An iconic locomotive is stationed at the Strasburg Rail Road for the summer season.The Norfolk & Western Railway Class J 611 locomotive is known as a powerhouse of steam, technology and near ...

There, the Norfolk and Western Railway continued to run on steam -- not the more newfangled diesel-electric -- until May of 1960, surviving both because of an allegiance to the coal mines that fed ...

1941: Norfolk & Western Roanoke Shops begin building Class J steam locomotives. 1950: The 611 rolls off the line to pull passenger train Powhatan Arrow from Norfolk to Cincinnati. Jan. 23, 1956: ...

NORFOLK AND WESTERN. Share full article. MILTON J. PLATT. Oct. 26, 1902; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 26, 1902, Page 29 Buy Reprints.