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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Railfans, rejoice - the Norfolk & Western 611 locomotive is returning to Strasburg this fall. Between Friday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Nov. 13, the Strasburg Rail Road will host the 611 for rides, visits ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Tuesday night, the Norfolk & Western Class J #611 steam engine locomotive, or the “Queen of Steam,” returned to the Virginia Museum of Transportation after a five-week excursion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...

IT GOES BACK TO ITS NATIVE VIRGINIA. FOR SOME VISITORS, TODAY’S TRIP TO THE STRASBURG RAILROAD IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. SHE’S JUST A GREAT STEAM ENGINE TO SEE. SHE’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ...

CULPEPER — In a world where children are entranced by video games and the internet, one young man is enthralled by a much older technology that continues to chug along. Kaleb Myers is a 12-year-old ...