The 614 is gone, but it didn't go far. The 434-ton, 5,000-horsepower steam locomotive, which was on exhibit with Roanoke's two prized steam locomotives, the 611 and the 1218, at the Virginia Museum of ...

Ross E. Rowland Jr., a self-made commodities magnate who traded the cutthroat world of Wall Street for the romantic allure of steam locomotives, dedicating his considerable wealth and unyielding ...

Few locomotives in this world could make the Norfolk and Western 1218 take a back seat at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The Chesapeake and Ohio 614 is one of them. The 434-ton steam ...