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9/17/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Norfolk & Western
Model:UNKNOWN 4-8-4Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:388Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Built Roanoke May 30, 1950
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NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2016  Upload Date: 2/7/2016 5:47:36 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Wes Talley
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  215   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2016  Upload Date: 2/7/2016 5:48:27 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Wes Talley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
"Spirit of Roanoke"
Title:  "Spirit of Roanoke"
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2016  Upload Date: 2/7/2016 5:49:36 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Wes Talley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2016  Upload Date: 2/7/2016 5:46:31 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Wes Talley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  238   Comments: 1
611 arrives Lynchburg about an hour behind the advertised.  Cold air made for some great exhaust!
Title:  611 arrives Lynchburg about an hour behind the advertised. Cold air made for some great exhaust!
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:02:34 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
611 clears its cylinders as it starts its back-up move to Montview Yard to be turned on the wye there
Title:  611 clears its cylinders as it starts its back-up move to Montview Yard to be turned on the wye there
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:14:32 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
611 eases past a receptive crowd
Title:  611 eases past a receptive crowd
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:31:24 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  173   Comments: 1
The howling northwest wind pushes 611's smoke forward
Title:  The howling northwest wind pushes 611's smoke forward
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:35:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  191   Comments: 1
Man's best friend and N&W's best locomotive pictured together
Title:  Man's best friend and N&W's best locomotive pictured together
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:38:13 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
611 continues to take on water as the assembled mass watches
Title:  611 continues to take on water as the assembled mass watches
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:47:09 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  111   Comments: 1
A view from the Kemper St. bike trail.  Hard to find a good shot. Too many dead, kudzu-covered trees
Title:  A view from the Kemper St. bike trail. Hard to find a good shot. Too many dead, kudzu-covered trees
Description:  The bike trail is located where N&W's connection with the Lynchburg & Durham line once was. N&W used it to interchange cars with the C&O until the N&W-SOU merger in 1982.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:49:27 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
611 and train poised to head south
Title:  611 and train poised to head south
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:55:40 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
NS train 214 passes 611 prior to its departure
Title:  NS train 214 passes 611 prior to its departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:06:07 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
611 and the backside of Kemper Street Station
Title:  611 and the backside of Kemper Street Station
Description:  I was a bit irritated that the powers that be would not let people stand on the upper level of the station
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:17:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
611 gets underway.  Left town about 1' 20" behind schedule.
Title:  611 gets underway. Left town about 1' 20" behind schedule.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:24:28 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  137   Comments: 1
NB on a cold windy morning
Title:  NB on a cold windy morning
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:00:37 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  271   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:00:41 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  209   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:00:45 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  896   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:00:50 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:00:54 PM
Location:  Smothers, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:01:10 PM
Location:  Altavista, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  784   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:01:19 PM
Location:  Altavista, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  860   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:01:22 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  260   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:01:24 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 10:01:27 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  Virginia Flyer NS 958
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:39:38 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  Virginia Flyer NS 958
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:44:11 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) SOU 6133(FP7A) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  Virginia Flyer NS 958
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:50:40 PM
Location:  Chatham, VA
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  Virginia Flyer NS 958
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:54:40 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  Virginia Flyer NS 957
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:58:13 PM
Location:  Altavista, VA
Author:  Patrick Treadaway
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  N&W 611 prepares for next days excursion at Spencer, NC.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:00:57 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  611 begins it's journey to Lynchburg, Va. passing through Linwood, NC.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:03:07 PM
Location:  Linwood, NC
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  NS 958 passenger excursion with 611 leading wakes up Thomasville, NC. at 8:20 AM.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:03:44 PM
Location:  Thomasville, NC
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  275   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  Arriving in Greensboro, NC.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:04:27 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
NS 958
Title:  NS 958
Description:  Passing through Pelham, NC heading to Lynchburg.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:05:14 PM
Location:  Pelham, NC
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
J 611
Title:  J 611
Description:  Arriving in Lynchburg,Va. backing up into Amtrak Station.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:05:49 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
NS 957
Title:  NS 957
Description:  957 blasts through Gretna, Va. trying to make up on lost time due to opposing NS traffic on it's way back to Spencer.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/11/2016 8:06:52 PM
Location:  Gretna, VA
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  265   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  N&W Class J 611 enters Danville, Va. as it heads back towards Spencer.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/16/2016 7:08:45 AM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  172   Comments: 1
We Meet Again
Title:  We Meet Again
Description:  Norfolk & Western 611 leads train 958 under an old Southern signal bridge on its way north to Lynchburg. First time seeing the queen on steam since June of 2015!
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:27:43 PM
Location:  Thomasville, NC
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Lynchburg Bound
Title:  Lynchburg Bound
Description:  NS 958 with N&W 611 leading the way passing through Rudd, NC
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:30:16 PM
Location:  Rudd, NC
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Elevator Roll By
Title:  Elevator Roll By
Description:  Making track speed in Ruffin, NC
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:33:38 PM
Location:  Ruffin, NC
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
A Classic Scene
Title:  A Classic Scene
Description:  N&W 611 rolls by a grain elevator on its way to Lynchburg, VA
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:33:52 PM
Location:  Ruffin, NC
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
Danville Crossings
Title:  Danville Crossings
Description:  NS 959 crosses over the Dan River after making a stop to change EMTs
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:34:31 PM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
Chargin' Through Chatham
Title:  Chargin' Through Chatham
Description:  NS 958 passing through the small town of Chatham
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:35:42 PM
Location:  Chatham, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Altavista Trestle
Title:  Altavista Trestle
Description:  Norfolk & Western 611 crosses over the trestle that spans the Roanoke River, making good time to Lynchburg
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:36:41 PM
Location:  Altavista, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
Through The Yard
Title:  Through The Yard
Description:  N&W 611 leads NS 958 through Lynchburg Yard, making its way to the Amtrak Station
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:37:11 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Over the Crowds
Title:  Over the Crowds
Description:  Quite a gathering has formed to welcome to Queen of Steam into Lynchburg, VA
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:37:39 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Southbound to Spencer
Title:  Southbound to Spencer
Description:  After an almost 2hour delay, NS 957 heads south through Hurt
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:39:48 PM
Location:  Hurt, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Steam and Blue Skies
Title:  Steam and Blue Skies
Description:  Norfolk & Western 611 making track speed on the trip south to Spencer
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:40:10 PM
Location:  Hurt, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Running Against the Clock
Title:  Running Against the Clock
Description:  After holding in Lynchburg for several NS freights, N&W 611 makes up for lost time on the way back to Spencer
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/13/2016 10:45:45 PM
Location:  Sycamore, VA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  155   Comments: 0


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