The Norfolk and Western Y3 and Y3a classes were classes of 2-8-8-2 "Mallet" articulated steam locomotives, with a total of 80 locomotives built for the Norfolk and Western Railway between …

Class Y3/Y3a (USRA) (Locobase 1421) Data from N&W 3-1955 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange.

Norfolk and Western 2050 is a Y3a class 2-8-8-2 Compound Mallet steam locomotive built in March 1923 by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia Works for …

Dec 14, 2021 · These variants proved the largest single class of 2-8-8-2's the N&W ever rostered with eighty (2000-2079) in service by 1923; the first 50 were manufactured to USRA's …

It (and VGN Nos. 901–904) became Norfolk and Western Y3 class locomotives Nos. 2000–2004. The USRA 2-8-8-2 was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the …

These big locomotives developed over 100,000 pounds of tractive effort on their 16 57 inch drivers and weighed in at 240 tons. Alco, Baldwin and the N&W all built various examples of …

N&W Class Y3 Locomotive #2040 and dynamometer car #4900 with the 1921 test train of 8981 trailing tons on the 1.5 percent eastbound descending grade in Bluefield Yard. This test …

Each road has unique accessories, piping and tender as each road modified the 2-8-8-2s to their needs. This is the most accurate Y-3 produced in O scale.

The Norfolk and Western Y Classes are a Class of American Articulated Steam locomotive which is the 2-8-8-2 Locomotive Wheel Configuration type known as a Articulated Mallet . They were …

The Norfolk and Western No. 2050 is a Y3a class 2-8-8-2 type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond Works as a copy of the USRA 2-8-8-2s …