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Water cap. Norfolk and Western 2050 is a Y3a class 2-8-8-2 Compound Mallet steam locomotive built in March 1923 by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia Works for the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). The locomotive primarily helped haul the N&W's freight and coal trains, but by the end of the 1950s, it was relegated as a ...
It (and VGN Nos. 901–904) became Norfolk and Western Y3 class locomotives Nos. 2000–2004. The USRA 2-8-8-2 was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. These locomotives were of 2-8-8-2 wheel ...
1. 558-564 ex Shenango Valley RR 51-57, 200 renumbered 210 (2nd), 219,229,235,199 renumbered 303-306 (2nd), 350-351 renumbered 207-208 (2nd) N&W #305 purchased by Matheson Alkali Works in 1921. Renumbered #11 On display in Saltville, VA. Oldest surviving N&W locomotive in existence. G1.
The 2-8-8-2 was a design largely limited to American locomotive builders. The last 2-8-8-2 was retired in 1962 from the N&W's roster, two years past the ending of steam though steam was still used on steel mill lines and other railroads until 1983. A similar wheel arrangemement exists for Garratt locomotives, but is referred to as 2-8-0+0-8-2 ...
VGN 736-742. PRR 373-378. Santa Fe 1790-1797. UP 3670-3674. Retired. 1956-1959. Disposition. One Y3a preserved, remainder scrapped. The Norfolk and Western Y3 Class was a class of 2-8-8-2 "Mallet" articulated steam locomotives with a total of 80 locomotives built for the Norfolk and Western Railway between 1919 and 1923.
Water cap. Factor of adh. Norfolk and Western 2156 is a preserved Y6a class 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet steam locomotive. The Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) built it in 1942 at its own Shops in Roanoke, Virginia as the second member of the N&W's Y6a class. No. 2156 and its class are considered to be the world's strongest-pulling extant steam ...
Norfolk and Western 2174 was a Y6b class 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet steam locomotive, built by the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) own Roanoke Shops, in 1948.No. 2174 and the other Y6bs were notably some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever built, being able to pull heavy freight and coal trains, unassisted.
Norfolk and Western 1218 is a preserved four-cylinder simple articulated 2-6-6-4 steam locomotive, built in June 1943 by the Norfolk and Western's (N&W) Roanoke (East End) Shops in Roanoke, Virginia as part of the N&W's class "A" fleet of fast freight locomotives. It was retired from regular revenue service in July 1959, and was later restored ...