N&W Class J 611 rides the Hurt Connection from the ex Virginian mainline to the ex Southern mainline on a ferry move to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC from the Virginia Mus... (more)

On a bitter cold February morning N&W Class J 611 rides the NS ex Southern mainline on a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke VA to the North Carolina Transportation Mu... (more)

On a bitter cold February morning N&W Class J 611 rides the Hurt Connection between the NS ex Virginian mainline to the NS ex Southern mainline on a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transpor... (more)

Norfolk and Western class J number 611 storms away from a crew change at the Hurt Connection near Alta Vista, Virginia. The temperature was still in the teens, highlighting the steam exhaust. Bui... (more)

The small village of Goodview, Virginia, was awoken just before sunrise this morning by an impressive display of steam from N&W class J number 611 as it led train 955 along the former Virginian ma... (more)

The 611 stopped briefly in Danville to refill water on its way from Roanoke to Spencer.

The NKP 765 pulls the "Lehigh Gorge Special" through the Lehigh Gorge State Park on a beautiful Summer day as it heads north on the NS Upper Lehigh Line.

NKP 765 passes the station at Cresco on the return trip to Scranton.

Railfans and residents of Roanoke turn out on the first 4th of July since the "Spirit of Roanoke" was restored after 20 years of lying dormant.

The newly restored "Spirit of Roanoke" heads up the Christiansburg grade on independence day.

Built in 1950 for the Norfolk & Western Railroad, class J 4-8-4 #611 steams up the Blue Ridge grade at Villamont,VA past the N&W era CPL signals creating a timeless scene. The now former CEO of No... (more)

N&W 611 steams into the morning light past the iconic N&W CPL's at Bowler, Virginia. The locomotive is pulling the Sunday morning Cavalier excursion, NS 958 toward Petersburg, Virginia.

During a summer '72 vacation happened upon KIT 61 helping the 4501 get ready for a day excursion around Louisville

It's the morning of May 17th, 2014, and steam is traveling south on the famous Southern "Rat Hole" line for the first time in nearly 20 years. The Ludlow to Danville trip was sponsored by the Tenn... (more)

An N&W Class-J on home rails was something I had not expected to see, but here it was in all its glory hauling tuscan passenger cars over the famed Blueridge Grade. The sound for the twenty minut... (more)