The N&W Class J 611 is on its way to Strasburg Rail Road. This massive, rare, historic steam locomotive is making its way from Virginia to Strasburg, where it will be housed until late October with ...

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 ...

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 ...