The 1218 and train is turned at Fort Wayne and is now heading this railfan trip back to Chicago.

I was eleven when I took this my first time seeing the "A" in action. I could barely keep the camera steady.

This was a great chase between Chicago and Fort Wayne, Indiana. This was on the trip east. I lost two tires on the car I was driving on this trip.

1218 eastbound at Forest, VA, meets two NS trains at Forest, VA. Middle train is a long-haul train in the siding at Forest waiting to continue on to Roanoke. Train on left is a local freight on ... (more)

NS CEO Robert Claytor in the cab of 1218 on its maiden run to Roanoke after restoration in the Birmingham steam shop

Norfolk & Western #1218 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The photo was take with a Canon 20D with a EF-S 10-22 lens to get the entire engine in the picture.

The mammoth NW Type-A 1218 ventured out of the Virginia Museum of Transportation for the first time in years to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the East End Shops.

Built by N&W's Roanoke Shops in 1943, the 1218 is the only surviving example of the railroad's A Class steam locomotives. She is pulling an eastbound 20th Century Railroad Club special toward Ft.... (more)

Everybody's looking for a good angle! Bound for Columbus, the Class A had stopped and now eases forward across the B&O double-track main line.

NS steam special from Calumet Yard to Ft. Wayne about to rock the IHB diamonds at Hohman interlocking.

Norfolk and Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 slowly articulates around the curve from NS New Castle District onto NS Huntington District. The diamond is just visible behind the leading edge of the locomotive... (more)

NW 1218 has a high green at Hammond for an eastward move over the old Nickel Plate at Hohman Ave. enroute to Ft. Wayne.

N&W Class A 1218 parked on the only track she'd fit on...

Departing the yard to power an excursion west from Manassas

Local's crew ready for the roll-by