After a spirited cab ride up Christianburg Grade, Ross Rowland converses with famed N&W author Lewis Ingles “Bud” Jeffries. Rowland is the famed part-owner of C&O 4-8-4 #614, and industry-reno... (more)

N&W Class J 611 blasts out of Montgomery Tunnel westbound on a roundtrip excursion from Roanoke Va to Walton Va.

The engineer on 611 throttles up the westbound "Powhatan Arrow" as it heads back to Roanoke on the first excursion of the weekend.

An unforgettable display of power and beauty unfolds as 611 stomps up the Blue Ridge Grade on the beautiful morning of May 7th, 2016. The former N&W CPL's at Webster have since been removed, takin... (more)

After a brief stop to wait for a signal, Norfolk & Western No. 611 roars through Forest, Virginia, passing Rick's Antiques as it makes its way west toward Roanoke with the Powhatan Arrow excursion... (more)

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 does what she was meant to do, climb the steep grades of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As she charges up Christiansburg Grade through the village of Shawsvill... (more)

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 charges through the Hollows of Wabun with the Westbound "Pocahontas" bound for Walton.

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 charges through the Hollows of Wabun with the Westbound "Pocahontas" bound for Walton.

On the final run of the weekend The Queen of Steam brings the Westbound "Pocahontas" through Elliston. The train is seen passing the Big Spring Mill which is a operating 1930s vintage grain mill.... (more)

611 heads up the grade at Shawsville, as several hundred onlookers admire the engine.

The Westbound "Pocahontas" crosses under the old Virginian Railways Main in Wabun headed for Christiansburg on the Saturday afternoon trip. The old Virginian line is now the Norfolk Southern White... (more)

Norfolk & Western J 611 heads up Norfolk Southern train 957 as it coasts down Christiansburg Grade on the return to Roanoke shortly after exiting Montgomery Tunnel to round-out a day of Memorial D... (more)

The beautifully restored "Silver Solarium" coach from the famous California Zephyr train had the honor of being the last coach on the NW 611 excursions out of Roanoke on Memorial Day Weekend of 20... (more)

Working hard up the grade, N&W 611 leads excursion train 957 up the Blue Ridge grade, past the site of the former Photographers Bridge near the summit at Blue Ridge.

This setting was once the home of original Norfolk & Western color position light signals. Just a few weeks ago they were torn down to make way for modern signals that allow for positive train con... (more)