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Owner: Norfolk & Western
Model:UNKNOWN 4-8-4Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:388Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Built Roanoke May 30, 1950
Other locos with this serial:  
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Morning Glint
Title:  Morning Glint
Description:  N&W 611 switches tracks to head for Asheville, NC
Photo Date:  4/10/2016  Upload Date: 4/14/2016 9:13:40 AM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Jacob Rink
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC) SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Onto The S Line
Title:  Onto The S Line
Description:  NS 958 with N&W 611 rounds the northern leg of the Salisbury Wye on its way to Ahseville
Photo Date:  4/10/2016  Upload Date: 4/14/2016 9:13:59 AM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
NS 611
Title:  NS 611
Description:  charter from Greensboro, NC
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/23/2016 10:23:14 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  charter from Greensboro, NC
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/23/2016 10:23:45 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  170   Comments: 1
NW 611 and NS 9564
Title:  NW 611 and NS 9564
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/23/2016 10:25:31 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 9564(C44-9W)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  charter from Greensboro, NC
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/23/2016 10:26:51 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
NW 611 and track car
Title:  NW 611 and track car
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/23/2016 10:27:22 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  charter from Greensboro, NC
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/23/2016 10:27:48 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  212   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 9:04:47 PM
Location:  Reidsville, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
611 Paced By A Truck
Title:  611 Paced By A Truck
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 9:03:42 PM
Location:  Pelham, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 9:02:52 PM
Location:  Gretna, VA
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  217   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:25:42 PM
Location:  Browns Summit, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  158   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:27:27 PM
Location:  Ruffin, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  174   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:29:56 PM
Location:  Moneta, VA
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:33:46 PM
Location:  Gretna, VA
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:36:48 PM
Location:  Browns Summit, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
Steam excursion
Title:  Steam excursion
Description:  N&W 611
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/25/2016 8:11:04 AM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Steam excursion
Title:  Steam excursion
Description:  N&W 611
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/25/2016 8:11:12 AM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  224   Comments: 1
When smoke gets in your eyes!
Title:  When smoke gets in your eyes!
Description:  N&W 611
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/25/2016 8:11:18 AM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  300   Comments: 2
Steam excursion
Title:  Steam excursion
Description:  N&W 611 passing new double track construction area.
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/25/2016 8:11:30 AM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
Steam excursion
Title:  Steam excursion
Description:  N&W 611 crossing the Dan River
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/25/2016 8:11:36 AM
Location:  Danville, VA
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  The famed 611 gets some much needed rest under rain laden night skies before the first of two round trips to Roanoke over the weekend.
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:39:27 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Winston Link style
Title:  Winston Link style
Description:  No trip to chase the 611 is complete without creating an O. Winston Link-style black and white scene.
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:40:09 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
1950 or 2016?
Title:  1950 or 2016?
Description:  611 takes a much needed rest in the yard at Greensboro, NC. She'll have her work cut out for her the following day pulling a 19-car train to Roanoke and back.
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:44:14 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  The pink colored cloudy skies offer an interesting contrast to the sleek black frame of NW 611 as she awaits the next day's excursion.
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:48:23 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  186   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:51:56 PM
Location:  Ruffin, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 10:06:50 PM
Location:  Hardy, VA
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  206   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 10:08:40 PM
Location:  Hardy, VA
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  171   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  While sitting on top of Franklin St in downtown Roanoke, the 611 puts on a steam display for motorists jumping out of their cars to photograph the spectacle with their cell phones!
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 10:09:58 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 10:10:46 PM
Location:  Gretna, VA
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  193   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 8:52:18 PM
Location:  Reidsville, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  239   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 8:53:28 PM
Location:  Dry Fork, VA
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  207   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 8:59:06 PM
Location:  Goodview, VA
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 8:54:43 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  204   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 9:00:06 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2016  Upload Date: 5/8/2016 9:38:06 PM
Location:  Browns Summit, NC
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  197   Comments: 2
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 8:51:34 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
Steam & Deisel
Title:  Steam & Deisel
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 8:50:08 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8053(ES44AC) NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  227   Comments: 1
Steam & Deisel pt 2
Title:  Steam & Deisel pt 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2016  Upload Date: 4/27/2016 9:36:07 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 9411(C40-9W)
Views:  1375   Comments: 4
611 crosses Fort Avenue
Title:  611 crosses Fort Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:18:10 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
N&W 611, aka train 956, over Fort Avenue
Title:  N&W 611, aka train 956, over Fort Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:18:42 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
Valve popping as 611 gets underway for the trip back to Roanoke.  Newspaper article describing the opening of the building seen next slide.
Title:  Valve popping as 611 gets underway for the trip back to Roanoke. Newspaper article describing the opening of the building seen next slide.
Description:  This was N&W's last passenger station. Opened when Union Station in downtown Lynchburg was abandoned late December 1964. Amtrak stopped here March 25, 1975 - Sep. 30, 1979. Their "Mountaineer" and "Hilltopper" trains.
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:21:37 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
611 accelerates as it heads west to Roanoke
Title:  611 accelerates as it heads west to Roanoke
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:22:36 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
611 passes the signal array at Kinney.
Title:  611 passes the signal array at Kinney.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:23:54 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
So long 611.  See you when you deadhead to Manassas in June
Title:  So long 611. See you when you deadhead to Manassas in June
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:24:30 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Title:  Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Description:  Coming out of the Roanoke yard, heading to the Link Museum for passengers
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 9:52:49 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Title:  Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Description:  Coming out of the Roanoke yard, heading to the Link Museum for passengers
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 9:53:43 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Title:  Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Description:  Departing Roanoke for Lynchburg
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 9:54:31 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Title:  Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Description:  Departing Roanoke for Lynchburg
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 9:55:10 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Title:  Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Description:  Starting into Blue Ridge Grade on the return to Roanoke
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 9:56:23 AM
Location:  Montvale, VA
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  127   Comments: 0


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