On this day in April 1952, #2200, the last of the aforementioned Y6b class locomotives left the Roanoke Shops.
It is rumored that at least two Y6b locomotives survived into the late 1970s in a Roanoke scrapyard, but ultimately fell to the unyielding torches of the murderous maw which demands the sacrifice of history. Yes, I'm waxing either maudlin or grotesque, but blast it, Biggs, where were the Claytor brothers when you needed them?
The only surviving Y-class locomotive resides far from home, in the National Transportation Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. When I'm King of the World---with apologies to James Cameron---Y6a #2156 will be returned to her proper place with #611 and #1218 under the Claytor Pavilion at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Posted by Country Pundit at April 14, 2005 05:17 PM