The fall season in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is unmatched. The valley is rich in deciduous trees, including oaks, birches, poplars, sumacs and maples, and borders the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park. When temperatures drop, leaf peepers are drawn to the valley to see the explosion of yellows, oranges and reds.
Popular routes to admire the fall foliage in Virginia include Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge Parkway, but neither can compete with the four-hour ride on a historic steam train.
Norfolk & Western’s history-making Class J steam locomotive No. 611 is known as “the most powerful steam passenger locomotive ever built”
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