This massive, rare, historic steam locomotive is made its way from Virginia to Strasburg, where it will be housed until late October with events starting in September. The 611 is the last surviving ...

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 ...

Visitors -- from hardcore train enthusiasts to the mere railway-curious -- are expected to converge on Strasburg Rail Road in force this fall, when, after it receives its yearly inspection and ...

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 ...

There was nothing like it.” The 611 was among the N&W’s last steam locomotives. Built in 1950, she pulled the Powhatan Arrow, the famed passenger train, between Norfolk and Cincinnati. She was retired ...

Being pulled by another train, the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive sped past onlookers Thursday on its way to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The steam engine, built in 1950, ...