Norfolk Southern started testing fully electric trains more than 15 years ago, and a number of companies are investing in them. But Raglin said the hybrid approach might be a better alternative.

WAVY Archive: 1982 Norfolk and Western Steam Locomotive WAVY Archives / Oct 6, 2022 / 05:51 PM EDT. We take a look back in the WAVY Archives. VSP: Drive safe and sober Memorial Day weekend News ...

For more than 70 years, the plaintive sound has been lost to the roar of diesel and jet engines. But the queen of all Norfolk and Western Railway’s steam locomotives — the streamlined 611 — will be ...

Norfolk Southern’s Norfolk & Western heritage locomotive passes through Williamsfield, Ill., on BNSF on Jan. 15, 2013. The diesel will make an appearance at the 75th anniversary celebration for ...

Diesel locomotives, instead of the historic Norfolk & Western Class J. No 611, are being used to operate this weekend’s remaining Shenandoah Valley Limited excursions.

There, the Norfolk and Western Railway continued to run on steam -- not the more newfangled diesel-electric -- until May of 1960, surviving both because of an allegiance to the coal mines that fed ...

An iconic locomotive is stationed at the Strasburg Rail Road for the summer season.The Norfolk & Western Railway Class J 611 locomotive is known as a powerhouse of steam, technology and near ...

The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 locomotive is seen at Strasburg Rail Road, Thursday, July 15, 2021. The locomotive was built in 1950 and is the last running locomotive of the 14 ever made.

Steam Locomotives Steal the Spotlight Photographer O. Winston Link documented the final days of steam engines on the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last main line to use them Marlane A. Liddell ...

Norfolk Southern aids Souderton’s Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society with a $10,000 grant to restore the Alco S2 No. 611, writes Trains.com. Built in 1948, the No. 611 is the last intact ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Did you know in Norfolk, trains can fly? Over the next three days, 135 ton diesel locomotives will do just that, as they are loaded onto a ship for their trip to Egypt.