ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Tuesday, the Norfolk and Western Class J Number 611 made its way from Goshen back home to Roanoke after several weekends of excursions. This locomotive has retained celebrity ...

(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...

ROANOKE, Va. – The 611 locomotive is under steam and leaving Roanoke very soon. Beginning October 6, it’ll be taking excursions departing from Goshen, Virginia. They’ll go through the George ...

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 ...

GOSHEN, Va. – It’s been two years since the 611 made its trip to Goshen. On Friday it will once again begin running its fall excursions. For 10-year-old Tyler Downey from Craigsville, he will get to ...

The iconic Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will return to service this fall. According to the Virginia Scenic Railway, there will be five passenger excursions on five consecutive ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Sunday was the last day of the Shenandoah Valley Limited excursion on the historic 611 Steam Locomotive. Passengers had a chance to ride a rail pulled by the legendary 611 Steam ...

GOSHEN, Va. (WHSV) - A historic 611 locomotive, known as the ‘Shenandoah Valley Limited’, will be making a return with rides leaving from and returning to the Victoria Station in Goshen. This steam ...

The Virginia Scenic Railway announced July 9 in a press release that a joint venture between the Virginia Scenic Railway, The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc., the Steam Railroading Institute ...

The Virginia Museum of Transportation today announced a feasibility study to look into whether it will be possible to get its world-famous 611 steam locomotive working again. What do you think of the ...

An effort to restore a historic locomotive that once ran between Bethlehem and southern New York has received a financial boost from the Norfolk Southern Company. The Atlanta-based railroad company ...