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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Blue Ridge conqueror

Blue Ridge conqueror

By Brian Schmidt | September 1, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Large smoking steam locomotive climbs upgrade with train on curve

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 No. 2174 climbs Blue Ridge Mountain east of Roanoke, Va., on Sept. 11, 1958. The railroad had 227 locomotives of the wheel arrangement in 10 classes. Ken Murry photo

Blue Ridge conqueror

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 No. 2174 climbs Blue Ridge Mountain east of Roanoke, Va., on Sept. 11, 1958. The railroad had 227 locomotives of the wheel arrangement in 10 classes. Ken Murry photo

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