611 arrives back at Strasburg with the last excursion of the day.

A momentary break in the clouds at sunrise presents a dramatic scene at Verdant View Farm as N&W No. 611 charges west through the rural countryside.

Storm Light

N&W No. 382 leads a small mixed freight over the "Pumpkinville Turnpike" in Paradise, PA.

Dressed as No. 382, Strasburg Rail Road's 1906 built No. 475 was perfor... (more)

A small mixed freight, led by one of Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 "Mastodon's" travels west at sunrise through rural Virginia in '61.

An early morning mixed freight led by N&W 4-8-0 No. 475 catches the glint of a rising sun.

Roosters get a day off at Verdant View Farm as the "Queen of Steam" welcomes daybreak with an impressive plume and a hearty whistle!

N&W 611 is seen here making its return on the 2:00 train gliding into the yard at Strasburg. The fields shown here are representative of the Amish country seen around Lancaster, Pennsylvania - wit... (more)

The Norfolk & Western 611's home railroad, the N&W was host to a very unique kind of signal known as the Color Position Light signal. They were the mainstay of home-N&W territories for many years,... (more)

N&W 611 "Queen of Steam" pulls into the platform at Strasburg. Although not 100% prototypical to the N&W era, the B&W edit makes for a great photo op.

A new day dawns at the Strasburg Rail Road

Its not even noon and the temperature has soared high into the nineties. Despite this, many train buffs are lined up at the Strasburg depot to view N&W 611 "Queen of Steam."

N&W 4-8-0 No. 475 has the highball as she bursts out of the woods with a freight train in a late evening pan captured at 1/13th.

A long way from Norfolk, Virginia, and both Cincinnati and Portsmouth, Ohio, No. 611 is seen here in 2019 along a new route near Esbenshade Road, between Paradise and Ronks, Pennsylvania, at the S... (more)

During a visit to a Strasburg, Norfolk & Western 611 guides a 9 car train into the platform, passing by J Tower.

As EMD E units came online In the late 1950's, Norfolk & Western's famed class J streamlined locomotives, having been in service less than a decade, were reassigned to freight service. The enginee... (more)