Through the Heart of the South! This SCL caboose rests at the N.C. Transportation Museum roundhouse on the evening of the 611 night photo shoot.

The Norfolk & Western 611 Class J performing excursions at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

Working the Yard. The 611 works around the grounds of the N.C. Transportation Museum. Amateur engineers, who paid for the opportunity, guide the locomotive under the watchful eyes of the 61... (more)

With the auxiliary water tender, 2 tool cars and 3 gondolas in tow, NS 069 storms across the Yadkin River Bridge just north of Spencer, North Carolina behind the Queen of Steam herself, Norfolk an... (more)

Southern Railway FP7 No. 6133 prepares to depart the depot at the North Carolina Transportation Museum to make the short trip around the museum's grounds on a chilly afternoon. ... (more)

The 1903 Baldwin built Consolidation sits looking fine in the roundhouse at the Spencer Shops. The 542 is no stranger to the Spencer Shops, having had it's maintenance and repairs performed here ... (more)

"Many is the time that we feasted, and many is the time that we fasted. Oh well, it was swell while it lasted. We did have fun, and no harm done! So thanks, for the memories..." Passi... (more)

Norfolk Western J Class 611 Blows off steam as she prepares to head for to her next photo location. From North Carolina Transportation Museum's night photo session

Norfolk Western J Class 611 begins its run through the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum for a night photoshoot

"Barber Junction" ==== N&W 611 poses for photographers during a special night session in Spencer, NC during Labor Day weekend 2018. © 2018 RDKPhotography Sony A7 RIII No printing... (more)

"Spencer Shops" ===== It's all about perspective. I climbed atop a shuttered Chicago and Northwestern passenger car undergoing restoration adjacent to the turntable for this shot. The ... (more)