It takes a lot of maintenance, knowledge and enthusiasm to make excursions on the 611 Locomotive happen. Much of this is due ...

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

The Virginia Museum of Transportation today announced a feasibility study to look into whether it will be possible to get its world-famous 611 steam locomotive working again. What do you think of the ...

The small town of Goshen, located in Rockbridge County, has a population of fewer than 400 people. But with the fall excursions of the 611 beginning this Friday and continuing through Oct. 26, ...

The Virginia Scenic Railway announced July 9 in a press release that a joint venture between the Virginia Scenic Railway, The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc., the Steam Railroading Institute ...

Stovall said he once worked as a fireman on N&W steam locomotives that included the 611 and the Class A 1218. As a footloose single man in Roanoke in the mid-1950s, he moved from one place to another ...

The iconic Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will return to service this fall. According to the Virginia Scenic Railway, there will be five passenger excursions on five consecutive ...

GOSHEN, Va. (WHSV) - A historic 611 locomotive, known as the ‘Shenandoah Valley Limited’, will be making a return with rides leaving from and returning to the Victoria Station in Goshen. This steam ...

The Virginia Scenic Railway announced that the famed Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will be back in service for a limited series of passenger excursions this fall. 2. Road in ...

Some of the 20th century’s most-stylish muscle machines have rolled into town, a historic gathering of giants. They are railroad locomotives – 26 in all – built in the 1930s to 1950s and known for ...

The festival was created in 1979 to revitalize the community and continues to do the same 40 years later. The Boardwalk Comic Con came to the Myrtle Beach Convention Center for the first time.