ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s Norfolk & Western heritage locomotive, ES44AC No. 8103, will take part in the 75th anniversary celebration for Class J 4-8-4 No. 611 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the museum has announced.
The event is set for May 30-31, 2025, at the museum in Roanoke.
“This is a powerful homecoming,” Mendy Flynn, the museum’s executive director, said a press release. “Bringing these two locomotives together, one a steam icon and the other a modern tribute to the past is a visual and symbolic celebration of the legacy of Norfolk & Western and its continued influence on American railroading.”…