N&W class J 611 has arrived in Toccoa with the excursion from Atlanta. Passengers will have a couple of hours to roam around the north Georgia town while the locomotive and train are turned on the... (more)
N&W class J 4-8-4 611 poses for a rods-down portrait while being readied for a weekend of excursions from Atlanta.
Norfolk and Western J 611 is eastbound at Lula, GA with a Sunday excursion to Toccoa from Atlanta. The train is rolling at a good speed and is about to cross Ga. highway 52.
Norfolk and Western J 611 is westbound at Braswell, GA on an October morning. The excursion is enroute to Chattanooga, TN from Atlanta, GA.
Norfolk and Western class J 611 is eastbound on the Blue Ridge grade on the first excursion from Roanoke. This is the location of many steam photos from the 1950s but the wooden bridge over the tr... (more)
Norfolk and Western class J 611 is leaving Atlanta on the second leg of its return to Roanoke, Va. under steam for he first time. The train had run from Birmingham the day before.
Norfolk and Western class J 611 crosses the Tallapoosa River in western Georgia just east of the Alabama state line. This was 611's inaugural run to Atlanta after having been restored.
Norfolk and Western class J 611 is running though Cook Springs, Ala. on the first trip after its rebuilding. The train has left Birmingham for Atlanta.
Norfolk and Western class J 611 has been brought down from Roanoke, Va. and the first rebuilding for steaming up is underway.
N&W Y6a 2157 pushes a coal drag headed by five EMD GP9 units. This was my final shot of Norfolk and Western steam in regular service.
N&W Y6b 2179 and Y6a 2157 roll down the Blue Ridge grade in reverse during a light engine move.
Famous class A 1218 struggles up the Blue Ridge grade with an eastbound freight while a leased RF&P EMD E8 rolls downgrade with the POWHATAN ARROW.
N&W Y6a 2160 and class A 1219 are nose-to-nose rolling downgrade at Blue Ridge with an empty hopper train. I had also seen this unusual helper arrangement that August on one occasion. There were a... (more)
N&W Y6a 2157 hustles upgrade at Blue Ridge on a light engine move.
N&W Y6a 1258 and class A 1221 have crested the Blue Ridge grade with eastbound coal and are rolling downgrade at Villamont in the morning.
