Norfolk & Western 611 - Blue Ridge and Christiansburg Grades

[@Zuiderzee-Lives]

I don't know what I love more; your camera work, or the fact that she wasn't running around with a diesel helper.

[@ad356]

diesel helper LOL..... i think you got that backwards, more like the steamer is helping the diesel LOL

[@PeaceyPraps]

That's some great footage. Also, I just noticed something. That shot at 7:16 at Friendship Road. N&W 1218 passed that same location back in 1987, in a documentary on the 1218's return to steam. The camera shots are almost identical, and just looks plain awesome. I especially love the mountains in the background.

[@gleanerk]

Thanks for another great train video!!!! Awesome 611 rebuilt !!! The good old days ride to and from !

[@trainutjob]

Awesome shots and video Eric, what a winner! That 611 is a sweet looking locomotive.

[@reidselby2569]

Outstanding...one of your best.

[@jkbdevel]

Very good. One of your best. Thank you.

[@armagonarmagon3980]

6:11 Nothing sounds better than a hard-working steam locomotive. The sharp cracking exhaust chuffs reverberate like gunshots throughout the surrounding hills... it is truly an experience one can never forget.

[@JoeRailfan]

Wow, marching up that hill at Villamont with no diesel helper, an auxiliary water tender and a passenger train so long the video editor fades it out before all those Tuscan-red cars are even past? Just another day's work for the 611. Class act indeed. (And the late O. Winston Link would have loved seeing this.)

[@collegefootballfan7909]

What a wonderful and very well done video 611 is one of the best streamlined steam locomotives ever. Some of the shots you got of her in the video was amazing. And it is a shame that there are no fall excursions for her.

[@cp9831]

Greats shots and compilation!

[@billreal76]

You got some GREAT shots of the 611!

[@bigjohnrailproductions8370]

611 was an awesome locomotive. Epic video!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Amazing shot at 10:28, that I think is the highlight.

[@shayfarley7253]

Some beautiful shots in this video. Which got me thinking, steam locomotives are such crude and simple machines when you think about it, yet they have such a strong emotional and spiritual hold over us don't they... still cant believe what Im seeing here :-) Really thankful for your work dude...

[@newcastlerails1416]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! AWESOME AND AMAZING ENGINE!!!!!!!!

[@xray606]

Very nice... I actually liked the diffused sky.

[@EricFreas]

Great shots as usual! I got to be there that weekend to chase as well. I really hope they do these excursions based out of Roanoke again sometime in the near future.

[@Mike77E9]

Nicely done Eric!!! Those are some great shots!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

All Aboard Productions Thanks Mike! Excellent coverage of the event yourself. It was good running into you guys again!

[@PennRailVideos]

Wow what a great video Eric! Just absolute perfection.

[@TheRailYardHD]

Very nice Eric! Wish I had been able to do one of the excursions too for the return trip shots. Glad to see you back and posting!

[@YardLimit]

Beautiful video!

[@GevoGenesis92]

611 can pull what 3 P42's can pull with ease.

[@LewisMarien]

So you even caught it as well... wow. Great stuff man.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Lewis Marien Thank you for those kind words. Were you there as well?

[@LewisMarien]

Central Penn Rail Productions Sadly my Midwest self was not there. I was wanting to go, however.

[@MyDiesel101]

Great video Eric! I love your shot of that fantastic ESSO Station/General Store with the vintage pumps. It's worth the trip from NJ just to do a photo shoot of it. Thank You for sharing! That is a really heavy passenger train. I think the J Class Develops 6,000 HP.. Is that true? Blue ridge country is really beautiful.

[@kevp9601]

This is Awesome

[@domrus8144]

Nice work Eric! Shame to see 611's fire put out for the rest of the summer. Hopefully there's next year she'll run again!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Dominick Russell Absolutely, and the show isn't over yet, 765 will be making a great show in the mean time.

[@domrus8144]

Which I plan to see, that will be exciting watching it along the Erie and DLW.

[@oldtoot]

First class video!

[@kevp9601]

I Love It a Lot

[@daveyboy_]

awesome. My only beef is that on an excursion there should be old school cars where u can open the windows to stick ur head out .( that's what I did on the CNR 6060 excursions) back in the days when it did Mtl Ottawa ! memorable

[@memberofamreg676]

Thanks!Tolles Video!

[@DutchResistence]

Great catch! I love steamengines, keep it up with more great video's!

[@theq4602]

Strong independent steam train who dont need no diesel helper

[@tachikoma747]

I can't imagine the paperwork they needed to do to put 611 out on the mainline.

[@kevp9601]

Certified Fresh Vanilla Cakes for Very Very Excellent

[@jacksalvin364]

The Queen of Steam

[@s0nnyburnett]

Where do the historic and vintage railways get the coal to run their locomotives?

[@kevp9601]

Fame Town USA

[@davidlevine7596]

I can,t see spending all that money just to Radford va instead of Bluefield what a trip threw some of the finest scienry in the east and the chaising is very good from state line to bluefield I know I did I with the `1218 Oct 91. I would love to see a trip Bluefield tto Williamson WV pasing soon 60 years the 611 took a curve to fast, turned over killing the engineer there was no speed recorder

[@AndreiTupolev]

Was the smoke put on for effect, or just an inexperienced fireman? That's a coal burner, isn't it.

[@lewismohr1]

AndreiTupolev smoke always for the camera. when everything is operating correctly the smoke stack is running clean like from 3:55 to 4:10. Back during WW2 the FRA required the railroads to hire in-house and contract photographer spies to catch firemen wasting fuel. smoke is always bad and indicates a waste of fuel. And after the war these photographers sold a lot of photos to the railroad magazines. C W Whitbeck was such a photo spy. You will see his credit on many photos of engines from the old Illinois Central and many other photos of engines of railroads that operated in the central United States. After the war, if the crew knew he was set up for a photo shoot or if they saw him set up, they always gave him a lot of smoke for the photo.