After triumphantly returning to her birthplace earlier in the afternoon- N&W 611 rests next to big brother Class A 1218. The next day even bigger brother Y6a 2156 would make his appearance for the... (more)
The final stage of the day for Trains magazine editor Jim Wrinn's Fired Up! [N&W 611] photo charter- a night photo session outside the Bob Julian roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation Mu... (more)
The firebox on an N&W J is 578 square feet. All of which was hot and ready the morning of May 29, 2015. The crew was getting 611 ready for her big return to Roanoke.
These are just some of the fine folks involved with restoring, maintaining and operating N&W 611. As with the majority of steam railroading, most of these folks do not get paid. They volunteer the... (more)