Get excited, train enthusiasts! Your chance to ride behind the beloved 611 steam locomotive is full steam ahead. The Virginia Museum of Transportation and the Virginia Scenic Railway have announced a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The iconic Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will return to service this fall. According to the Virginia Scenic ...

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 ...

(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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. – With the Queen of Steam finally back in town after over four years, the Virginia Museum of Transportation will welcome visitors on Saturday. The “Blow the Whistle Event” is happening ...

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 ...

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 ...

GOSHEN — The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc. (VMT) and the Virginia Scenic Railway (VSR) announced that the tickets for fall excursions on the No. 611 steam passenger locomotive are available ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hugh Fisher/For the Salisbury Post The Class J 611 locomotive sits idle on a siding while guests at the N.C. Transportation Museum take photos and get an up-close look at the steam engine during its ...