Builder's plate on Norfolk & Western J-Class #611. Photo taken while #611 sits steaming just outside the Southern Railway System Norris Yard Steam Shop.
I like that smudge. All too often excursion engines are so squeaky clean they look like they don't work at all. As she prepares to go for some servicing there's no it has been a hard pull this t... (more)
Norfolk & Western shop forces have just completed the building of Class J 4-8-4 streamlined steam locomotive #611 on May 30, 1950 and are showing it off to families and friends. The J was rolled o... (more)