America’s most legendary steam locomotives. Now the Virginia Museum of Transportation is hosting a special event to remember ...

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 ...

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 ...

An iconic locomotive is stationed at the Strasburg Rail Road for the summer season.The Norfolk & Western Railway Class J 611 locomotive is known as a powerhouse of steam, technology and near ...

I started as a fireman on the Norfolk & Western Railway Co. in March 1955. Then I was promoted to engineer in 1957. That’s basically what I’ve been doing ever since. I began working on steam engines.

SPENCER, N.C. (AP) — Shrouded in steam and black smoke, the newly painted, shiny black locomotive rolls authoritatively down the tracks — a far cry from the rusted metal engine that wasn't in any ...

Railroad fans in central Pennsylvania are in for a treat during the month of October as Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611, known as “The Queen of Steam,” visits Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County ...

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 ...

Our oldest locomotive is the N&W Class G1 #6, which was built – for $10,800 – in January 1897 by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. The railway was based in Roanoke, and this locomotive's ...