The early morning silence outside of the Verdant View Farm is broken by the low tone of a Hancock 3 chime and the thunderous roar of N&W J Class locomotive making haste with a freight train across... (more)
"Sunrise with an M": Norfolk & Western M Class #475 briskly follows the jointed rail to the West as she races through the cold crisp October air with a mixed train in tow.
The "611 Shuttle"- probably one of its easiest assignments of all-time, with only 3 cars. Several 15-minute trips were scheduled today, backing from Strasburg to Ground Hog Cut and retu... (more)
"A Grassroot's Viewfinder": The sun is just beginning to climb over the horizon, but anticipation is building because a J Class locomotive is about to bring a Roanoke wake-up call to the... (more)
N&W 611 on the Virginia Creeper: In its final years of steam on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, the 611 and its sister J class locomotives were assigned to local freight trains in Virgini... (more)