N&W J class #611 slowly crosses the Catawba River in Catawba, NC on its way to Asheville, NC.
As part of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln the N.C. Transportation Museum hosted the Lincoln Funeral train and over 200 Civil War reenactors.
Bob Yuill and Steve Morgan work on reinstalling one of 611's cylinder head covers before her 10:30 trip.
Operating as NC symbol 957, Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 begins its trip home from Spencer, North Carolina to Roanoke, Virginia. The train is seen racing through Ruffin, NC.
A northbound CSX freight speeds across the NS in Selma, NC
Sometimes a well lit roster shot is simply a good thing.
611 and her matching train head into the Barber Junction Station. She was pulling the museum's daily trains for media day.
Resting in Spencer.
