GTRF Train Photography
Big Boy's Competor - N&W Y6A 2-8-8-2 #2156 - Norfolk Southern - Bucyrus OH
6/12/20 - Built in 1942, with 5,600 HP & 166,000 lbs of tractive effort, N&W 2156 is definitely Big Boy's competitor (UP Big Boy Tractive Effort: 135,275 lbs). Here is N&W 2156 being moved in Buycyrus OH, from being on static display in Roanoke VA. It was being moved back to the National Museum of Transportation in St Louis, MO, after the 5 year loan expired being on static display Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Big Boy's Competor - N&W Y6A 2-8-8-2 #2156 - Norfolk Southern - Bucyrus OH
6/12/20 - Built in 1942, with 5,600 HP & 166,000 lbs of tractive effort, N&W 2156 is definitely Big Boy's competitor (UP Big Boy Tractive Effort: 135,275 lbs). Here is N&W 2156 being moved in Buycyrus OH, from being on static display in Roanoke VA. It was being moved back to the National Museum of Transportation in St Louis, MO, after the 5 year loan expired being on static display Virginia Museum of Transportation.