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 ...

Read full article: Historic N&W 611 steam locomotive back on the rails for scenic journeys through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Built at the east end shops in Roanoke in 1950, N&W 611 is still beloved ...

Man injured by shooting during restaurant parking lot fight in Roanoke, police say A man was injured by gunfire on Sunday after a shooting took place in the parking lot of a Roanoke restaurant after a ...

STAUNTON, Va. (WDBJ) - A partnership between the Virginia Scenic Railway, The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc., the Steam Railroading Institute and the Virginia Mechanical Preservation Society ...

The famed Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will return to service this fall for limited passenger excursions. The 611, owned and operated by the Virginia Museum of Transportation, is ...

40 years ago this week - in 1986 - the N&W 611 steam engine was pulling an excursion in eastern Virginia when the train ...

GOSHEN, Va. – All aboard! Tickets for the popular 611 Fall Scenic Tour will go on sale on Wednesday. Starting at 10 a.m., you can reserve a seat on the Norfolk & Western 611, the only surviving ...

A caboose brings up the rear of a train. (Photo by Art Smith) A group of historical amusement park steam engines continue to work building up steam and doing what they were designed to do, haul people ...