Charging up-hill out of Leaman Place, NW 611 billows a plume of dark smoke on its way back to Strasburg. Built in 1950, the bullet-like locomotive has been fully restored and is the last class J l... (more)
In October 1965, steam equipped Wabash Geep 486 and N&W 3494 (ex-Wabash 494) leads the Chicago-St. Louis Banner Blue at Granite City, Illinois. Photo from my collection, the photographer Al Hol... (more)
After getting photos of two different Norfolk Southern heritage units leading trains, it looked like the 7:00 Strasburg train would possibly operate in storm light. Those conditions didn’t exact... (more)
Steam Show: Watching N&W 611 leave Roanoke on one of its last mainline excursions was the first time I'd seen a proper display of mainline steam power.