Trains Presents: 611 in winter

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Follow along with famed Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 on its 2016 journey from Virginia to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. See the classic streamlined steam locomotive and other trains out along the Norfolk Southern main line. Be sure to check out our special issue, 611 In Steam, and related […]

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Trains Presents: 611 in winter

Steam locomotive with smoke clouds

Follow along with famed Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 on its 2016 journey from Virginia to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. See the classic streamlined steam locomotive and other trains out along the Norfolk Southern main line. Be sure to check out our special issue, 611 In Steam, and related […]

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Norfolk & Western No. 611 to steam again in 2016 NEWSWIRE

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ROANOKE, Va. – World famous Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will pull public excursions four weekends between April and June in its home state of Virginia and North Carolina, the Virginia Museum of Transportation and North Carolina Transportation Museum announced Monday. The announcement ends weeks of speculation as to the extent of NS’s […]

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Trains Top 10 stories: No. 3, The Return of 611 NEWSWIRE

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Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 No. 611 pulls a photographers’ special at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in May 2015. Jim Wrinn If a locomotive can mend broken hearts, Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 does so with caressing steam. Fans of the locomotive have long said this railroad-built Class J is […]

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NS steam operations to focus exclusively on No. 611 next season NEWSWIRE

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No. 611 pulls a photographers’ special at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in May 2015. Jim Wrinn ROANOKE, Va. – Norfolk Southern says the railroad has “fulfilled the program’s goals, and we are scaling back now” in regards to its vastly popular 21st Century Steam Program. In an article published in The Roanoke Times on […]

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Norfolk & Western No. 611 roars back onto the main line, but wye is a problem NEWSWIRE

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No. 611 moves along at Duke, just north of the Yadkin River bridge between Rowan and Davidson counties in North Carolina, on its May 21 test run from Spencer to Greensboro and return. Jim Wrinn SALISBURY, N.C. – Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 made a triumphant return to the main line Thursday, showering fans […]

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Norfolk & Western No. 611 inaugural run set for May 30; excursions in June and July NEWSWIRE

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No. 611 on a 1993 excursion near Arrowhead, Va. Alex Mayes ROANOKE, Va. – Legendary Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will shake off 20 years of inactivity to pull its first mainline passenger train May 30 from its restoration site in Spencer, N.C., to its hometown of Roanoke where a gala celebration awaits […]

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VIDEO: Norfolk & Western 611 steam test: All systems go NEWSWIRE

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Steam crew members help with the Tuesday test while a GP30 in the Spencer museum’s collection sits nearby. Ben Earp SPENCER, N.C. – Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 is in the home stretch of its restoration after a successful test fire Tuesday at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where its 1,472-day inspection and repairs […]

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UPDATE: Norfolk & Western No. 611 gaining steam NEWSWIRE

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A close-up view of No. 611 during a steam test this morning. N.C. Transportation Museum N&W No. 611 without streamlined jacketing preparing to undergo a steam test at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C. N.C. Transportation Museum SPENCER, N.C. — The sight of smoke rising from the stack of Norfolk & Western Class J […]

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