Fork under a 25 mph speed restriction.