NS 1218 has just left Eindhoven with Intercity 841 from Zandvoort aan Zee to Maastricht. The train is composed of three Plan W carriages as reinforcement and the regular set of five Plan E cariage... (more)

N&W 1218 steams it up on the Southern Loops during an NHRS excursion. It is now on the top track, will soon be coming on lower track.

Photographer-Unknown- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. The 1987 NRHS Convention was a watershed moment for mainline steam in the late 1980's. What has commonly been referred to as &qu... (more)

Photographer-Dave Leonard- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. N&W 1218 pauses at Lowry on her second day in revenue service during her second lease at life. The previous day's excursion... (more)

Photographer- Dave Leonard- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. N&W 'A' Class leads her charge effortlessly through Lowry, VA enroute from Roanoke to Alexandria. She will stop in Lynchburg a... (more)

Photographer- Dave Augsburger- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. A late Spring day finds the 'Mercedes of Steam'; N&W 'A' Class 1218 less than a month into her excursion career, shown here... (more)

Photographer- John S. Murray- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. The 1987 NRHS Convention was a watershed moment for mainline steam in the late 1980's. What has commonly been referred to as... (more)

Photographer- Marc Grinter- from a 35 mm Kodachrome slide. Former N&W Class "A" #1218 makes easy work of an excursion train through Delaplane, Virginia on a late spring day on a round tr... (more)

Photographer- Dave Leonard- from my personal collection. 35mm Kodachrome original slide. A gorgeous late Spring day finds the "Mercedes of Steam," N&W Class 'A' #1218 attacking Blue R... (more)

Photographer- Larry Smith- from my personal collection. One of the highlights of the 1987 NRHS Convention, besides the side by side running of Class J 611 and Class A 1218, was this night phot... (more)

Photographer- Greg Stadter- from my personal collection. N&W Class "A" 1218 is shown here on her first excursion rounding a bend near Shawsville, VA on her way from Roanoke to Bluefi... (more)

As Norfolk and Western "A" class #1218 simmers behind the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA, NS SD70M-2 #2765 rolls by with train #18M, a daily freight operating between Elkhart, Indiana, and ... (more)

Several icons of Roanoke are seen here, including the former N&W passenger station (now home to the O. Winston Link Museum), Hotel Roanoke, the former N&W general Office Building, and Norfolk and ... (more)

The first steam excursion of the 1987 NRHS Convention featured N&W 1218 heading an excursion to Bluefield on the N&W mainline. This image includes the Norfolk & Western's position light signals an... (more)