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With steam blowin' and smoke flyin' 611 gets a move on out of the NCTM toward VMT in Roanoke in the pre-sunrise hours.
CSX's splendid new "Honoring Our First Responders" locomotive looks good under the lights as it poses with NS's First Responders unit at the Barber Junction depot during a night photo session at the NCTM. Kudos to the CSX workers at Huntington on yet another excellent job.
Restored Southern E8A 6900 basks in the morning sun as she rests in familiar surroundings at the former Southern Spencer shops. The shops were deeded by the Southern to the state of NC in 1979 for use as a transportation museum.
NS 611 brings the Virginian out of the NCTM lead as it prepares to enter the NS Mainline for a quick trip up to Lynchburg, VA
The 2017 N&W 611 excursion season kicks off with the northbound "Virginian" stepping over the Yadkin River after just departing the NCTM on the northbound trip to Lynchburg.
During a 2016 photo charter at the North Carolina Transportation Museum 611 pulls onto the turntable for a quick spin,
The "Training First Responders" geep escaped its winter confines at the NCTM and was used as road power for the Yadkin Local between Salisbury and Halls Ferry. They are seen rolling past the Feed N' Seed in Rockwell on their return trip to Salisbury.
126 and 611 stage one more scene at the April 2016 Photo Shoot at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
The sunset shines on the side of the N&W 611 as she sits under steam at the North Carolina Trasnportation Museum. Once night fell, everyone's cameras would be clicking away for the night shoot, so it was nice to take a moment and get a sunset shot that not many others got. It was also nice to see her under steam one last time in 2019. Who knows what, if any, plans will be had for her next year.
With its first load of passengers for the day, the NCTM's beautiful ACL E3 runs by the front of the museum grounds with a non-homogenous mix of passenger cars behind it. The E3 does not come out much so I was glad to get the opportunity to photograph it.
TVRM 630 participating in 21st Century Steam runs at the NCTM in Spencer. Having backed clear of the museum siding onto the main line, it will then begin the excursion ride on the NS trackage. One from the archives, this was likely the 2012 sessions.
Santa decided to ditch the sled and ride in style this year! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a looking forward to 2023!
N&W 611 takes a spin on the turntable at Spencer as she poses for photos during a holiday themed night shoot at the museum
Lionel682, aka me, takes a stint with the coal scoop while firing up the 611 at a Fireup Event at NCTM. Fascinating experience for those who enjoy trians but have never worked for a railroad. One of my uncles was both a fireman and later an engineer. And, apologies for stealing a line from Chattanooga Choo Choo.
A proud crew poses in front of 611 after getting her fired up for the night photo sessions at the former Southern Railway shops
A lot of Southeast railroad history in this shot - ACL E3 501 passing the former Southern shops in Spencer, NC
Various Southern models sit on the old fuel pit at the Spencer locomotive shops during a night photo session at NCTM in 2016.
Some old Norfolk and Western Railway equipment have a brief reunion at the old Southern Railway shops in Spencer, NC.
Thanks to Philip Banks for providing the two 600W strobes for the shot and Mark Ragan for getting the all-clear to shoot after dark at NCTM.
A sight straight out of the 1950s, A 1940 Graham automobile waits for a passing train with a modern streamlined steam engine to pass by. In reality, it’s 2021 and thanks to NCTM/VMT and a generous car owner, scenes like this are still possible decades later.
Rain clouds are rolling out at sunset as the crew sends their power to the roundhouse. NCTM's FP7, Southern 6133, goes for a spin on the turntable in the day's last light. A twist on the typical pan shot, this was a long exposure done while following the turntable as it was in motion. It took a few tries to get it right, but manages to capture the motion of the world around the still locomotive.
N&W 611 passes one of the omnipresent crepe myrtle trees as she stretches her wheels at the NCTM on a Saturday morning.
Classic Southern - The Southern still serves the South at the NCTM. Southern GP30 2601 is seen passing under a classic Southern signal bridge as it powers the museum excursion train.
SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH!
SOUTHERN GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO INNOVATIONS!
By now, many of you have heard the Southern heritage unit was involved in a derailment near Pittsburgh, PA a few days ago . The most important thing is that the crew is ok and get to go home to their loved ones. Currently, the fate of 8099 in unknown but here's hoping that NS returns her to the way she looked in this shot back in 2012 at the former Spencer Shops in NC.
With the colorful Crepe Myrtle trees in bloom, Southern Railway GP30 #2601 leads the NCTM train around the property on a quiet Sunday afternoon.
Seen on one of the many night photo shoots at North Carolina Transportation. 611 sits beside the station on the museum grounds in Spencer, NC.
One of the many streamliners to visit the North Carolina Transportation in Spencer, NC for the Streamliners at Spencer. 5711 is an Ex PRR locomotive built in November 1952.
Norfolk Southern's OAR Safety Train is at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. for their annual Fire Truck Festival. The train is seen here doing some photo runbys after the event.
One of the many shots from one of the NCTM Photo shoots. Sure did love the smell of that coal smoke most of the day. Sunshine and steam, too good. Click on the photo if you want to see a screen full of beautiful steam engine.
Before heading up to Strasburg later this week for the Summer, N&W 611 gets to stretch her legs for a bit at the NCTM.
In 1939, the Atlantic Coast Line ordered two E3 models, numbered 500 and 501, for service on The Champion between NYC and Miami, Florida. The 501 remained in service until 1970, operating over 6 million miles. This distinction made the 501 the most traveled E unit in US history. It is pictured here, making a rare appearance leading the NCTM excursion train
Southern GP30 2601 is looking sharp in her tuxedo scheme as she prepares to depart Spencer with the morning passenger train at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
The special Units of CSX & NS were on display at NCTM, Spencer, NC to honor First Responders.
The landing of Chopper was entirely incidental.
In a scene out of the 1950's, N&W 611 arrives into Barber Junction w/ a late night Powhatan Arrow. In reality, it's a night photo shoot at the NCTM
Amtrak 037 rolls south past the abandoned Dixie Plant in Lexington with a rare P32-8 pulling VRE passenger equipment bound for the NCTM in Spencer.
Shades of OWL - In a scene out of the 1950's, N&W 611 arrives into Barber Junction w/ a late night Powhatan Arrow.
Norfolk and Western Class J 4-8-4 number 611 has a short photo freight in tow on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum located in the former Southern Railway Spencer Shop complex. Here she is marching beneath a preserved and relocated former Southern Railway signal bridge.
Built by the Norfolk and Western in house at their East End Shops she was in the last of three batches of the class built totalling fourteen units. Entering revenue service on May 29, 1950 she had a short nine year revenue service career before being retired and donated to the city of Roanoke and placed on display in a park. In 1963 the Roanoke Transportation Museum was created around 611 as its centerpiece. The museum's original location was destroyed by a flood in 1985 and subsequently moved downtown and was renamed the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Restored by NS for their original steam program she would have her first excursion career spanning from September 1982 until December 1984 when she would be retired again for another two decade slumber.
In 2012 the city officially donated her to the museum and a year later the Fireup611! campaign began with a goal of raising $3.5 million for her second resoration. With NS contributing $1.5 million to the project she was moved here to NCTM only one year prior to this photo where her restoration began.
On May 9th less than a year after restoration began she made her first test run under her own power and on this day she finally performed in her first public appearance. Two days after I took this image she would triumphantly steam home to Roanoke over her old home rails unassisted with NS CEO Wick Moorman at the throttle as the culmination and conclusion of NS 21st Century Steam program. She led multiple mainline excursions the rest of 2015 and the next two years though in recent times she has been relegated to only operating on museum grounds here and on the Strasburg's 4 1/2 mile route that she has visited twice now for extended periods.
Spencer, North Carolina
Thursday May 28, 2015
The NCTM's resident Southern E8A in Crescent livery makes a few test runs around the property as shop forces work out some bugs. Couldn't ask for a more beautiful day to grab a few shots of this classic as it makes a rare appearance outside of the roundhouse.
Restored Southern GP30 2601 is seen leading an era appropriate freight consist through the grounds of the NCTM on a beautiful Spring morning.
Norfolk Southern's OAR Safety Train is seen staged around the Roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. ahead of the Museum's annual Fire Truck Festival.
A seemingly rare sunny day in the Piedmont region of North Carolina finds NCTM's freshly repainted N&W GP9 teaming up with Norfolk Southern's First Responders GP38-2 to shuttle passengers around the historic Southern Railway property. Upon arrival at Spencer after retirement from NS, the 620 was repainted into to N&W's tuscan red passenger scheme in which it would stay until late 2018, when shop forces gave it a much needed dip into its original black freight livery.