THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN CLASS J 611 IS KNOWN AS AN ENGINEERING POWERHOUSE OF STEAM, TECHNOLOGY, AND NEAR MECHANICAL PERFECTION. THE TRAIN IS THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF 14 CLASS J STEAM LOCOMOTIVES.

For more than 70 years, the plaintive sound has been lost to the roar of diesel and jet engines. But the queen of all Norfolk and Western Railway’s steam locomotives — the streamlined 611 — will be ...

This is the case with the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 locomotive. The 71-year-old engine ... Steam built the country, and then diesel came and put steam out of business, all in the name of ...

Atlanta-based Norfolk ... to boost locomotive fuel efficiency by 13% by 2027 and increase its renewable energy use by 30% by 2030. The railroad has commissioned Alstom to take two diesel-powered ...

Diesel locomotives, instead of the historic Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611, are being used to operate this weekend’s remaining Shenandoah Valley Limited excursions. The change was prompted by ...

There, the Norfolk and Western Railway continued to run on steam -- not the more newfangled diesel-electric -- until ... and because it ran classes of locomotives that were some of the finest ...

ROANOKE, Va. - Norfolk Southern's Norfolk & Western heritage locomotive, ES44AC No. 8103, will take part in the 75th anniversary celebration for Class J 4-8-4 No. 611 at the Virginia Museum of ...

Winston Link hurried through a commercial assignment so that he could go see Norfolk and Western Train No. 2 ... 450 steam locomotives and all the employees of the N&W to help me get the job ...

While the other locomotives are all-electric, the H 2/3 is steam-powered and regularly runs for tourists. The Norfolk and Western 475 steam locomotive started life at the Norfolk and Western ...