The NW 1218 sits in the yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The locomotive had been moved out from under the shelter for a special event photo shoot for the weekend.

This is not a passenger excursion. It is an EB coal train running during the NRHS convention. She is loafing along and bending around the curve.

During what is arguably the best NRHS convention ever, the great articulated is racing through the kudzu and clay on a hot summer day pleasing the fans on board and on the ground. I love 611 but ... (more)

The 1218 comes to Chicago and heads to Fort Wayne, IN on a railfan excursion. Many railfans greet the engine as it comes through the NS yard in Chicago.

Two of the greatest examples of mid-20th Century steam power on display at Roanoke, Virginia.

It only took me 26 years! When I was a budding 12-year-old railfan in 1987, I watched with intense interest (via the pages of Trains and Railfan & Railroad) as NS shopped 1218 and put it into exc... (more)

Westbound NRHS excursion at Arthur, VA behind N&W 1218 in August 1988.

Do not try this at home.

Wow, Dad! Look at how big that engine is!

Norfolk & Western 1218, with baggage car 1407, slowly begins to move back to attach to its train. Soon the passenger special will be heading up the grade to Front Royal, Virginia.

The crew on N&W 1218 keep a watchful eye as the locomotive prepares to back down against their train. Soon the locomotive will be pulling a passenger special to Front Royal, Virginia.

N&W 1218 leading a northbound excursion through Spring City, TN || October 1987

N&W 1218 waits for her next assignment whenever that day comes.

The 1987 Suwanee Steam Special ran from Southern Railway's Simpson Yard in Jacksonville, Fl to Valdosta, Ga, a distance of 106.5 miles each way. Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4 1218 was the powe... (more)