Railfans wave to NS P88 as it blocks NW 611 from view at the first vantage point on the chase to Roanoke.

This would be my ride around the museum complex taking a spin on the turn table.

Top view of North Carolina Transportation Museum from a helicopter.

After about a half hour delay, Norfolk & Western Class J #611 eases it's train out of the NCTM and prepares to enter the Norfolk Southern mainline with a train full of excited passengers for the f... (more)

On it's final night at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, newly restored Norfolk & Western Class J #611 rests peacefully under the stars.

On it's final night at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, newly restored Norfolk & Western Class J #611 rests peacefully under a partly cloudy sky as the breaks through.

With some borrowed and scabbed over power the hogger on the lean E leans out for a better view around the shop area while the old teakettle simmers away by the yard office.

In a view that could likely be taken in 1958, 611 rumbles past the idling ACL 501 re-lettered to represent the units N&W leased. Southern 6133 has been working all afternoon to assemble the photo ... (more)

One Year Later: As the Saturday photo shoot began to wind down and was almost ready to close, the fans began to stir: NKP 190 was on the move. It was being pulled from its spot by the roun... (more)

611 rolls past a restored 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible on the second of what would be a Dozen plus rub-by's during the Fired Up Photo Charter on May 28th, 2015.

Norfolk & Western J #611 starts it's journey across Yadkin River Bridge enroute to Roanoke, VA.