611 smokes it up returning to Roanoke after overhaul in Birmingham

Deflated hot air balloon on grass in foreground

Departing eastbound

Three examples of N&W steam power under the Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor, Jr. Pavilion at VMT... class G-1 #6 (1897), class A #1218 (1943), class J #611 (1950)

611 is being serviced outside Norris Steam Shop building

Last hours of the NS Steam Program

611 and open-air cars head north past Kemper Street Station in Lynchburg, VA.

The J is being serviced in last month of excursions.

Rail Excursion

An N&W "J", neat old buildings...and a utility pole stuck right in the middle of the shot! Two out of three, I guess.

The 'J' gets a high green at the east end of the Angola siding.

611 is eastbound at Vicker, Virginia

Bound for Lynchburg, the 611 makes good time down the former Southern mainline.

611 with an excursion train headed into Bluefield, WV