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 ...
The reunion between Norfolk & Western Railway’s J Class No. 611 locomotive and its Class M engine No. 475 was an idea whose time had come. Past Strasburg Rail Road president Linn Moedinger had hoped ...
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 ...
“The Spirit of Roanoke”—Norfolk & Western Class J 611, which has sat silently at the Virginia Museum of Transportation for the past 20 years—will soon be headed to Spencer, N.C., for restoration by ...
(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 ...
In case you missed it: ABC13's top 5 stories of the week In case you missed it, here are ABC13's top five stories of the week of Nov. 16 through 23. Man wanted by multiple agencies for car chase, ...
The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam engine is scheduled to return to its home at the Virginia Museum of Transportation on Wednesday. Built in Roanoke in 1950 at the East End Shops of N&W, the 611 ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc. announced that the Norfolk & Western J-Class No. 611 is back in Roanoke this month. Tentative plans are to offer a “Blow the Whistle” ...
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