N&W 611 brings a caboose hop out of the North Carolina Transportation Museum. Although this is still along museum grounds, it almost looks like it could be out on an excursion.

N&W J Class Nº611 is at Spencer, North Carolina shortly before the trip to Ashville on the morning of April 10, 2016.

N&W J 611 climbs the Loops near Old Fort, North Carolina during it's April 10, 2016 trip to Ashville.

N&W 611 is at Ashville, North Carolina before starting the trip back to Spencer as NS 958 on April 10, 2016. Jared Blocker and many others took the opportunity to get up close to the only remaini... (more)

A sunrise eclipse. A warm glow surrounds Norfolk & Western J-Class Locomotive #611 as she eclipses the rising sun on Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, with a freight consist, to kick off ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 is on display inside the roundhouse at North Carolina Transportation Museum.

"Black smoke is wasteful." There's a placard on the front wall of the coal fence on the tender of 611 that proclaims black smoke as wasteful. That sign is large enough and positi... (more)

On her way to "Pumpkinville." A farmer's daughter, taking her family's tractor back to the barn, exchanges waves with the fireman on Norfolk & Western's J-Class Locomotive #611 as it flies ... (more)

70 years young! The North Carolina Transportation Museum held a night photo session to celebrate the birth year of two iconic locomotives. 1950 saw the construction of both N&W 611 and Southern FP... (more)

Out standing in his field..... What do you call a man who is out standing in his field? Why, you call him a FARMER, of course! Here, an Amish farmer has come down to the tracks to inves... (more)

3-Way Meet at Leaman Place. Who doesn't love a 3-way?.....train meet, that is. :) With a little careful planning on the part of Charter Lead Pete Lerro, and some stellar weather, we were ... (more)

Sunrise in old Virginia. One of the better places in the entire US to photograph steam locomotives right at sunrise is Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, and the perfect spot is here, in t... (more)

Participants in the 611 VIP experience put the J's whistle through its paces. COVID-19 had cancelled many steam events so this was a nice surprise. For $35 you could get a cab tour and the opportu... (more)

It's sometime in the 1950's and NW 611 has just handed off a run through passenger train to the Southern. But in reality it's a chilly night at the NCTM in 2020. It kind of makes me wonder did the... (more)