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 ...
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Norfolk & Western No. 611 to celebrate 75th birthday
ROANOKE, Va. - Norfolk & Western No. 611 will be turning 75 this month, and Roanoke's Virginia Museum of Transportation is gearing up for a celebration: May 30, 4-8 p.m.; and May 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive returns for fall excursions in Shenandoah Valley
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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