Willetts was riding at the tail end of the train pulled by the newly restored Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam engine, which loosed its deep whistle in response to the cheers of thousands of ...

“The 611 was declared a National Historical Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

Two brothers from Daleville grew up loving trains. This summer, they put their mechanic skills to work, helping restore the ...

(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 ...

A cool mist hung low over the Shenandoah Valley on Friday morning as visitors from across the country came to witness a ...

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. - Tickets for the upcoming Shenandoah Valley Limited fall excursions behind Norfolk & Western No. 611 are now available for purchase, ranging from $128 to $318 per person. The J-class ...

On May 31, thousands of people flocked to Western Virginia railroad tracks to watch the historic Norfolk and Western J Class 611 steam engine chug and puff into Roanoke in a display of pageantry and ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Tuesday night, the Norfolk & Western Class J #611 steam engine locomotive, or the “Queen of Steam,” returned to the Virginia Museum of Transportation after a five-week excursion ...

Bev Fitzpatrick worked at Roanoke’s transportation museum when he was 15 years old, as a superintendent, cleaning up the grounds after visitors left. Back then, in 1962, the retired Norfolk & Western ...