The homecoming celebration at the O. Winston Link Museum has just ended and the beautifully restored Norfolk & Western J Class No. 611 eases her train through the Roanoke Yard and into the setting... (more)

The Queen of Steam

Norfolk & Western Class J 611 puts on an impressive show as it ducks under the coaling tower in Vicker, VA. After resting dormant for years, this old beast h... (more)

SOU 4501 does the honors of leading NS 957 "Nancy Hanks Special" which ran from Macon, Ga - Tennile, Ga

The Norfolk and Western J Class No. 611 slowly steams past several railfans as she approaches the outer limits of the Lynchburg yard to take on some water and continue her inaugural journey back h... (more)

After running hard from Roanoke to Lynchburg that morning, N&W 611 simmers on the mainline in front of the old N&W passenger station now the O. Winston Link museum while crowds arrive to see her ... (more)

N&W Class J 611 charges under the old coaling tower at Vicker, VA headed for Roanoke.

After spinning the train in Pittston, the Lehigh Gorge Special returns to Jim Thorpe for a layover before taking on the final leg of the trip back to Allentown.

The Lehigh Gorge Special through Treichlers, Pa. on a rather pleasant morning. Couldn't have asked for a better day for a train chase.

Lehigh Gorge Special with the NKP 765 creeps through Glen Onoko in Lehigh Gorge State Park on it's way to M&H Junction where it will switch to Reading & Northern trackage for the rest of its journ... (more)

Jim Thorpe is one of the most scenic towns in the northeastern United States. The only thing that could make the town even better is a visit by a genuine Lima built S-2 class 2-8-4 Berkshire. This... (more)

Lehigh Gorge Special with the NKP 765 storms up the Upper Lehigh Line through Lehigh Gap in Walnutport, PA.

27 Years Later

When I was a little kid, my dad went out to photograph the 765 on the ill-fated NRHS '88 trips, but I couldn't go because I was sick. I said to him afterwords that i... (more)

On the return leg on a Lehigh River Gorge excursion, NKP No. 765 romps across the river while rewarding the patient photographers with a with little extra plume.