I know the Union Pacific used Y3's during WW2, not sure about Western Pacific I know they had their own mallets but i am not sure if the are of N&W origin.
That's correct. The Western Pacific had some big 2-8-8-2s but they didn't come from the N&W.
The N&W did sell 19 of its older Y-3 2-8-8-2 Mallets to other roads during World War II, including the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and the Pennsylvania RR. After war's end, the Virginian bought 6 of the used Y-3s from the Santa Fe, rebuilt them in their Princeton shops, and operated them for another 7-8 years, so they lasted until the end of the steam era. One of the third-hand Y-3s (VGN #701) was involved in a wreck in 1949 and was rebuilt (again) by the Princeton Shops and then put back in service.



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