Reynolds and his team developed a more powerful steam locomotive-the class J 4-8-4 Northern-and built 14 of them at the East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, between 19. History Design origins, revenue service, and first retirement Ī drawing design of the N&W class J locomotiveĪt the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the Norfolk and Western's (N&W) roster consisted of aging E class 4-6-2 Pacifics and K class 4-8-2 Mountains that could not handle the rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains. As of 2023, it was temporarily put on display outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, which was located nearby the SRC. 611 visited the Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, running short tourist excursion trains in the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside. In 2017, the Virginia General Assembly designated the 611 as the official state steam locomotive of Virginia. After a year of restoration work at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina, the locomotive returned to excursion service in mid-2015. In early 2013, the VMT helped raise $3.5 million to restore No. In late 1994, when liability insurance costs led NS to end its steam program, the locomotive was again retired and moved back to the VMT. It was often invoked as an icon of Roanoke and its railroading history. 611 was dedicated as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 611, signifies the locomotive as Roanoke Born, Roanoke Bred, and Roanoke Proud. Claytor, who was responsible for the restoration of No. Former N&W president and NS chairman Robert B. It became the main line star of the NS steam program, pulling excursion trains throughout the eastern United States. 611 was restored to operation by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), N&W's successor. 611 locomotive was donated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT), where it sat on display as the sole survivor of the class J locomotives. In early 1956, it was involved in an accident and was subsequently repaired until its retirement from revenue service in 1959. 611 was assigned to haul the N&W's premier passenger trains between Norfolk, Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio and to ferry the Southern Railway's (SOU) passenger trains between Lynchburg, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee. It was one of the last mainline passenger steam locomotives built in the United States and represents the pinnacle of steam locomotive technology. Norfolk and Western 611, also known as the "Spirit of Roanoke" and the "Queen of Steam", is a Norfolk and Western (N&W) class J 4-8-4 "Northern" streamlined steam locomotive built in May 1950 by the N&W's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia. Virginia Museum of Transportation ( Fire Up 611! Committee)
Norfolk and Western Railway→Norfolk Southern Railway 611 battling the Linden Grade with The American excursion from Front Royal to Manassas, Virginia in June 2016Ĥ ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gaugeĦ.5 t (6.4 long tons 7.2 short tons) of coal per hourġ1,975 US gallons (45,330 L) of water per hourġ4-inch (356 mm) Piston valves, 8.5-inch (216 mm) travel
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