Norfolk & Western Steam Locomotives

[b16pwrdej1]

Over the Thanksgiving holiday season, I visited the Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke, VA.

-Norfolk & Western J-Class 611. I had the privelage to ride on a steam excursion train pulled by this locomotive.
http://static.flickr.com/12/69246188_33e05fb215.jpg

-The three steam locomotives on display at the museum
http://static.flickr.com/34/69246189_93eebe1dfc.jpg

-Norfolk & Western 1218....wow was this locomotive HUGE!
http://static.flickr.com/12/69246183_589afa2181.jpg

-Norfolk & Western 521
http://static.flickr.com/34/69246185_75050a9c48.jpg

-Chesapeake & Ohio 5828 with Norfolk & Western 1776 in the background.
http://static.flickr.com/18/69246187_2ffac1c304.jpg

As always, comments and critique (both positive and negative) are appreciated.

[Jon Foster]

Great shots! Is that a high nose GP9 in the last shot?

Jon.

[RadAL]

in the *middle* shot, i like how theres an old car in there, model t or model a perhaps?

[Blue Deuce]

I like these.

[PhotosGuy]

Those are VERY big, but pretty shots! You should resize them down a bit to meet the forum guidelines Guidelines on posting images (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74718) so the 56K dial-up guys don't get upset!?

[Jetmech1]

Great looking pics. I love trains. Actually I like most things mechanical.

[CRJ700Captain]

Beautiful shots!

[b16pwrdej1]

Those are VERY big, but pretty shots! You should resize them down a bit to meet the forum guidelines Guidelines on posting images (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74718) so the 56K dial-up guys don't get upset!?

Sorry for posting them so big last time...I get spoiled here at college with the high speed internet and forget about people having dial-up. Images have been posted smaller to make it easier.

[PhotosGuy]

Thanks for the resizing, but they are looking VERY narrow guage now! :D I think you may have left a box unchecked in the resizing process?
I changed the title back so we won't scare anyone away.

[b16pwrdej1]

Thanks for the resizing, but they are looking VERY narrow guage now! :D I think you may have left a box unchecked in the resizing process?
I changed the title back so we won't scare anyone away.

Bigger versions are available at the flicr website in my signature. I use flickr to host my photographs and they offer small, medium, and large sizes....the first ones I posted were large, the ones that are posted now are medium.

[ACDCROCKS]

Nice pics of the 611 and 1218, i wish they would use them for an excursion again like in the 87-90's...I hear they stretch them out every month or so,

[zeker]

I took an excursion on #611 a few years ago. I believe it was her last trip before being relegated to the museum. At one point along the route we were able to detrain and the engineer backed her up for a drive-by. I'll post the pictures if I can remember when I get home. She's a real beauty!!

[belmondo]

Very nice shots. I think the J-class was one of the prettiest engines that ever ran on a US railroad, along with the GS class Daylight engines on Southern Pacific.

Two very different approaches to 'streamlining,' but both very striking.

[Tom W]

Isn't 1218 a big articulated engine? 2-6-6-4?

OH - and nice shots. I'm impressed with the condition of these engines.

[belmondo]

In one of the great coincidences of all time, I just finishad watching 'When Giants Roamed---The Golden Age of Steam.' This was produced for the History Channel, and it gives a short history of the last days of steam The closing shot of the show is #1218 coming out of the fog, heading directly towards the camera. It's a very memorable shot.

Anyway, I just pulled the disc out of the DVD player and clicked on this thread. Very weird.
:rolleyes::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock: :shock:

[Tom W]

In one of the great coincidences of all time, I just finishad watching 'When Giants Roamed---The Golden Age of Steam.' This was produced for the History Channel, and it gives a short history of the last days of steam The closing shot of the show is #1218 coming out of the fog, heading directly towards the camera. It's a very memorable shot.

Anyway, I just pulled the disc out of the DVD player and clicked on this thread. Very weird.
:rolleyes::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock: :shock:

Well, if weirdness happens in threes, I remember seeing this engine in one of my father's many railroad books during my stay in Florida.

I'm off to buy a lottery ticket....