J 611 glides downgrade through Shawsville, Virginia on her final return home to Roanoke to close a weekend of passenger excursions across home rails.

Norfolk & Western 611 blasts by the old freight depot in Christiansburg, VA.

Norfolk & Western 611 leads the westbound Pelican up the Christiansburg grade near Arthur, Virginia

Norfolk & Western 611 splits the classic NW CPL signals at Porterfield with the Blue Ridge mountain looming in the background

Marching upgrade near the hamlet of Shawsville, Viriginia, N&W J Class 611 puts on a show on home rails as the storm clouds start to migrate in.

Norfolk & Western 611 attacks the Christiansburg grade as its leads NS 957 through the S-curve at Chrisman Mill Road

Putting on a show en route Lynchburg.

The Return to Roanoke

Railfans line the MLK Memorial Pedestrian Bridge as N&W 611 brings the afternoon excursion into Roanoke to allow passengers to detrain and prepare the tra... (more)

Slipping all the way up the Blue Ridge Grade, N&W J Class splits the CPL's at Villamont as it puts on a show returning west to Roanoke along the former N&W.

The afternoon excursion thunders past the ex-N&W depot on the way to Walton where it will turn on the wye and return to Roanoke.

611 crawls up the grade into Christiansburg!

J-class 611 passes under the overpass in Forest, VA on a dreary Summer day.

Norfolk and Western class J number 611 leads train 957 through Jamestown, North Carolina on a deadhead move from Spencer to Roanoke. 611 was pulling 13 cars: the auxiliary water tender, two tool ... (more)

Reporting for work. With a hiss of steam from the cylinder cocks, the big Norfolk & Western J-Class #611 slowly eases off the turntable and into the yard at Spencer. Shortly, she'll tie on... (more)

It's as if time itself has stopped. We see N&W 611 on her way back home to Roanoke once again for an upcoming excursion ducking underneath the classic SOU signals with a flagman protecting the cro... (more)