This massive, rare, historic steam locomotive is made its way from Virginia to Strasburg, where it will be housed until late October with events starting in September. The 611 is the last surviving ...
Visitors -- from hardcore train enthusiasts to the mere railway-curious -- are expected to converge on Strasburg Rail Road in force this fall, when, after it receives its yearly inspection and ...
Being pulled by another train, the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive sped past onlookers Thursday on its way to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The steam engine, built in 1950, ...
GLEN MILLS, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axalta Coating Systems went full throttle to sponsor the restoration and celebration of a Norfolk and Western Class J #611 Steam Locomotive at the North Carolina ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Rail enthusiasts will once again have a chance to ride behind the popular Norfolk & Western Class J. No. 611 locomotive this fall. The Virginia Museum of Transportation and the ...
The Virginia Museum of Transporation has released the 2017 excursion schedule for the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam engine. “We’re ready to go,” said museum spokesman Walker Nelms. Built in ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Last week we learned the Queen of Steam, the Norfolk & Southern 611 Class J No. 611 steam locomotive, will take to the rails in southwest Virginia again. This after a ...
This documentary from the Blue Ridge PBS archives was taped on location in 1984. The star of the program is the Norfolk & Western 611 Class J Locomotive. Built in the Roanoke Shops, the 611 began ...