A memory after 20 years. A helicopter view of the magnificent Victoria Falls bridge in Livingston Victoria Falls . July 1994

Set the controls for Roanoke! Here we see the controls of the sole survivor of Norfolk & Western's amazing Y6 class of 2-8-8-2 freight locomotives. Right now this immaculately preserved machine... (more)

Norfolk and Western 2-8-8-2 Y6a #2156 stands magnificently under the canopy at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. The sole survivor of the Y6 class, this powerful giant once applied brute ... (more)

Westbound N&W Y6b 2180 gets a run for Christiansburg grade at Elliston, Va

N&W 2141 with its eastbound loaded coal train waits at Bluefield, Va. to enter the Bluefield, W. Va. yard and swap crews.

Late in the steam era on Southern Railway, Ls-2 simple 2-8-8-2 4050 works the Bristol local upgrade just west of the crossing at Sunbright, VA. The grade is nearly two percent at this point. Both ... (more)

Westbound N&W empty hopper train at track speed through Elliston, VA in February 1955. Bob Drake photo, Collection of Tom Sink.

N&W's mixed train, #202 with 4-8-0 No. 382, has returned from its run to West Jefferson, N.C. and is in the siding at Abingdon, VA to meet time freight #88 led by Y6b 2-8-8-2 #2180 on Aug. 8, 1956... (more)

Hanging out at the depot and look what drifts by...Y6 #2149 has a cut of cars in tow. John and his railfan companion Bill Rosenberg (seen on the left) spent just one day at Roanoke, and later tha... (more)

As a laborer waits in the shadows with hammer in hand, a pair of N&W steamers yearn for an assignment at the Shaffers Crossing pit. #2129 was a Y6 class engine. On the left is Z1a class #1483, a... (more)

Y5 #2113 appears to be making a reverse move with cars in the yard.

Y6a #2165 gets some maintainence at Shaffers Crossing. Sitting outside as seen through the window panes behind 2165, lurks another Y-class behemoth, Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-8-2
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 2165
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: August 07, 1956

Class Y6a #2169 goes for a spin at Shaffers Crossing.

Y4 #2084 gets hostled at the Schaffers Crossing engine terminal.

In commemoration of his 800th photo accepted to the RP.net database, John presents doubleheaded Y6b class #2176 crossing over in front of his camera. Note the impressed onlookers across the track... (more)