N&W 611, the last remaining Class J Norfolk & Western 4-8-4, leads one of the hourly Strasburg Railroad trains back to Strasburg, seen here passing a row of American flags on display outside the R... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 passes a 1958 Chevy Impala at Esbenshade.

Curtain Call

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 611 makes its final approach to Esbenshade Road as power for a Strasburg Rail Road train. It will soon be headed back to its owners, the Virg... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 leads its passenger train up the grade towards Carpenters on its 73rd Birthday. Happy Birthday, 611.

After running the 1:30 PM train, N&W 611, the J 4-8-4 switches right next to a PRR signal and the J Tower just before backing into the station in Ronks, PA

Norfolk & Western 611 leads NS excursion train 956 by the Montvale signals

West Virginia State Route 112 follows the former Norfolk & Western right-of-Way, now Norfolk Southern, from Oakvale WV to Ingleside WV, offering many photo opportunities along the way. Here N&W 61... (more)

A Bristol-Walton-Bristol excursion is on the return leg and the chill in the air makes for gorgeous plumes.

In the Marion area Norfolk & Western (as I will always think of it) wiggles through the narrow, winding confines of the valley of the Middle Fork of the Holston River the abandons the river for th... (more)

Whooda thunk it. N&W on C&O. Racing EB with an excursion. Balcony (long O, locally)Falls is the site of a wye and a connecting line to the N&W's Shenandoah Line which actually crosses the C&O a... (more)

Racing EB with an excursion.

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 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)

The Big J heads west. With just seconds of daylight left, Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 charges west through the Fairview section of Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, headed for... (more)