Norfolk and Western class J number 611 rolls by the CPL signal at Bedford, Virginia, with NS train number 958 on a deadhead move from Spencer to Roanoke.

Streamliners at Spencer from the sky.

A few pieces are missing, as this was just prior to it being fired up after an extensive overhaul.

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The pre-daylight silence of an overcast August morning is shattered by the chest pounding thunder of Norfolk & Western 611 rolling out of the NCTM bound for Roanoke.

N&W Class J 611 is westbound on the Blue Ridge Grade on a ferry move from the North Carolina Transportation in Spencer NC to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke VA.

#611 leads "The American" through Delaplane. The train is making a brief stop to inspect an axle on the water tank after tripping a defect detector.

Norfolk and Western 611 brings its train through Bedford on its way to Lynchburg.

Panning with NW 611 in Dry Fork VA

NW 611 leads NS 958 through Reidsville NC

20 minutes before sunrise NW 611 heads towards the exit of the North Carolina Transportation museum for her trip back to Roanoke.

Nearing the end of its ferry move from the North Carolina Museum of Transportation to the Virginia Museum of Transportation, NW 611 blasts past the N&W CPLs at Villamont.

The deadhead move of the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 rolls Northbound under the Southern signals at Penderton, leaving Reidsville behind.

What an event! Streamliners at Spencer.

While the passengers detrain, it's time for a bit of work on 611. Here some of the volunteers attach a GoPro to the handrails just ahead of the reversing linkage.