N&W 611 sends a plume of smoke soaring into the morning sky while P88 finishes a run to Linwood from the Charlotte Regional Intermodal Facility. The last time No. 611 was on the mainline, the D9-4... (more)
Crews from Norfolk Southern and Fire Up 611! gather around the Norfolk and Western Class J No. 611 as it prepares for the long anticipated return to its home in Roanoke, Virginia after a year long... (more)
611 sits quietly at the NCTM the night before its big return home.
Two miles into its first excursion of the millennium, N&W Class J 611 puts on a show as it crosses the Yadkin River bridge at the south end of Linwood Yard on the ex-Southern.
The Norfolk and Western J611 takes the track to go around the shops for the next portion of the photo charter and passes the newly painted First Responders Locomotive parked for everyone to view. ... (more)
On freight train.
The newly rebuilt J class steam locomotive looks great moving under its own power in a scene that could very well have taken place in the 1950s.
The Norfolk Southern First Responders engine glistens under the lights with a purple North Carolina thunderstorm in the background.
The engine crew spent most of May 29, 2015- 611's In Service date 65 years ago- getting ready for the trip into her birthplace of Roanoke. Here, at the end of the day as the Carolina sun sets, 611... (more)
Hearing the whistle just a few minutes before, this motorist has taken the curb so he can take in the sights and sounds of one of N&Ws finest get it's train up to speed after a quick passenger pic... (more)
611 poses briefly with two stablemates, Sourthen FP7 #6133 and ACL 501, both residents of the NC Transportation Museum. ACL E-3 #501 had been given a decal to appear as a N&W engine.
611 on one of many run-bys during the "FiredUp" photo charter.
611 on one of many run=bys during the "FiredUp" photo charter.
An O. Winston Link-esqe shot of the 611 being serviced during the "FiredUp" photo charter.
The 611 gets serviced during the "FiredUp" photo charter.
