Cruising down the river. Unassisted, "high wide and handsome" as they used to say, the famous J is loping along easily as she might have done in regular service.
N&W 1218 and 611 doublehead back to Roanoke from Radford VA with one of the many trips run during the 1987 National Railway Historical Society Convention.
N&W 611 is being serviced in preparation for a northbound run out of Salisbury NC. It was rare to see the engine with a nice patina of road grime like this. It gives it the appearance of an older ... (more)
With the steam era “Lubritorium” service building in the background, N&W 611 simmers in the rain in Bluefield yard. Four months later many steam fans would shed a tear as Norfolk Southern anno... (more)