Features & Benefits
- Y6b was the final refinement of the 2-8-8-2 design and the workhorse of the Norfolk & Western railroad.
- Equipped with roller bearings, outside frame lead truck, and 5,500 horsepower.
- Maintenance records show superior time available for assignment compared to predecessors.
- Even in 1959, 50 of the Y6s were still running, and the last of the Class Ys were retired in 1960.
- Broadway Limited is producing the Y6b models in N scale with various paint schemes.
