Historic N&W 611 steam locomotive to offer scenic journeys through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Photo's courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Transportation 2025, All ...

GOSHEN, Va. – The Spirit of Roanoke makes her triumphant return. After years of waiting, the world-renowned Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will kick off its 2023 fall excursions on ...

GOSHEN, Va. (WDBJ) - The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam locomotive is once again pulling passengers, this time from Victoria Station in Goshen, Virginia. The excursions, called the Shenandoah ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – For nearly two centuries, America’s love affair with the railroad has symbolized more than just transportation. It’s been a powerful metaphor for progress and innovation. One ...

The Virginia Museum of Transportation Inc. announced last week that author Colonel Lewis Ingles “Bud” Jeffries has been named the official historian for the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam ...

ROANOKE, Va. - Norfolk Southern's Norfolk & Western heritage locomotive, ES44AC No. 8103, will take part in the 75th anniversary celebration for Class J 4-8-4 No. 611 at the Virginia Museum of ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPENCER — The rail enthusiast looks at the Class J 611 steam locomotive, and he sees power, majesty, engineering, the bullet nose, the Tuscan red stripe, the giant wheels, the gleaming rods and the ...

Even today, 611 is the pinnacle of steam locomotive technology, the final fruit of more than 120 years of engineering development. A Class J could produce more than 5,000 net horsepower, and reach 110 ...

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 ...

Few locomotives in this world could make the Norfolk and Western 1218 take a back seat at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The Chesapeake and Ohio 614 is one of them. The 434-ton steam ...