If AI companies love book burning so much, I guess they won’t mind if we burn them back, right??? 🔥

The rest of the train, because, y’know, BlueSky’s time limit. #trains #steamtrain #BigBoy

4014 pulls out of Rocky Ridge/Cleveland 10 minutes late (for some reason). #trains #steamtrain #BigBoy

4014 gives its ceremonial whistle blow right before it departs westbound out of Cleveland. #trains #steamtrain #BigBoy

Big Boy arrives in Rocky Ridge/Cleveland, Ohio. Guess I picked a pretty good spot to stand since it stopped right in front of me! #trains #steamtrain #BigBoy

So I went to Ohio this weekend. #trains #steamtrain #BigBoy

Just before 2 o’clock on July 5th, the N&W 611 and its train finally arrived in beautiful Staunton, Virginia, concluding the locomotive’s “Summer of Steam” on the Virginia Scenic Railway in 2026. Listen to its exhaust echoing off the mountains! #trains #steamtrains #611

And here is my ABSOLUTE favorite video I took of the 611 this weekend: the locomotive SOARING along the mainline at over 40 miles per hour! It’s new Hancock long bell 3 chime whistle really shines at speed! This is the fastest I’ve ever seen a steam engine move in person! #trains #steamtrain #611

611 moves into position for the photo opportunity in downtown Gordonsville. #trains #steamtrain #611

Arriving in Gordonsville for a pit stop, because: 1: the curve westward through the town was extremely sharp, so 611 would have to crawl through it. 2: 611 would have a special photo opportunity in the center of town. #trains #steamtrain #611

Here’s another of my favorite scenes I caught 611 at. The forest is very serene and provides a beautiful backdrop for the Spirit of Roanoke. #trains #steamtrain #611

A very cool sweeping shot I managed on 611’s trek westward on the Grand Finale Excursion. #trains #steamtrain #611

The N&W 611’s grand finale excursion departs Louisa bound for Staunton, Virginia, half an hour late at 10:00 am. #trains #steamtrain #611

The last video I managed to take of 611 pulling the 4 o’clock train to Gordonsville, before a big rain storm rolled in. This was the most fun I’ve had railfanning in a very long time ❤️, and it was for my favorite steam engine ever! And the next day was just as memorable! #trains #steamtrain #611

The 4 o’clock train departs Louisa, Virginia on July 4th. The final train of the day. I and everyone else in the photo line got absolutely showered in coal cinders as 611 blasted by 😂. Glad I was wearing a hat to keep my hair clean! #trains #steamtrain #611

And the last video of the 1 pm train I took before it arrived back at Louisa. This was one of the funnest times I’ve ever had railfanning. And I still have the rest of the weekend to show y’all! #trains #steamtrain #611

Buckingham Branch #16 leads N&W 611 and its train back to Louisa. That K5LA (?) horn was ear-piercing 😂 #trains #steamtrain #611

Another fantastic location for 611 to rumble by and shake the earth while doing so. #trains #steamtrain #611

Next up was this beautiful sweeping curve surrounded by farmland. 611 really shines in places like this ❤️. #trains #steamtrain #611

Next spot, with some excellent stack talk from the Queen. #trains #steamtrain #611

The next photo location on the 1 pm excursion from Louisa to Gordonsville There many other people chasing the 611 along with me. #trains #steamtrain #611

The chase of the 1:00 train begins. Dear lord that stack talk was like a shotgun going off! And again, that WHISTLE! I hope that Hancock long bell 3 chime is a keeper for the locomotive! #trains #steamtrain #611

The Norfolk and Western #611 coming back to the station with its passenger consist. My god that whistle is GLORIOUS!!! The video doesn’t do it justice, I felt my chest rumbling from it as it roared by! #trains #steamtrain #611

611 moving back towards the station for display, until the 1:00 excursion train. #trains #steamtrain #611

611 separating so the passenger consist could move to the yard, so as to not block the multiple crossings in the vicinity of the Louisa station. #trains #steamtrain

The 10 o’clock train returning to Louisa station at 11:30 am on July 4th, on the Virginia Scenic Railway #trains

So Norfolk and Western 611 is now painted in American Freedom Train colors. Truthfully, though I hate America at the moment, it looks stellar. The VMT did a superb job with this paint scheme. It’ll definitely attract a crowd this summer during the VSR excursions.

Hold up, what?! That’s actually really cool! Reminds me of this one that Lionel did!

More photos of the train and the depot. #trainsky #steamtrains

A little video of the engine idling at the Nelsonville station. #trainsky #steamtrains