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A company photographer prepares to shoot a portrait of the N&W Class Y6b #2171,
a mammoth 2-8-8-2 built in 1948 at the Roanoke Shops.
(N&W post card photo courtesy Fred Reburn)

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Class J 4-8-4 Passenger Locomotive
Brand new Class J #600 poses in 1941 for a publicity portrait (N&W photo - courtesy Wendall Russell)	Bound for the scrap yard, Class J #600 leaves Kinney Yard in Lynchburg dead in tow on August 22, 1959. (photo by G. Howard Gregory)

Class K2 4-8-2 Passenger Locomotive
K2 #122 on eastbound passenger train at Lynchburg, Va. (photo by Walter Dunnam - 1940's)	Streamlined K2 #123 at Richmond's Union Station (August 1956 - courtesy Fred Reburn)

Class Y3 2-8-8-2 Freight Locomotive	Class Y6 2-8-8-2 Freight Locomotive
Y3 #2041 at Island Yard, Lynchburg, Va. (photo by Walter Dunnam - 1940's)	Y6 #2136 at Wilcox, West Virginia (12/17/59 - Howard W. Ameling)

Class Z1, W2 and M Freight Locomotives	Class A 2-6-6-4 Freight Locomotive
Z1 #1443, W2 #701 and M #445 at Island Yard, Lynchburg, Va. (photo by Walter Dunnam - 1940's)	Class A #1218 in original service. This locomotive was saved from the scrapyard, restored in the 1980's and returned to service for use in steam excursions. (courtesy Fred Reburn)

Class K2a 4-8-2 Passenger Locomotive	Class M2 4-8-0 Freight Locomotive
K2a #127 westbound, Lynchburg, Va. Rivermont Bridge in background (N&W photo - courtesy Fred Reburn)	Experimental M2 #1100 (N&W photo - courtesy Fred Reburn)

Class TE1 6-6-6-6 Experimental Steam Turbine & Electric Drive Freight Locomotive
One-of-a-kind experimental steam turbine Locomotive #2300, built in 1954 (courtesy Fred Reburn)

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