Marching down the New Mexico mainline of Southern Pacific comes a big 2-8-8-4, looking "right nice" with the cab behind the boiler, and real coal heaped high on that tall-sided tender ba... (more)

"Homeward bound...I wish I was." N&W 2156 continues its slow journey back to its museum in St. Louis, after five years at home in Roanoke.

Norfolk and Western locomotive 2156, Class Y6a, a compound Mallet, sits on display at the Museum's first night photography event. This locomotive was loaned to the Virginia Museum of Transporta... (more)

Norfolk and Western Y6b 2174 sits at the large engine terminal in the afternoon.

N&W Y6 2142 is switching at Blue Ridge while working the local freight.

The sun made a brief appearance on this August afternoon as Y6a sat on the Boaz siding awaiting an eastbound freight to push up the Blue Ridge grade. This same picture in color is on this website ... (more)

Norfolk and Western Y6b 2179 sits on the Boaz siding at Vinton, Va. just east of Roanoke awaiting pusher duty up the Blue Ridge grade.

This Y6 had pulled an eastbound coal drag earlier in the day as pushed by Y6a 2167. The engine had dropped the loaded hoppers and been turned further to the east. The single lane road bridge was a... (more)

N&W 2150 is the second engine of two Y6 types on an eastbound freight passing the Blue Ridge, Va. station. Y6 2150 was different from others in having aftercooler piping on the boiler as can be se... (more)

N&W Y6b 2179 pushes an eastbound coal drag and is about to pass under the wooden road bridge at Blue Ridge.

N&W Y6b 2179 drifts downgrade beneath the wooden bridge after helping an eastbound freight. I had my father's Voigtländer with me during the August 12 - 14 trip but the weather was mostly overcas... (more)

My father and I spent the day just east of Roanoke and there are Kodachromes of mine from that day elsewhere on the website. Y6a 2156 is assisting class A 1212 on eastbound coal and I'm there next... (more)

One of the lubrication buildings throws its shadow as N&W Y6b sits just outside. My father took this picture during our afternoon visit to this great facility.

The Norfolk and Western big three sit together at the Virginia Transportation Museum. The lighting was difficult but I haven't seen an image of them together inside the museum shed on this website... (more)

WP 258 at Oroville, CA 1950. Unkown photographer from my collection.