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No. 611 pulling an excursion out of Norfolk, Virginia, in 1993 In early 1991, the Norris Yard maintainers replaced No. 611's crown sheet and tires and overhauled its trailing truck . [ 101 ] [ 104 ] Upon returning to service, it joined No. 1218 and No. 4501 on a triple-header, hauling a 28-car passenger excursion train from Chattanooga to ...
The accident injured 177 passengers; 18 were seriously injured and need to be airlifted to nearby hospitals in Norfolk, Virginia. The train was pulled by Norfolk and Western 611, a class J 4-8-4 steam locomotive, which was restored to operating condition for excursion service in 1982.
N&W No. 611 (which had been restored in 2015 to join the program) ran several excursions during the summer such as "The American" from Manassas, Virginia, to Front Royal, Virginia, on June 6 and 7, "The Cavalier" from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Petersburg, Virginia, on June 13 and 14, "The Powhatan Arrow" from Roanoke to Lynchburg and "The Pelican ...
[52] [53] [54] The No. 611 locomotive was donated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) in 1963, where it sat on static display for two decades. [25] [51] Since then, it has had two excursion careers: from 1982 to 1994, after Norfolk Southern Railway restored the locomotive, and from 2015 onwards with the VMT. [25]
In 1981–1982, N&W's successor, Norfolk Southern (NS) restored the locomotive to operating condition for use in pulling excursion trains on their steam program until it returned to the VMT in 1995. [13] [14] In 2013–2015, VMT restored No. 611 to operation again with $3.5 million donated from nearly 3,000 donors all over the United States and ...
The successful No. 765-led excursions would pave the way for Norfolk Southern (NS) to continue the steam program with larger mainline locomotives like 4-8-4 Norfolk and Western 611. [ 8 ] In the 1980s, the locomotive appeared in the movies Four Friends and Matewan , and became an annual attraction in the New River Gorge operating the New River ...
No. 611 has been restored to operating condition for excursion service again in 2015. [7] On May 18, 2020, Norfolk Southern abandoned the Roanoke Shops and moved all operations to the Juniata Locomotive Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. [8] In July 2023, Genesis Rail Services leased a portion of the Roanoke Shops. [9]
Norfolk & Western Dynamometer Car #514780; Norfolk & Western M-1 Post Office Car #93; Norfolk & Western Safety Instruction Car #418. A Theatre car that shows a 1983 documentary produced by Norfolk Southern titled "Going Home" about the restoration of the N&W 611. [14] Norfolk & Western Tool Car #9647; Norfolk Southern Research Car #31 [13]