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 ...

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

Two brothers from Daleville grew up loving trains. This summer, they put their mechanic skills to work, helping restore the ...

A cool mist hung low over the Shenandoah Valley on Friday morning as visitors from across the country came to witness 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, ...

Three and a half million dollars. One Norfolk & Western J-Class 611 thundering down the rails again. The Virginia Museum of Transportation is holding a news conference at 11 a.m. today to announce it ...

STAUNTON, Va. - Tickets for the upcoming Shenandoah Valley Limited fall excursions behind Norfolk & Western No. 611 are now available for purchase, ranging from $128 to $318 per person. The J-class ...

GOSHEN, Va. (WDBJ) - Friday is the day the Norfolk and Western Class J Number 611 steam engine begins its limited run excursion. The trip takes passengers from Goshen to Staunton under steam, over the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc. announced that the Norfolk & Western J-Class No. 611 is back in Roanoke this month. Tentative plans are to offer a “Blow the Whistle” ...

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 Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steams past the Danville Community Market and was met to cheers by those young and old in attendance Saturday. Matt Bell/Register & Bee Hundreds of bystanders cheered ...