Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 in a more)

N&W 611 returns to Strasburg with a late evening excursion.

Having racked up hundred's of thousands of miles pulling famed passenger trains between VA and OH throughout her career which began in 1950, J-class N&W No. 611 finds herself young at heart during... (more)

The "Queen of Steam", N&W No. 611 arrives at Blacksburg... I mean, Groff's Grove, in Cherry Hill, Pennsylvania. The "modern" streamline J-Class locomotive may look a little ou... (more)

(Yet another) Three way meet in Paradise

Leaman Place Junction was a busy place in October of 2019, with Strasburg's "regular" steam excursions, visiting 4-8-4 No. 611 and Amtrak's Keysto... (more)

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 backs up towards the water tower for a big gulp before pulling the next excursion. Strasburg Rail Road's 1953 built EMD SW8 (3 years younger) can be seen in the ba... (more)

"The Spirit of Roanoke". The Queen of Steam may not wear this on her side any more, but she will always be the Spirit of Roanoke to me. Taken on her first trip up from the VMT back in ... (more)

Harrisburg commuters race east towards Philadelphia, PA passing two of Roanoke's finest at Leaman Place; N&W No. 475, built in 1906 (by Baldwin in Philadelphia), and N&W No. 611, built in 1950 by ... (more)

N&W No. 611 puts on a great show pulling a passenger excursion around the bend at Paradise, PA, en route to the depot at the Strsaburg Rail Road.The J-Class locomotive, built by the N&W's own shop... (more)

N&W No. 475 takes the siding with a small mixed train giving way to a hot shot freight led by N&W No. 611. Seem unlikely? Perhaps, but no more so than having N&W No. 611 show up in Pennsylvania,... (more)

Stormy Return

After Norfolk & Western 611’s successful visit to Strasburg in 2019, it seemed logical that a return was likely. Getting it back to Pennsylvania became a stormy jou... (more)

"I'll get by with a little help from my friends"
- a double header pan shot captured at 1/15th!

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 double heads with Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. ... (more)

On a wet and rainy day, 611 get's ready to start the return trip back to the station.

N&W class "J" 611 heads to Strasburg, PA for excursions this summer on May 25, 2021 through Hagerstown, MD.

Mainline Steam. On August 20, 2019, Norfolk Southern Corp Train 955 featured an unusual consist as NS 9214 (C44-9W) lead the Queen Of Steam, Norfolk & Western 611 (4-8-4) as it was being de... (more)