fast-freight-engineshttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/fast-freight-engines/Fast-freight engines | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200423.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2020-12-292020-04-2046174
Norfolk & Western’s top fast-freight engines were 43 class A simple articulated 2-6-6-4s. No. 1239, built in 1949 as part of the final A order, couples to time freight 84 at Roanoke. Sister 1218 would rise to fame in the 1980s under successor Norfolk Southern’s steam program.
W. A. Akin Jr. photo