N&W 611 accelerates out of the Roanoke area toward Lynchburg, VA with the morning trip. This was my first time seeing the 611 under steam and she made a mighty fine impression.
Norfolk and Western 611 works hard to pull its long consist of passenger cars out of Petersburg, VA putting on a nice show for the trackside railfans. Seeing 611 work on her own was a sight to be... (more)
Southern 4501 and 3170 lead the eastbound Radford Rambler through Marion, VA on a perfect summer morning.
Norfolk & Western J Class #611 storms into Roanoke early in the morning on Independence Day, delighting hundreds of railfans as they prepare to ride behind her to Lynchburg.
Leading an excursion back to Roanoke from Lynchburg, the J gets a running start for the climb over Blue Ridge grade ahead.
Class J 611 bites into the Blue Ridge Grade eastbound at Webster Va
With reverberating staccato, N&W 611 lifts her train up the Blue Ridge Grade at Villamont, between Lynchburg and Roanoke.
Roanoke's "Rock Star" locomotive, N&W 611, marches her train up Christiansburg Mountain, rounding the bend at Friendship Road, with views of the of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in ... (more)
Norfolk & Western 611 strides past the CPL signals at Villamont under overcast skies that fortunately did not open up till later in the day.
The 611 splits the intermediate signals at Montvale as it leads an NS '21st Century Steam' excursion from Roanoke to Lynchburg.
N&W 611 tackles the grade at Blue Ridge as it heads for Lynchburg.
N&W's 611 returns to Roanoke after its trip to Radford on a 4th of July run.
N&W 611 pulls 21 passenger cars up the Christiansburg Grade through Shawsville, VA. This is one of many S-Curves along the route.
As the sun lights up the iconic face of N&W CPL's, N&W J Class 611 splits the intermediate signals at Montvale, Virginia as NS 958 makes it's way eastbound to Lynchburg.
The rear of NS train 188 just barely clears on the near track as the 611 passes with an excursion returning to Roanoke from Lynchburg.
