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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The 611 steams up North Mountain along Va. 42 north of Craigsville during the Sunday afternoon run. Local residents and ...

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 ...

Out for a test run, the legendary 611 steam locomotive was on the tracks Thursday as final preparations are made for fall excursions. The Queen of Steam traveled from Victoria Station in Goshen to ...

Bev Fitzpatrick worked at Roanoke’s transportation museum when he was 15 years old, as a superintendent, cleaning up the grounds after visitors left. Back then, in 1962, the retired Norfolk & Western ...

Climb aboard for a fun family day celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the remarkable Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam locomotive at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Thanks to Advance Auto ...

(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 ...

“The steam engine was the beginning of the industrial age, and that’s the epitome of the steam engines.” “There’s a lot of history behind it,” said Eli Cumby, 15, of Lowesville. He was there with his ...