1941: Norfolk & Western Roanoke Shops begin building Class J steam locomotives. 1950: The 611 rolls off the line to pull passenger train Powhatan Arrow from Norfolk to Cincinnati. Jan. 23 ...

The Virginia Museum of Transportation announces that ticket sales for Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam locomotive ... be half-day trips aboard The Powhatan Arrow from Roanoke to Lynchburg ...

For nearly 20 years she’s sat silent, but on Saturday, May 30, the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam Passenger Locomotive, the most powerful steam passenger locomotive ever built ...

"The Thunder of Steam in the Blue Ridge" is a 1973 black and white film that documents the Norfolk & Western Railway's steam locomotives in the scenic Blue Ridge region of Virginia. Utilizing an ...

Jeffries is also contributing to a documentary on the restoration of the Class J 611 locomotive, currently underway at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.