Deep in Pocahontas coal country, N&W Class A No. 1218 passes the coaling tower in Iaeger, W.Va. The trip was part of the 1991 convention of the National Railway Historical Society based out of Hun... (more)

The homecoming celebration at the O. Winston Link Museum has just ended and the beautifully restored Norfolk & Western J Class No. 611 eases her train through the Roanoke Yard and into the setting... (more)

N&W #611 highballs through Bedford, VA in a Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Bedford, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 611
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 04, 2015

The Queen of Steam

Norfolk & Western Class J 611 puts on an impressive show as it ducks under the coaling tower in Vicker, VA. After resting dormant for years, this old beast h... (more)

NW 611 leads an excursion through the small Virginia town of The Plains

Roanoke

N&W class Y6a #2156 sits by N&W class A #1218 each awaiting their next assignment. Built respectively in 1942 and 1943, No. 2156 will retire in 1959 after working the coal fields... (more)

On Standby

N&W class Y6a #2156 sits by N&W class A #1218 awaiting a call to service. No. 2156 is a 2-8-8-2 and the sole survivor of the railroad's Y5, Y6, Y6a, and Y6b classes. This loc... (more)

N&W 611 stretches her legs while en route home to Roanoke, VA from Spencer, NC. She would steam into the Virginia Museum of Transportation later this day for a homecoming event and reunion with #... (more)

Norfolk & Western #611 rounds the cut just shy of Friendship Road while climbing Christiansburg Mountain en route to none other then, Christiansburg, VA.

N&W 611 heads west for Roanoke after turning in Lynchburg with the morning excursion on the Blue Ridge District.

Battling the Blue Ridge grade, Norfolk & Western No. 611 passes the color position light signals as it works its old home turf between Roanoke and Lynchburg, Va.

Norfolk & Western No. 611 splits the classic color position light signals at Montvale as it heads from Roanoke to Lynchburg. The clouds parted briefly 20 seconds before the train's arrival here.