One of Norfolk & Western’s powerful homebuilt Y6-class 2-8-8-2 Mallets drifts downgrade along the New River with eastbound freight at Narrows, Va., in mid-1954, when the N&W was still unsullied by diesels.
W. A. Akin Jr. photo
N&W Y6 eastbound
By Angela Cotey | February 15, 2023
