After a spirited cab ride up Christianburg Grade, Ross Rowland converses with famed N&W author Lewis Ingles “Bud” Jeffries. Rowland is the famed part-owner of C&O 4-8-4 #614, and industry-reno... (more)

N&W 611 eases her train across the south fork of the Roanoke River as she makes he way west towards Walton, Virginia.

The engineer on 611 throttles up the westbound "Powhatan Arrow" as it heads back to Roanoke on the first excursion of the weekend.

An unforgettable display of power and beauty unfolds as 611 stomps up the Blue Ridge Grade on the beautiful morning of May 7th, 2016. The former N&W CPL's at Webster have since been removed, takin... (more)

On the final day of Memorial Day weekend excursions, N&W 611 rolls east over the Roanoke River in Waburn. Thanks to everyone that helped make these excursions possible!

After a brief stop to wait for a signal, Norfolk & Western No. 611 roars through Forest, Virginia, passing Rick's Antiques as it makes its way west toward Roanoke with the Powhatan Arrow excursion... (more)

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 does what she was meant to do, climb the steep grades of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As she charges up Christiansburg Grade through the village of Shawsvill... (more)

The sun shines on 611 on the last few minutes of the rare morning run up to Walton and back.

The quiet, calmness of morning is briefly disrupted as N&W's Class J No. 611 works her way east down Christiansburg Mountain, as seen from atop the Shawsville Cut. This location used to be the sit... (more)

The "Powhatan Arrow" heads West through Bedford on the first of six excursions out of Roanoke for Memorial Day Weekend 2017. The 611 will take 2 trips to Lynchburg and 4 trips to Walton ... (more)

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 charges through the Hollows of Wabun with the Westbound "Pocahontas" bound for Walton.

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 charges through the Hollows of Wabun with the Westbound "Pocahontas" bound for Walton.

Running parallel to US highway 460 through Lafayette, the afternoon "Pocahontas" excursion train passes hundreds of trackside fans and spectators.

On the final run of the weekend The Queen of Steam brings the Westbound "Pocahontas" through Elliston. The train is seen passing the Big Spring Mill which is a operating 1930s vintage grain mill.... (more)

The race is on! As the afternoon "Pocahontas" excursion departed Roanoke, so did NS intermodal train 29G. The two trains raced each other, side by side, from West Roanoke all the way up ... (more)