Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 leads the Virginian from Spencer, NC - Lynchburg, VA and return. Seen here carving it's way Northbound through Pelham, NC.

N&W 611 puts on a show as it passes the silos at Ruffin as it leads the Virginian excursion north to Lynchburg on a sunny spring morning.

After crossing the Old Fort Loops NS 958 "Blue Ridge Special" with J-Class 611 in charge, sprint once again through Black Mountain, NC on its final leg of its run to Asheville, NC. It wa... (more)

Norfolk Southern Steam Excursion 958 Steams North through Benaja, NC. As they head to Lynchburg, VA. before returning back South to Spencer, NC. With NW Class-J 4-8-4 #611 on the point along with ... (more)

Norfolk & Western No. 611 having just left Asheville, NC; makes it's return trip towards Spencer, NC at Swannanoa, NC.

Signs of spring are showing in North Carolina as trees are beginning to bloom as N&W 611 is seen passing through the tiny town of Rudd as it's leads the Virginian excursion north to Lynchburg on a... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 exits Point Tunnel at the tail end of the loops as it approaches the small town of Old Fort, NC

Norfolk and Western 4-8-4 J Class #611 leads an excursion from Spencer, North Carolina to Lynchburg, Virginia. She is pictured here storming past the silos in Ruffin, NC.

She's back folks! This legendary locomotive along with NS's Southern Heritage unit GE ES44AC #8099, and NCTM's SOU EMD FP7 #6133, is heading north to Lynchburg, VA on it's first excursion in 2016 ... (more)

NS 958 "611" says goodbye to the City of Asheville on the afternoon of April 10, 2016 for the first time in 22 years.

It's like we have stepped back into a different time period. But in all reality it was 4-10-2016. N&W 611 leads the excursion train into Old Fort with the beautiful Blue Ridge Montanans in the bac... (more)

The consist for the "Virginian" excursion to Lynchburg rests at the NCTM as anticipation builds for the next day's run.

The ground shake as the legendary Norfolk & Western J-Class 611 pounds the high iron at track speed through Elmwood,NC (MP S18.0 Elmwood). Amazingly the two diesel that was assisting the 611 was r... (more)

The Lynchburg bound Virginian steam excursion behind the N&W 611 swings around the bend at the Lucky Strike factory north of Reidsville. Here we see the effects of 40+ mile per hour winds c... (more)