Get excited, train enthusiasts! Your chance to ride behind the beloved 611 steam locomotive is full steam ahead. The Virginia Museum of Transportation and the Virginia Scenic Railway have announced a ...

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, ...

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 ...

A partnership between the Virginia Scenic Railway and three other organizations will bring the famed Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive back into service for a limited series of ...

History lessons come in all forms. Occasionally, lessons can come barreling in at more than 100 miles per hour and weighing over half a million pounds. This is the case with the Norfolk & Western ...

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 ...

STAUNTON, Va. (WRIC) — This fall, a historic steam engine will be put back on the tracks to deliver Virginians premier views of autumn across the Shenandoah Valley. Once hailed as one of “the finest ...

(WFXR)- The iconic Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will return to service this fall. According to the Virginia Scenic Railway, there will be five passenger excursions on five ...

This week, Roanoke's famed 611 steam engine will be on the move. Alas, much as die-hard train fans everywhere would love it, that doesn't mean the classic Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Sunday was the last day of the Shenandoah Valley Limited excursion on the historic 611 Steam Locomotive. Passengers had a chance to ride a rail pulled by the legendary 611 Steam ...