611 crawls up the grade into Christiansburg!

611 rolls down the grade from Christiansburg enroute to Radford, VA.

The 611 passes one of the Remaining CPL signals on the line.

The engineer puts out a nice plume of smoke to the delight of all gathered to watch the final American excursion head west towards Front Royal.

After cresting the grade at Linden, VA, N&W Class J #611 is cruising downgrade nearing Front Royal on a beautiful Spring afternoon. With all the crowds that were out following this train, it was s... (more)

After loading passengers for an 8:00am departure from Manassas, VA, N&W 4-8-4 #611 backs past the signals at the wye in order to reach the connector to NS's B Line.

N&W Class J #611 rounding the tight curves through Rectortown, VA on Sunday's morning run of "The American."

The J: At the end one of the first public excursions pulled by 611 in her third career, N&W's classic J locomotive was swarmed by fans.

We cant keep everything old around... New Safetran signals are up as the exSouthern GRS tri-lights feel the blast of steam and smoke for probably their last time, at least 611 will be around for a... (more)

NS 957 with the beautifully restored J Class 611 in charge races through the outskirts of Bedford Virginia bound for Roanoke.

With NS President Wick Moorman at the controls, Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, is seen westbound across the Big Otter River Trestle on the NS Blue Ridge District. The train was clean burni... (more)

The Queen of Steam passes through downtown Greensboro, North Carolina on it's maiden trip while putting on a grand show for thousands of spectators young and old. What a historic day it was in man... (more)

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.

N&W 611 ducks under the Southern Railway Brosnan-era boxcar beam signal bridge at Pennrington at the north end of Reidsville, NC.