Before returning to the mainline, #611 spent a couple days prowling the grounds of NCTM that substantially assisted in her rebirth. They even dressed up their ACL 501 to match what could have eas... (more)

Norfolk & Western 620 pushes the excursion train uphill around the curve heading towards roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation Museum

NS 12R crossing the Yadkin River

Lehigh Valley Coal Co 0-6-0 saddle tank engine #126, has the North Carolina Transportation Museum caboose train in tow.

A view not often seen. The tender of N&W 611 sits alone outside the roundhouse while 611 is being worked on inside one of the roundhouse bays. In the background, Lehigh Valley Coal Co 0-6-0 saddle... (more)

Santa Claus is displaying his newest heavy duty motive power for North America Christmas Eve deliveries. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!

Norfolk Southern's OAR Safety Train is at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. for their annual Fire Truck Festival. The train is seen here at Barber Jct. for a private night p... (more)

Norfolk Southern's OAR Safety Train is at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. for their annual Fire Truck Festival. The train is seen here doing some photo runbys after the ev... (more)

Norfolk Southern's OAR Safety Train is at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. for their annual Fire Truck Festival. The train is seen here doing some photo runbys after the ev... (more)

There were many photo opportunities at the Streamliners at Spencer event back in 2014. In this photo N&W 611 has been coupled to Norfolk Southern Office cars in the yard just south of the roundh... (more)

For one day, to join N&W #611's return to the rails, famed #501 was dressed to play the part of an ACL locomotive on loan to the Norfolk & Western, replicating the 1958-59 period where such a thin... (more)

One of the many sideshows at the "NS Family Portrait" event of 2012 was seeing two original Norfolk Southern paint schemes side by side.

Looking as she might have when demoted from the major trains to local service this classic is actually taking the short trip around the museum property. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collect... (more)

Originally B&E but looking great in a shiny classic paint scheme this unit is actually from the Potomac Eagle Operation.

Even though the days of pulling TOFC freight through the Rathole or dragging wood chip hoppers over the Old Fort loops is over, this venerable work horse still gets to clean the carbon out of its ... (more)