SPENCER — The rail enthusiast looks at the Class J 611 steam locomotive, and he sees power, majesty, engineering, the bullet nose, the Tuscan red stripe, the giant wheels, the gleaming rods and the ...

The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer on Thursday showed off a Class J #611 steam locomotive to promote trips to Lynchburg, Va., on April 8 and to Charlotte on April 9. Travelers will ride trains ...

All 20 of Norfolk Southern's Heritage locomotives will be on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer for what organizers say may be the only time. The locomotives will be on ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - One of the Virginia Museum of Transportation’s steam passenger locomotives is heading to North Carolina to be restored. The museum says in a news release that the Norfolk & Western ...

A steam locomotive that has spent the last 37 years at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer will be going home to West Virginia this spring. The engine, known as the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 ...

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The No. 332 was built in 1906. Over the past several years, extensive restoration has been done on the No. 332 and its operating condition meets all Federal Railroad Administration requirements for ...