Executing a "hard start". On most railroad photo shoots, run-bys are initiated out of sight of the photo line from around a curve or behind a stand of trees. This serves two purp... (more)

The "Spirit of Roanoke" rides again. Norfolk & Western J-Class #611, "The Spirit of Roanoke" hauls a short passenger special westbound on Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail R... (more)

Rise and shine 611. Just moments after sunrise, Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 makes a spirited charge across the Amish Farmland along Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, hauling a... (more)

90 about to cross Esbenshade Road on the first run on a beautiful sunny day in January! The classic six-chime whistle is blasting.

90 passes 611 on her way to the station.

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)

"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)

Norfolk & Western 611 approaches Esbenshade Road on the second day of 611's limited November trips on the Strasburg Railroad. The class J 4-8-4 streamlined locomotive was built in 1950 by N&W Roan... (more)

NW 611 passes the Eastbound train at Groffs siding on the second day of 611's passenger excursions at the Strasburg Railroad.

Strong crosswinds keep 611s smoke plume low to the ground as they rumble towards Strasburg on the final day of operations for 2022.

NW 611 readies for the return trip to Strasburg at Leaman Place Junction, the eastern terminus of the Strasburg Railroad alongside the former PRR mainline. 611 ran just three days of passenger tri... (more)

A beautiful late fall sunrise in Eastern Virginia in the 1950s with Norfolk & Western "Queen of Steam", J-Class steam locomotive #611. This scene has actually been captured during a ph... (more)

A crowd of railroad photographers gather at this farm in along the Strasburg Railroad to photograph the queen of steam in action. This was all at part of the Lerro Photography charter.