The northbound "Virginian" excursion charges upgrade into downtown Danville in frigid cold air and gusty winds.

After picking up a new EMS crew at the Danville Amtrak station, N&W 611 barks up the district's ruling grade at Bentley, which still sports its two Southern Railway signal bridges.

With the sun setting in the evening sky, NW 611 glides under the Southern signal bridge at Danville

4 EMD SD40-2's sit in the Dundee Yard in Danville awaiting their next assignment.

Local job waits while the 611 takes on water.

N&W Class J 611 passing the Danville VA station on the ex Southern mainline on a ferry move to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC from the Virginia Museum of Transportation in ... (more)

On a bitter cold February morning N&W Class J 611 rides the NS ex Southern mainline on a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke VA to the North Carolina Transportation Mu... (more)

The 611 stopped briefly in Danville to refill water on its way from Roanoke to Spencer.

N&W 611 stretches her legs while en route home to Roanoke, VA from Spencer, NC. She would steam into the Virginia Museum of Transportation later this day for a homecoming event and reunion with #... (more)

Southbound manifest ready to work Dundee Yard with a lashup containing two motors that's pretty rare in these parts. A CN locomotive that's not a SD70M-2 or a GEVO, and a patched SP AC4400CW trail... (more)

The NS 9917 leads the 195 north over the Dan River.

The debut return of the Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 is seen crossing the Dan River at Danville, Virginia on May 30, running as NS train 957.

The view from Eagle Springs Road. Welcome back 611!