Blue Ridge conqueror

Blue Ridge conqueror

By Brian Schmidt | September 1, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Large smoking steam locomotive climbs upgrade with train on curve

Blue Ridge conqueror

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 No. 2174 climbs Blue Ridge Mountain east of Roanoke, Va., on Sept. 11, 1958. The railroad had 227 locomotives of the wheel arrangement in 10 classes. Ken Murry photo

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