Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 leads the Virginian from Spencer, NC - Lynchburg, VA and return. Seen here underneath the still active Southern Railway signal bridge in downtown Thomasville, NC ... (more)

Paying a little homage to Mr. O. Winston Link... NW 611 simmers in the yard at Greensboro, NC awaiting Saturday's trips. Thanks to Joe Gonzalez for the lighting. View more Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: NW 611
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 22, 2016

Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 leads the Virginian from Spencer, NC - Lynchburg, VA and return. Seen here at Browns Summit, NC.

Steam crew member John Otey watches 611 closely as the turntable gets lined up so that the big J can pull into the Bob Julian roundhouse during Jim Wrinn's "Fired Up!" photo charter last... (more)

611 shoves back to the yard after turning on the Wye amongst the crowds.

(Tuscan) Red Stripe, White Steam, and Blue Skies!

The first signs of spring frame NW J 611 leading NS 8099 and NCTM 6133 across Catawba River Bridge carrying passengers west to Asheville from Spencer, NC.

One of the the first photos I had made of N&W 611 under steam since June of 1986. This was for Jim Wrinn's "Fired Up!" photo charter at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. ... (more)

The morning of May 29, 2015 found virtually no one around at Spencer with the exception of the steam crew preparing 611 for the next day's triumphant journey to her birthplace of Roanoke, Virginia... (more)

Norfolk and Western class J 611 is eastbound on the Blue Ridge grade on the first excursion from Roanoke. This is the location of many steam photos from the 1950s but the wooden bridge over the tr... (more)

Norfolk and Western class J 611 is leaving Atlanta on the second leg of its return to Roanoke, Va. under steam for he first time. The train had run from Birmingham the day before.

Norfolk and Western class J 611 crosses the Tallapoosa River in western Georgia just east of the Alabama state line. This was 611's inaugural run to Atlanta after having been restored.

Norfolk and Western class J 611 is running though Cook Springs, Ala. on the first trip after its rebuilding. The train has left Birmingham for Atlanta.

Norfolk and Western class J 611 has been brought down from Roanoke, Va. and the first rebuilding for steaming up is underway.

Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 leads the Virginian from Spencer, NC - Lynchburg, VA and return. Seen here making it's way North through downtown Reidsville, NC.