Big and Little

The era of steam, on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia. In the foreground is No. 6, the Model G, 2-8-0 locomotive that ran the Virginia Creeper line from Abingdon, Virginia to Elkland, North Carolina. In the background is No. 2156, the Model Y6A, 2-8-8-2 locomotive, that ran primarily in the mountainous areas of the Norfolk & Western railroad network on the east coast. No. 2156 is the sole surviving example of that Model locomotive that was built.

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