Norfolk & Western Class J #611 blasts north past the north end of Spencer Yard at Linwood, North Carolina.

611 passes the signal bridge at "Lee" on the north end of Linwood yard on this beautiful May morning.

The Queen of Steam picks up the momentum during it's 2015 maiden trip back to it's home of the Star City, Roanoke, Virginia.

After leaving the North Carolina Transportation Museum, Norfolk and Western J Class Steam Locomotive 611 starts her trip home crossing the Yadkin River in Linwood, NC.

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.

After the river got stirred up by a passing motorboat, 214 speeds across the Yadkin River Bridge into Linwood Yard for a crew change, then onto Lynchburg and Rutherford Pennsylvania.

A set of Southern Rwy hump power switches at Linwood, NC || August 1980

Streamliners at Spencer is over with and Norfolk Southerns beautiful Office Car trainset heads north towards home

Led by C40-9W number 9008, train 17M rolls out of Linwood Yard and onto the main line in Linwood, North Carolina on February 20, 2014.

A quartet of EMD locomotives lead Linwood to Winston-Salem turn P1W down the outbound and onto track 2 at Lee. The rebuilt SD40E leads a pair of high hood SD40-2s and an SD40-2 that started life a... (more)

The AAPRCO convention special from Washington DC to Chattanooga TN nears the end of the first leg of its journey and an overnight stay at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC

A color riot! All 20 of Norfolk Southerns heritage units sit in a line awaiting movement to the NS 30th anniversary extravaganza at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. Photo taken... (more)

All 20 heritage units, all coupled together, prepare for their journey to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. For more information, visit more)

The sun sets on day one of the NS "Blue Ribbon Special" at Linwood Yard after a day of running from Atlanta. Photo copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation.