PERRYVILLE - Cleanup and repairs are continuing after a Norfolk-Southern locomotive and two empty freight cars derailed shortly after midnight on Monday, according to several on-scene workers.

Norfolk Southern aids Souderton’s Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society with a $10,000 grant to restore the Alco S2 No. 611, writes Trains.com. Built in 1948, the No. 611 is the last intact ...

The historic Lehigh & New England locomotive #611 as it looks today. The locomotive is currently being restored in Topton. (Courtesy of the Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc.) ...

The Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc. (RIPS) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Norfolk Southern Corporation to restore the historic Lehigh & New England (LNE) locomotive #611.

Norfolk Southern started testing fully electric trains more than 15 years ago, and a number of companies are investing in them. But Raglin said the hybrid approach might be a better alternative.