"The Spirit of Roanoke". The Queen of Steam may not wear this on her side any more, but she will always be the Spirit of Roanoke to me. Taken on her first trip up from the VMT back in ... (more)

N&W No. 611 puts on a great show pulling a passenger excursion around the bend at Paradise, PA, en route to the depot at the Strsaburg Rail Road.The J-Class locomotive, built by the N&W's own shop... (more)

N&W No. 475 takes the siding with a small mixed train giving way to a hot shot freight led by N&W No. 611. Seem unlikely? Perhaps, but no more so than having N&W No. 611 show up in Pennsylvania,... (more)

After arriving in Strasburg on the first time of the day, 611 does a runaround move.

N&W 611 storms up the grade at Cherry Hill, putting on quite a show in the process on a rainy morning.

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class locomotive leads a passenger car excursion through the rural Amish countryside while on a visit to Pennsylvania at the Strasburg Rail Road. Somewhat far removed ... (more)

The Road Less Traveled

On "vacation" from Roanoke, VA, Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class finds herself along a long winding country road, in, of all places, Amish Pennsylvania. ... (more)

A different angle. Inspired by seeing Mitch Goldman's beautiful pan today, I wanted to post mine of basically the same moment, with a different lens and angle. Mine is 1/25. The zoom kind of fo... (more)

Stormy Return 2

As Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 611 approached its destination in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, the skies were foreboding. About a minute after this scene, the first of sev... (more)

Stormy Return

After Norfolk & Western 611’s successful visit to Strasburg in 2019, it seemed logical that a return was likely. Getting it back to Pennsylvania became a stormy jou... (more)

"I'll get by with a little help from my friends"
- a double header pan shot captured at 1/15th!

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 double heads with Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. ... (more)

N&W class "J" 611 heads to Strasburg, PA for excursions this summer on May 25, 2021 through Hagerstown, MD.

Mainline Steam. On August 20, 2019, Norfolk Southern Corp Train 955 featured an unusual consist as NS 9214 (C44-9W) lead the Queen Of Steam, Norfolk & Western 611 (4-8-4) as it was being de... (more)

NW 611 sits outside the station in the rain as one of the crew members looks on. Color version of https://www.railpictures.net/photo/771014/more)