The engineer puts out a nice plume of smoke to the delight of all gathered to watch the final American excursion head west towards Front Royal.

N&W 611 prepares to uncouple her 20 coaches after a hard day's work. She will spend the night in the Manassas yard.

After triumphantly returning to her birthplace earlier in the afternoon- N&W 611 rests next to big brother Class A 1218. The next day even bigger brother Y6a 2156 would make his appearance for the... (more)

The final stage of the day for Trains magazine editor Jim Wrinn's Fired Up! [N&W 611] photo charter- a night photo session outside the Bob Julian roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation Mu... (more)

Delaplane is a shot that everyone and their brother seemed to want to get. Shortly after Delaplane is this shot coming into Rectortown, and it was a little less crowded. 611 makes her way back t... (more)

Streamliner: As one of only a handful of surviving streamlined steam locomotives in the U.S., N&W 611 is a pleasure to watch from the trackside.

I had the pleasure of driving up from Mississippi to go see the first engine I ever rode behind. I forgot how beautiful Virginia is, but it was a great weekend!

The Queen of Steam runs north passing the Signals at "Pennrington" just north of Reidsville on its trip back the Star City, Roanoke, Virginia.

NS 957 spotting her passenger cars in the yard at Manassas for the trip home in the morning.

At a spot made famous during the original NS Steam Program days for runbys, N&W Class J #611 leads the Westbound leg of the morning excursion to Front Royal past the signals in Belvoir, VA.

After backing down from the station in downtown Manassas, N&W Class J #611 thunders Westbound out of town onto Norfolk Southern's B Line destined for Front Royal, VA putting on a grand show for th... (more)

NS 957 passes by Allison and some horse pastures heading EB back towards Manassas on the second trip of the day. Taken from private property with permission from landowner.

In the third of what would be a dozen plus run-by's, 611 brings a late-1950's era mixed train around the loop track on the north end of the Spencer Yard where a train order fork hand off was stage... (more)

Rolling west on the old Southern "B" Line on the the first American excursion between Manassas and Front Royal, 611 gracefully rolls through the Virginia farmland. Thanks to the VMT and ... (more)

I have a liking for photographing workers and human interactions with machines, especially with the train industry. Here is a shot of a 611 mechanic working on making sure the drivers are greased... (more)