The next generation of railfan records the run around move of 611 operating on the Strasburg Railroad's passenger trains.

KANSAS CITY KS May 2 1982 -- Norfolk and Western SD39 1502 leads a UP mixed freight with the Kansas City skyline as a backdrop.

475 simmers by the engine shed after a long day of Lerro photo charter runbys.

A young railfan waves from the gondola as 1218 blasts past the N&W Color Position Light Signal at Forest Virginia.

Mastodon. In 1958, the Norfolk & Western Railway donated 433 (4-8-0, Alco) to the Town of Abingdon, Virginia as a monument to the end of steam on the Abingdon or Virginia Creeper Branch. B... (more)

Former Nickel Plate Road GP9 523, renumbered by new owner Norfolk & Western at Madison, Illinois on November 19, 1966. Photo by John Booker, from my collection.

The sun is setting on another long day of Lerro Photo Charter runbys. 611 is backing her train into the passing siding so #90 can bring her passenger train into the station. Thomas the Tank Engine... (more)

Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611 charging on the Strasburg Rail Road in Pennsylvania.

Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611 putting on a great show on an early late fall morning. Photo event led by Pete Lerro on the Strasburg Rail Road in Penns... (more)

Sunset crossing. The setting sun begins setting fire to Norfolk & Western's big J-Class #611 as she takes her passenger train westbound, past a motorist waiting at the crossing at Verdant V... (more)

"Steaming on together" One of the most special moments of the Lerro Production's Photo Charter at the Strasburg Railroad last Thursday.... During the photo shoot, N&W 475 was doing one... (more)

By the dawn's early light. Just moments after sunrise, Norfolk & Western 611, the sole survivor of the famous J-Class, makes a westbound run through the Fairview section of the Strasburg Ra... (more)

N&W 611 rolls by a farm at the Strasburg Railroad!

Although 611 was the star of the photo charter, N&W 475 still was not to disappoint. She let out a spectacular smoke display as the passed the queen of steam sitting on the siding track.

Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611 thundering through the plains of old Virginia in the last light of a beautiful late fall day, 1950s. This scene has act... (more)