The Shenandoah Valley Limited brings back the historic No. 611 locomotive for a limited-time autumn adventure.

“The Spirit of Roanoke”—Norfolk & Western Class J 611, which has sat silently at the Virginia Museum of Transportation for the past 20 years—will soon be headed to Spencer, N.C., for restoration by ...

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 ...

N&W No. 611's arrival this month marks only the second time the locomotive has run in Pennsylvania. The locomotive last visited Strasburg in 2019.

The 611 is the only surviving Class J locomotive built by Norfolk & Western. Only 14 of the Class Js were produced in the N&W Roanoke Shops between 1941 and 1950.

Norfolk & Western's "Big Three" steam locomotives represent the apex and final work in the railroad’s steam era.

This massive, rare, historic steam locomotive is made its way from Virginia to Strasburg, where it will be housed until late October with events starting in September.

N&W's #611 comes rolling past the Cherry Crest Adventure Farm, The 611 is the last surviving example of Norfolk & Western's Class J, steam passenger locomotive built from 1941 until 1950.

“The 611 J-class was the pinnacle of steam-locomotive technology,” said Scott Lindsay, chief mechanical officer of the Virginia Museum of Transportation which owns the 611. Lindsay supervises the fine ...

N&W No. 611 was among the last passenger steam locomotives built in the U.S. It was completed on May 29, 1950, in Roanoke. Parks came all the way from Ohio just to see it, and he wasn't alone.

The 611 leaves downtown Roanoke and passes the Norfolk Southern East End shops (right) while it heads back to Greensboro, N.C. The iconic steam locomotive had a three-hour stop in its hometown for ...