N&W No. 611 captured in a heavy downpour while climbing the grade at Cherry Crest Farm, at the Strasburg Rail Road.

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 No. 611 leads an excursion through a tunnel of trees near Esbenshade Road during a visit to the Strasburg Rail Road in 2019.

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 in a more)

One of the last runs of the westbound Wabash Cannonball makes a scheduled station stop in Logansport, IN likely in April of 1971, shortly prior to the Cannonball service being discontinued. Kodak ... (more)

N&W 611 returns to Strasburg with a late evening excursion.

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class locomotive leads a passenger car excursion through the rural Amish countryside while on a visit to the Strasburg Rail Road in Pennsylvania.

N&W No. 382 captured dashing through the woods in a Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-0
Location: Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NW 382
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 05, 2019

Visiting locomotive, N&W No. 611, pulls Strasburg's last train of the day up the steep grade at Cherry Crest Farm and on towards the depot, before calling it a night.

Having racked up hundred's of thousands of miles pulling famed passenger trains between VA and OH throughout her career which began in 1950, J-class N&W No. 611 finds herself young at heart during... (more)

The "Queen of Steam", N&W No. 611 arrives at Blacksburg... I mean, Groff's Grove, in Cherry Hill, Pennsylvania. The "modern" streamline J-Class locomotive may look a little ou... (more)

(Yet another) Three way meet in Paradise

Leaman Place Junction was a busy place in October of 2019, with Strasburg's "regular" steam excursions, visiting 4-8-4 No. 611 and Amtrak's Keysto... (more)

A child's wave is returned by the fireman of Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No 475. The sound of the passing locomotive doesn't disturb the two dogs, lying the grass, but it's just a bit too much for ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 backs up towards the water tower for a big gulp before pulling the next excursion. Strasburg Rail Road's 1953 built EMD SW8 (3 years younger) can be seen in the ba... (more)

"The Spirit of Roanoke". The Queen of Steam may not wear this on her side any more, but she will always be the Spirit of Roanoke to me. Taken on her first trip up from the VMT back in ... (more)

Somewhere in Time

A lucky group of photographers were transported back in time some 70 years to the state of Virginia, compliments of Lerro Productions.