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 ...

STAUNTON – Karen and Thomas Sions stood on the Sears Hill bridge overlooking the train station downtown. Thomas, 14, was counting down the minutes with his mother until the arrival of a coal-powered ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concept art of a new patriotic color scheme the Norfolk & Western No. 611 will appear in this summer, inspired by the American ...

The Norfolk & Western Class J #611 steam locomotive is designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Design News had the ...

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 ...

Read full article: Historic N&W 611 steam locomotive back on the rails for scenic journeys through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Built at the east end shops in Roanoke in 1950, N&W 611 is still beloved ...

GOSHEN — The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc. (VMT) and the Virginia Scenic Railway (VSR) announced that the Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam passenger locomotive will be operating a ...