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 consecutive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Being pulled by another train, the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive sped past onlookers Thursday on its way to the Virginia ...

GOSHEN, Va. – The Spirit of Roanoke makes her triumphant return. After years of waiting, the world-renowned Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will kick off its 2023 fall excursions on ...

Historic N&W 611 steam locomotive to offer scenic journeys through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Photo's courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Transportation 2025, All ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

SPENCER — The rail enthusiast looks at the Class J 611 steam locomotive, and he sees power, majesty, engineering, the bullet nose, the Tuscan red stripe, the giant wheels, the gleaming rods and the ...

The locomotive will undergo major repair work in North Carolina before returning to Roanoke under its own steam. Hundreds of railroad fans gathered Saturday at the Virginia Museum of Transportation to ...

(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 ...