Bev Fitzpatrick worked at Roanoke’s transportation museum when he was 15 years old, as a superintendent, cleaning up the grounds after visitors left. Back then, in 1962, the retired Norfolk & Western ...

History lessons come in all forms. Occasionally, lessons can come barreling in at more than 100 miles per hour and weighing over half a million pounds. This is the case with the Norfolk & Western ...

In 1981, Norfolk Southern brought her out of retirement and restored her to her original glory. In 1984, 611 was named a National Historical Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of ...

ROANOKE, Va. - Norfolk & Western No. 611 will be turning 75 this month, and Roanoke's Virginia Museum of Transportation is gearing up for a celebration: May 30, 4-8 p.m.; and May 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

An iconic locomotive is stationed at the Strasburg Rail Road for the summer season.The Norfolk & Western Railway Class J 611 locomotive is known as a powerhouse of steam, technology and near ...

SPENCER – The early clouds burned off to give attendees at National Train Day blue skies for a morning of history at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Norfolk Southern railroad exhibits, children’s ...