Y6a 2167 pushes hard on the wood-sheathed caboose of a coal drag pulled by a single Y6, number 2152.
A bit of hazy sunlight illuminates Y6a 2157 pushing a steel caboose on the freight led by class A 1217.
Y6 2150 on the local freight from Roanoke steams under the small road bridge near the summit of the Blue Ridge grade.
An eastbound coal drag behind Y6 2129 and class A 1216 pull upgrade near the summit of the Blue Ridge grade. I met several other railfans on this trip and one of them must have been Jerry Carson ... (more)
Y6b 2179 is one of the newer engines and is on pusher duty this morning. The engine pushes a coal drag pulled by Y6 2129 and class A 1216. The level of water in the tender is evident in the August... (more)
The late afternoon light illuminates the details of Y6a 2167 as it awaits another eastbound freight to push up the Blue Ridge grade.
Y6 2152 pulls hard on an eastbound coal drag a few miles short of the summit at Blue Ridge. The smoke of Y6a pusher 2167 can be seen clearly on the rear.
Y6 2138 leads another downgrade at the Davis Rd. crossing in Bonsack with westbound empty hoppers.
Y6 2154 sits at Shaffers Crossing facing west.
The last of the Y6a locomotives class runs light downgarde at Bonsack.
N&W Y6a 2167 is pushing an eastbound freight through Roanoke on a beautiful November morning with the railway's office buildings in the background.
