NW 611 steams through Goodview, Virginia, on a ferry run to Spencer from Roanoke. As Graham Claytor said, "It is a good thing to let another generation know what a steam locomotive is".
Norfolk and Western 611 shoves up the hill out of the Virginia Museum Transportation in Roanoke, ready for a ferry move to Spencer as NS train number 956, on a cold January 6, 2017 morning.
Making its inaugural run of 2017, Norfolk and Western 611 marches towards Spencer, NC for its annual inspection prior to a busy excursion season. Following the old Virginian route between Roanoke ... (more)
The mighty 611 hardly makes a sound as it slips through the recently opened double track section just south of Thomasville, NC. I am still quite surprised at how quiet such an impressive machine c... (more)
On a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, N&W 611 sings the song of her near extinct people as the train ducks under the old Southern-... (more)