HUNTINGTON — The relocation of the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway steam engine displayed near 14th Street West has begun as the coal tender attached to the locomotive displayed in Huntington since ...
The 611 steam locomotive is a Roanoke icon, but it's also an international star. The Virginia Museum of Transportation has been crunching the numbers from its most recent excursions. More than 5,000 ...
The historic Texas locomotive will be unveiled at the N.C. Transportation Museum on April 28-30. “The Texas Returns: Featuring 100 Years of American Steam” will highlight the engine and feature ...
The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer on Thursday showed off a Class J #611 steam locomotive to promote trips to Lynchburg, Va., on April 8 and to Charlotte on April 9. Travelers will ride trains ...
For nearly 20 years she’s sat silent, but on Saturday, May 30, the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam Passenger Locomotive, the most powerful steam passenger locomotive ever built, will triumphantly ...
ROANOKE, VA. – The Queen of Steam will be back on the move. The Virginia Museum of Transportation’s famed 611 steam locomotive has most recently been parked at the North Carolina Transportation Museum ...
The world’s largest steam locomotive, built to haul war supplies during World War II, will pull into Villa Grove on Sept. 9. Jackson Vandeventer, a train conductor-engineer for Decatur & Eastern ...
Norfolk Southern led discussions for two years about moving the Norfolk & Western Class Y6a 2156 steam freight locomotive from the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis to the Virginia Museum of ...
GE Transportation and CSX Corporation have signed an agreement to conduct a pilot programme next year to assess the usage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel locomotives. As part of the programme, ...
The Hawks have arrested a cleaner employed by the Outeniqua Transport Museum for the theft of copper from displayed locomotives. Zinzi Hani, the spokesperson for the directorate, said the 45-year-old ...