Warm-Up Routine
Norfolk & Western Engine 611 sits on a side-track, being readied for the day's events. The Strasburg Railroad is graciously hosting this behemoth, and it definitely drew in the crowds! A Hostling Tour was already well underway when I took this shot, which although I was a bit bummed I wasn't able to get a ticket for that, it was still perfectly fine to be there seeing this engine in person.
My wife and I had traveled several hours to Roanoke, VA to see this engine cold at the Virginia Museum of Transportation several years back, and that trip turned into a great disappointment. It was raining on that day's visit in VA, and for whatever reason, the museum wouldn't let the public go out to where the engine was sitting. I was "upset" to put it lightly, and it was a bear of a ride back home to Pennsylvania.
The day I took this picture however, there was no rain. There was no "Closed" sign. The doors were open, the skies were perfect, and I finally got to fulfill a wish to see this streamlined beauty in person.
Warm-Up Routine
Norfolk & Western Engine 611 sits on a side-track, being readied for the day's events. The Strasburg Railroad is graciously hosting this behemoth, and it definitely drew in the crowds! A Hostling Tour was already well underway when I took this shot, which although I was a bit bummed I wasn't able to get a ticket for that, it was still perfectly fine to be there seeing this engine in person.
My wife and I had traveled several hours to Roanoke, VA to see this engine cold at the Virginia Museum of Transportation several years back, and that trip turned into a great disappointment. It was raining on that day's visit in VA, and for whatever reason, the museum wouldn't let the public go out to where the engine was sitting. I was "upset" to put it lightly, and it was a bear of a ride back home to Pennsylvania.
The day I took this picture however, there was no rain. There was no "Closed" sign. The doors were open, the skies were perfect, and I finally got to fulfill a wish to see this streamlined beauty in person.