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  • 611 steam engine will run 5 excursions this fall out of Goshen

    07/24/2025 11:58:24 AM PDT · by Morgana · 14 replies
    Cardinal News ^ | July 10, 2025 | staff
    Roanoke’s iconic 611 steam engine will be back on the rails this fall for a series of five weekend excursion trips that will begin and end at Goshen in Rockbridge County. The Virginia Scenic Railway announced Wednesday that a joint venture between the Virginia Scenic Railway, the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the Steam Railroading Institute and the Virginia Mechanical Preservation Society will bring the locomotive back into service for the excursions. The 611 locomotive, designed and built in Roanoke by the Norfolk & Western Railway, has been widely regarded as representing the height of steam locomotive construction. The 1950 Norfolk...