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 ...

The Norfolk & Western 611, known as the “Queen of Steam,” is back in operation, running from Victoria Station in Goshen, Virginia, for five consecutive weekends of excursions.

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The “Queen of Steam” 611 train has been repaired and will continue excursions on the Virginia Scenic Railway. The Virginia Museum of Transportation issued a statement Sunday on ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Last week we learned the Queen of Steam, the Norfolk & Southern 611 Class J No. 611 steam locomotive, will take to the rails in southwest Virginia again. This after a ...

Visitors -- from hardcore train enthusiasts to the mere railway-curious -- are expected to converge on Strasburg Rail Road in force this fall, when, after it receives its yearly inspection and ...

This massive, rare, historic steam locomotive is made its way from Virginia to Strasburg, where it will be housed until late October with events starting in September. The 611 is the last surviving ...

Southwest Virginia rail fans hoping for an opportunity to ride in a passenger car pulled by the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam engine will have that chance this year, but they will have to travel ...

(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 ...