As EMD E units came online In the late 1950's, Norfolk & Western's famed class J streamlined locomotives, having been in service less than a decade, were reassigned to freight service. The enginee... (more)

N&W No. 611 leads the 6 pm excursion past Cherry Hill Farm and west through the woods by Esbenshade.Road.

N&W No. 611 rounds the bend at Paradise, PA at the Strasburg Rail Road.

Norfolk & Western Double Header Pan Shot

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 double heads with Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 at the Strasburg Rail Road's "N&W Re-union of Steam" event wit... (more)

Emergency trackwork is underway on the ICG in preparation of the movement of the American Freedom Train which can be seen in the background. Tom Golden photo.

"The Return of a Monarch" - Norfolk & Western 611 is affectionately nicknamed, "The Queen of Steam" on behalf of her great size and streamlining.

Norfolk & Western 611 leads a passenger train up the hill at Carpenters on a sweltering summer day, with temperatures soaring into the high-nineties.

Word's out!

Railfans gather at nearly every grade crossing at the Strasburg Rail Road to catch a glimpse of N&W No. 611, captured here charging across Cherry Hill Road.

N&W No. 611 J Class valve gear in motion - a Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Cherry Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NW 611
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 06, 2019

N&W No. 611 captured in a heavy downpour while climbing the grade at Cherry Crest Farm, at the Strasburg Rail Road.

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 No. 611 leads an excursion through a tunnel of trees near Esbenshade Road during a visit to the Strasburg Rail Road in 2019.

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 in a more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)