A pan shot at 1/20th second of Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611.

NW 611 readies for the return trip to Strasburg at Leaman Place Junction, the eastern terminus of the Strasburg Railroad alongside the former PRR mainline. 611 ran just three days of passenger tri... (more)

A beautiful late fall sunrise in Eastern Virginia in the 1950s with Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611. This scene has actually been captured during a ph... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 passes Carpenters Cemetery on the last of her limited 3 days of passenger trips for 2022.

The queen of steam chuffs beautifully past a farm.

A crowd of railroad photographers gather at this farm in along the Strasburg Railroad to photograph the queen of steam in action. This was all at part of the Lerro Photography charter.

"Don't be chicken" Norfolk & Western 611 rolls through the countryside as a biplane flies overhead.

A farmer waves on as the Queen of Steam chuffs beautifully through the countryside.

A Sad Day at Strasburg

Today, I saw reports that Strasburg’s ex-Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 had an encounter with some MOW equipment at Leamon Place, resulting in a damaged smokebox,... (more)

Norfolk & Western Steam in Amish Country. J-Class 611 and M-Class 382(475), pose for an historic photo shoot on the Strasburg Railroad.

Several years ago the "Lost Engines of Roanoke" were removed from a scrap yard in Roanoke, where they had been since the 1950's, and relocated to several groups in several locations. N&W... (more)

Norfolk and Western J 611 is being cleaned at Armour Yard in preparation for a weekend of Norfolk Southern steam excursions.

Hurricane Henri makes for a dreary day, but Norfolk & Western Class J #611 makes up for it while charging into Carpenters Crossing on the Strasburg Rail Road.

Viewed from the Virginia Blue Ridge right-of-way, my favorite Norfolk & Western fan tripper backs across the trestle over the Tye River in Tye River, Virginia. The train has discharged any passeng... (more)

Oh....THAT intermodal...known by other names to those on the ground that morning, unkind names for sure. #611 returns to the NS mainlines with this run, dream come true for many...and seemed to o... (more)