N&W 611 and Nickel Plate 587 are backing their train past the East End Shops into Roanoke Station to unload passengers. They have just completed a run from Bluefield, WV. This was one of many succ... (more)

NS Train 958 with N&W 611 blasts over the Norfolk and Western lettered overpass spanning Cox Road, which is also known as Virginia State Highway 611 near Church Road on the NS Norfolk District. <... (more)

NS 956 breaks the bend at Villamont, VA, where the N&W bracket style signals are still standing one the former N&W Main Line to Lynchburg, which is now the NS Blue Ridge District. If you look c... (more)

After slowing for a signal, N&W 611 is again accelerating NS Train 957 towards Lynchburg through the town of Blackstone on the NS Norfolk District. It's time for another cinder shower.

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N&W 611 has NS Train 958, "The Caviler" all stopped on the NS Norfolk District Old Line at the depot and is looking fine in the afternoon sunshine.

Locomotive: NW 611

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Moments after Luke Lohrmeyer and I first lay eyes on Norfolk and Western 611, NS Train 957 stomps out of Crewe past MP 132 at restricted speed delayed in block after stopping to correct an issue w... (more)

After getting another short bath in a thunderstorm, NS Train 957 with N&W 611 on the point is thundering past the classic, and soon to be removed Norfolk & Western Bracket CPL Signal at CP Concord... (more)

After getting another short bath in a thunderstorm, NS Train 957 with N&W 611 on the point is thundering past the classic, and soon to be removed Norfolk & Western CPL Signal at CP Concord on the ... (more)

N&W 611 with NS Train 957 is making great time across the rolling Virginia countryside on the NS Blue Ridge District as thunderstorms fire along the horizon, and behind us.

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After a crew change in the aptly named municipality, NS Train 958 is back underway with the steamlined lady barking out of town on the NS Norfolk District.

Locomotive: NW 611

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After being flagged by a signal at Jenkins, NS Train 958 was moving under restricted speed. That is, until they knocked down the clear signal about 1,500 feet west of our location, and the engine... (more)

NS Train 958 passes the venerable N&W CPL bracket signals at CP Bowler as it rolls down home rails with a clean stack on the NS Blue Ridge District.

Locomotive: NW 611

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Looking a bit dirtier than yesterday, N&W 611 brings NS Train 958 past the classic N&W CPL at CP Concord, putting on a great show, as it did all weekend on the NS Blue Ridge District.

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The "Queen of the Kudzu", N&W J Class #611 brings NS Train 957 west down the NS Blue Ridge District pulling the 21 car "Cavalier" back to Lynchburg on the return leg of a round... (more)

Moments after my friend Luke Lohrmeyer and I first laid eyes on Norfolk and Western 611, NS Train 957 stomps out of Massie past MP 132 at restricted speed delayed in block after stopping to correc... (more)