After a crew change in the aptly named municipality, NS Train 958 is back underway with the steamlined lady barking out of town on the NS Norfolk District.

Locomotive: NW 611

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After being flagged by a signal at Jenkins, NS Train 958 was moving under restricted speed. That is, until they knocked down the clear signal about 1,500 feet west of our location, and the engine... (more)

NS Train 958 passes the venerable N&W CPL bracket signals at CP Bowler as it rolls down home rails with a clean stack on the NS Blue Ridge District.

Locomotive: NW 611

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Looking a bit dirtier than yesterday, N&W 611 brings NS Train 958 past the classic N&W CPL at CP Concord, putting on a great show, as it did all weekend on the NS Blue Ridge District.

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The "Queen of the Kudzu", N&W J Class #611 brings NS Train 957 west down the NS Blue Ridge District pulling the 21 car "Cavalier" back to Lynchburg on the return leg of a round... (more)

Moments after my friend Luke Lohrmeyer and I first laid eyes on Norfolk and Western 611, NS Train 957 stomps out of Massie past MP 132 at restricted speed delayed in block after stopping to correc... (more)

Stalking the path of the former Virginian Railroad, Norfolk & Western 611 lines the Roanoke River with a trail of steam bearing a resemblance to a stream of cotton as the J Class works south throu... (more)

Roanoke's finest hustles through the High Point Amtrak station ahead of the incoming winter storm. The arctic blast brought out some beautiful plumes of smoke from the sleek J.

Norfolk & Western 611 flies underneath the Southern Railway signal bridge at Smothers on the Danville District of the Piedmont Division. The 1950 Class J is making light work of a water tender, tw... (more)

After holding for 214, 158, and 36Q at the south end of the double track, 611 resumes the ferry move from Roanoke to Spencer at this location just south of Chatham.

Making its inaugural run of 2017, Norfolk and Western 611 marches towards Spencer, NC for its annual inspection prior to a busy excursion season. Following the old Virginian route between Roanoke ... (more)

The mighty 611 hardly makes a sound as it slips through the recently opened double track section just south of Thomasville, NC. I am still quite surprised at how quiet such an impressive machine c... (more)

On a ferry move from the Virginia Museum of Transportation to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, N&W 611 sings the song of her near extinct people as the train ducks under the old Southern-... (more)

A light snowfall greets the N&W 611 as it steams up Yadkin Hill on its final approach to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where it will spend the next few months getting prepared for anot... (more)

Top Ten of 2016. With the year almost over, here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from 2016.
4. When it was announced that N&W 611 would be pulling an excursion fr... (more)