1941: Norfolk & Western Roanoke Shops begin building Class J steam locomotives. 1950: The 611 rolls off the line to pull passenger train Powhatan Arrow from Norfolk to Cincinnati. Jan. 23, 1956: 611 ...

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 ...

Lancaster County railfans will have opportunities to see, ride and even fire up a rare steam locomotive across four weekends in Strasburg this fall. The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam passenger ...

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 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 ...

The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steams past the Danville Community Market and was met to cheers by those young and old in attendance Saturday. Matt Bell/Register & Bee Hundreds of bystanders cheered ...

The Virginia Museum of Transportation and the North Carolina Transportation Museum announced in partnership that the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam passenger locomotive will return to the ...

“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 ...

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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 ...