Norfolk & Western Steam: The final years. Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 runs through the Fairview section of the Strasburg Railroad, hauling a vintage freight reminiscent of what ... (more)

611, assisted by a lone diesel, starts the 16 mile westbound twisting grade toward Bluefield, WV. The last years of the NS Steam Program saw the consists grow to 25 plus cars. To help get the tra... (more)

Stenciled on the tender of every Norfolk & Western steam locomotive was “Black Smoke is Waste”. This photo is the absolute antithesis of what the N&W wanted their image to be. N&W 611 puts on ... (more)

The Queen of Steam let’s off a large plume of smoke during a chartered photo shoot on that Strasburg Railroad. Driving rain couldn’t dampen spirits or the beauty of the engine. With 611 back... (more)

The 611 is easily handling a 3-car "shuttle" from East Strasburg to Ground Hog Cut and back on a cool October day

Not even cloudy skies and hard rain can dampen the spirit of the Queen of Steam.

With an onlooking crowd, N&W 611 traverses the curve through downtown Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

Ex-Norfolk and Western 611 waiting for the sun to rise on the Strasburg Railroad during a Lerro Productions photo charter.

Norfolk and Western 611 departs the siding at Cherry Hill/Groff's after allowing Strasburg 90 to pass with a tourist train. This was part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

ex-Norfolk and Western 611 on the Strasburg Railroad at Verdant View Farm during sunrise. This was part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

The early morning sun peeks its way around the streamlined nose of N&W 611 as it makes an early morning run-by during the Reunion of Steam N&W photo event at the Strasburg Rail Road in October of ... (more)

ex-Norfolk and Western 4-8-4 611 on Long Curve in Paradise, PA on the Strasburg Railroad with a mixed freight train. This was part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

611 pulls out of the NCTM lead on it's victory run to Roanoke following the restoration. P88 with intermodal from Charlotte makes an appearance on Track 1. A throng of railfans just north of her... (more)

Norfolk and Western 611 hauls a freight train west past Carpenter's Cemetary in Paradise, PA. This was part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

"Morning Thunder": N&W J Class #611 sprints west hauling freight in the final days of steam service on the Norfolk & Western. This was taken during a photo charter at the Strasburg Rail ... (more)