The N&W 611 shows off on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC.

After it's blow down and service, N&W 475 marches towards the station where it will pick up its train of excited children and parents on the final Night Before Christmas Train of 2018.

A view rarely seen from "J" Tower is Norfolk and Western M Class Locomotive 475 guiding a train of families on the final "Night Before Christmas" train of 2018. The locomotive ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 1218 works its train through the reverse curve at Rectortown, Virginia.

Fire and Fury

Mount 1218 erupts all over the settlement of Rectortown, Virginia, as it works its way east toward Manassas and Alexandria. With a heavy train, a reverse curve, and a... (more)

The 611 & 1218 are coming from the Shaffers Crossing Shops to doublehead the NRHS convention special out of town.

Norfolk & Western 1218 thunders through the village of Happy Creek, Virginia on its way to Front Royal. It’s easy to understand why the people who lived near the rails were happy to see the demi... (more)

Norfolk & Western A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 shows off its articulation as it approaches the I-66 overpass near Markham, Virginia. This was an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion.

Never to be repeated. Well we can always hope that the 611 will run on the NS again someday but they sure aren't going to reinstall those signals. The N&W 611 gallops her way under some of her co... (more)

Norfolk & Western No. 382, simmers under a starry night awaiting a call to service. Might be some time, however, as this 4-8-0 is actually Strasburg Rail Road's No. 475 dressed as No. 382 - only ... (more)

The daily morning "Bakery" train is arriving at Indiana Sugars to switch loads and empties in 1983. This section of the former Wabash Railroad 4th District mainline is still in place and functiona... (more)

Seeing Double

Why have one Mastadon when you can have two? With a tripod and a little digital magic, that's what we got. Without moving the camera, Norfolk & Western '382' was reposi... (more)

When the Norfolk & Western took over the Wabash, it inherited a group of eight FM Train Masters that had been rebuilt with Alco 16-251B engines. N&W 3594 posed at Bellevue, OH, beneath the smokest... (more)

An impressive late-1960s sight at the Norfolk & Western's big yard at Bellevue, OH, was the trios of ex-Wabash FM Train Masters that worked the hump. These massive locomotives had been re-engined ... (more)

A pair of GEs are seen moving engine lite to pick up the adjacent coal train in Gary. Tom Golden photo.