The return of 611 is actually here in front of my own eyes as it heads north towards Greensboro to wye before heading back to Spencer on its test run.

The return of 611 is actually here in front of my own eyes as it heads north towards Greensboro to wye before heading back to Spencer on its test run.

The Norfolk and Western J Class is the largest steam locomotive to ever grace the Spencer Shops turntable. The giant engine barely fits with it overhanging at both ends.

Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 storms up Archer Hill east of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the morning of September 23, 2003.

On May 24, 2014, Norfolk and Western class J #611 was moved from its Virginia Museum of Transportation display location to the Norfolk Southern locomotive service facility at Shaffers Crossing in ... (more)

Light 'er off. Members of Leviathan's crew get the engine ready for the day's steam excursions.

Four cylinder compound express train steamlocomotive A 3/5 # 705, built by SLM in 1904, with a fast train to Romanshorn, crossing the Thur bridge in Müllheim-Wigoltingen. Photographers note: The ... (more)

NOTE: I am aware of the North Carolina Transportation Museum's "No Drone" Policy, and neither my Drone or I while operating the drone, was on NCTM Property to get this photo.

The Leviathan, part of the traveling Lincoln Funeral Train exhibit, pulls an excursion train over a section of the old Lorain & West Virginia line outside of Wellington, Ohio

Newly restored Norfolk and Western 611 begins to creep towards the turntable at Spencer Shops to pose for the gathering crowds.

During the final hour of its successful mainline test run, Norfolk and Western class J #611 leads train number 957 into Salisbury, North Carolina with a clean stack under a clear blue sky. Photo b... (more)

Cass Scenic Heisler No. 6 steams over Shaver's Fork between Cheat Bridge and Spruce, during one of many excellent photo runbys staged for Cass Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State... (more)