Norfolk and Western J 611 is westbound with a short freight train between Atlanta and Birmingham. The bridge over the Tallapoosa River is just a short distance from the Alabama-Georgia border .

At 1/8 of a second for the pan, the rods on the Queen of Steam become nothing more than a blur. Probably my slowest pan speed ever.

With a large hostling tour crowd watching in awe, N&W 611 crawls through the yard limits to reach the ashpit. This is where crews will rid the ashpan of the remaining hot embers before getting rea... (more)

A hallmark of the typical summertime Strasburg Railroad excursion is the Hello Dolly open air car on the rear of the train. Today's trip, however, isn't very ordinary; the mighty N&W J has taken t... (more)

With a little imagination, this could be Christmas Eve, 1957 in Rural Retreat, Virginia as O. Winston Link recorded his famous audio capturing the final days of N&W steam. The final edit of the re... (more)

611 is passing the former Norfolk & Western East End Shops where she was built in May 1950. The shops have been closed by Norfolk Southern and now stand deserted.

And around we go...611 with the assistance of NS Southern Heritage unit ES44AC 8099 and Southern FP7 6133, negotiate the Southern Railway Loops over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville NC. The t... (more)

Norfolk and Western locomotive 2156, Class Y6a, a compound Mallet, sits on display at the Museum's first night photography event. This locomotive was loaned to the Virginia Museum of Transporta... (more)

The 611 in a driving rain on Memorial Day weekend 2021, accelerating out of Groff's Grove

With the world slowly escaping Covid, 2021 also marks the return of N&W superpower to the Strasburg Railroad. After making its way out of Leaman Place, J Class #611 accelerates up the Pumpkinville... (more)

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)

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.

No. 611 puts on a show for the three photographers that were trackside at Cherry Hill during the last run of the day on May 30, 2021.

No. 611 simmers outside the Strasburg shop on its first day of excursions service on "The Road To Paradise" for 2021.