Norfolk and Western 611 returns

N&W 611 returns with the excursion on Norfolk Southern's Huntington District. She crosses Hugo interlocking and then switches over to the second main. You can really hear when they open up the throttle after the switch is cleared by the engine. It's sad that Norfolk Southern has ended its steam program.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• steam
• engine
• 611
• 4-8-4
• train
• norfolk
• and
• western

[LNERMallard]

No offense, but... your title is a little misleading lol I literally gasped when I saw your video because I thought it meant N&W 611 was restored again.

[echoesLA]

@LNERMallard well, when it's on an excursion it goes somewhere and then it returns.

[sajdrj]

thanks, great vidoe. was it just me or did her whistle sound a little off? 

[echoesLA]

@sajdrj Good question. It's an ancient 8mm analog video digitized through an analog to DV converter. I didn't change anything with the audio but who knows what kind of accuracy that old camera had.

[itm426]

You know, That's the same spot that someone shot NKP#587 going through in the early 90's as well. She was running light. Nice video! NS is supposed to be returning to a steam program, but that was a few months ago, and haven't said much else about it.

[echoesLA]

@itm426 I think you might be referring to my other video. We had many visitors there when I was growing up. I'm sad we don't have video of 1218 there, but growing up I saw 765 a lot, 611 a lot, and occasionally 587 and just a few times 1218

[stevelerro]

best whistle ever...

[tweetsiefan]

Great video!

[288jh]

@SouthernCresent722 Right, So Your Telling all of Us (on Youtube) That You Just happened, TO talk to Someone, You Just Happend to Be Told By an Employee, That N&W 611, a 4-8-4 Northern, To Pull a Buisness Train, That They Already Have Motive Power for. This Smells Like a Hot Steaming Pile of BS.

[SouthernCresent722]

They are restoring her I am really not allowed to tell you tube this but I know A employee of NS and he said that I can't tell any one but NW 611 will be restored to haul NS Executive's

[IKAPPYI1]

Part of the reason that we can't have 611 back now is because of the economy so NS decided 2 smaller consolidation locos were better and since they were smaller means less maintenance an more money to keep. Maybe when the economy turns around we'll get some real results. So give to time and something will come. NS's new CEO Wick Moorman says he'd like 611 better but it's too much money to restore so satisfy the public with a steam program while benefiting the company. And also did anyone notice

[LNERMallard]

@echoesLA yeah true.

[fireball451]

@NorfolkAndWestern578 1218 was called the Mercedes of steam on the cover of TRAINS magazine when she returned.

[fireball451]

@NorfolkAndWestern578 1218 was referred to as the Mercedes of steam.

[sajdrj]

@echoesLA the rest of the vid sounded great, from the Cardinal calling to his lady friends to the steem excaping from the piston cylenders. Just the whistle sounded off. as if she has water stuck in it. I know it (the whistle) is sounded by steam but this sounded like it had condedsated...