Happily, the beloved Norfolk and Western 611 operates much more consistently than Bev Fitzpatrick’s cellphone. In fact, the balky cell belonging to the executive director of the Virginia Museum of ...

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 ...

Fans of historic steam trains 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 ...

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 ...

Plans to send the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 rolling down the rails again remain on track. (Pun intended.) The classic steam engine, prize possession of the Virginia Museum of Transportation in ...

The N&W Class J 611 is on its way to Strasburg Rail Road. This massive, rare, historic steam locomotive is making its way from Virginia to Strasburg, where it will be housed until late October with ...

For nearly 20 years she’s sat silent, but on Saturday, May 30, the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam Passenger Locomotive, the most powerful steam passenger locomotive ever built, will triumphantly ...

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 ...

The Virginia General Assembly named the N&W Class J611 the official steam locomotive of Virginia. The resolution will be presented in the boarding area of the 611 at the O. Winston Link Museum in ...