List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives
This is a list of locomotives that have worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Steam locomotives
N&W class | Wheel arrangement | Fleet number(s) | Manufacturer Serial numbers | Year made | Quantity made | Quantity preserved | Year(s) withdrawn | Comments |
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Tender locomotives | ||||||||
A (1st) | 4-6-0 | 86–90 | Baldwin | 1902–1904 | 5 | 0 | 1928 | |
A (2nd) | 2-6-6-4 | 1200–1242 | Roanoke Shops | 1936–1950 | 43 | 1 | 1958–1961 | 1218 preserved |
B | 2-8-0 | 61–70 | Baldwin | 1898–1904 | 10 | 0 | 1933–1934 | Cross-compound, simpled 1909–1912 |
E | 4-6-2 | 595–599 | Alco-Richmond | 1905 | 5 | 0 | 1934-1939 | |
E1 | 4-6-2 | 580–594 | Baldwin | 1907 | 15 | 0 | 1934–1939 | |
E2 | 4-6-2 | 564–579 | Alco-Richmond | 1910 | 16 | 1 | 1942-1958 | All rebuilt into E2a, 578 preserved |
E2a | 4-6-2 | 553–563 | Baldwin (6), Roanoke Shops (5) | 1912 | 11 | 0 | 1934–1957 | |
E2b | 4-6-2 | 543–552 | Roanoke Shops | 1913–1914 | 10 | 0 | 1934–1939 | |
E3 | 4-6-2 | 500–504 | Baldwin | 1913 | 5 | 0 | 1934–1939 | ex PRR K3a |
F | 2-8-0 | Roanoke Machine Works | 1880s/1890s | 50 | 0 | |||
G | 2-8-0 | Roanoke Machine Works | 1880s/1890s | 81 | 1 | |||
G1 | 2-8-0 | Baldwin | 1897 | 7 | 2 | 1912–1955 | #6 and #7 preserved | |
I | 2-8-0 | Roanoke Machine Works | 1880s/1890s | 9 | 0 | |||
J (1st) | 4-4-0 | Baldwin | 1879 | 0 | 1900 | |||
J (2nd) | 4-4-2 | 600–606 | Baldwin | 1903–1904 | 7 | 0 | 1931–1935 | |
J (3rd) | 4-8-4 | 600–613 | Roanoke Shops | 1941–1950 | 14 | 1 | 1958–1959 | 605–610 built unstreamlined as J1; 611 preserved |
K1 | 4-8-2 | 100–115 | Roanoke Shops | 1916–1917 | 16 | 0 | 1957–1958 | |
K2 | 4-8-2 | 116–125 | Alco-Brooks | 1919 | 10 | 0 | 1957–1959 | USRA Heavy Mountain |
K2a | 4-8-2 | 126–137 | Baldwin | 1923 | 12 | 0 | 1958–1959 | |
K3 | 4-8-2 | 200–209 | Roanoke Shops | 1926 | 10 | 0 | 1944–1945 | Sold to RF&P and D&RGW |
L | 4-6-0 | Roanoke Machine Works | 1880s/1890s | 3 | 0 | |||
M | 4-8-0 | 375–499 | Alco-Richmond (75), Baldwin (50) | 1906–1907 | 125 | 2 | 1926–1958 | 433 and 475 preserved |
M1 | 4-8-0 | 1000–1099 | Alco-Richmond (50), Baldwin (50) | 1907 | 100 | 4 | 1926–1947 | |
M2 | 4-8-0 | 1100–1149 | Baldwin | 1910 | 50 | 2 | 1950–1957 | 1118 and 1134 preserved |
M2a | 4-8-0 | 1150–1152 | Roanoke Shops | 1911 | 3 | 0 | 1950–1956 | 1151 preserved |
M2b | 4-8-0 | 1153–1154 | Roanoke Shops | 1911 | 2 | 0 | 1950–1956 | |
M2c | 4-8-0 | 1155–1160 | Roanoke Shops | 1911–1912 | 6 | 1 | 1952–1957 | |
R | 0-6-0 | Roanoke Machine Works | 1880s/1890s | 9 | 0 | |||
S1 | 0-8-0 | 255–284 | Baldwin | 1948 | 30 | 0 | 1958–1960 | ex-C&O C-16 class 255–284, acquired c.1950 |
S1a | 0-8-0 | 200–244 | Roanoke Shops | 1951–1953 | 45 | 0 | 1958–1960 | |
V | 4-6-0 | 950–961 | Baldwin | 1900 | 12 | 0 | 1929–1948 | |
V1 | 4-6-0 | 962–966 | Alco-Richmond | 1902 | 5 | 0 | 1929–1933 | |
W | 2-8-0 | 800–829 | Baldwin | 1898–1899 | 30 | 0 | 1926–1934 | |
W1 | 2-8-0 | 830–842, 844–865 | Roanoke Shops, Baldwin, Alco-Richmond | 1900–1901 | 34 | 0 | 1926–1934 | 5 rebuilt to 0-8-0T |
W2 | 2-8-0 | 673–799, 843, 866–949 | Roanoke Shops, Baldwin | 1901–1905 | 212 | 1 | 1926–1953 | 917 preserved |
X1 | 0-8-8-0 | 990–994 | Alco-Schenectady | 1910 | 5 | 0 | 1934 | |
Y1 | 2-8-8-2 | 995–999 | Baldwin | 1910 | 5 | 0 | 1924 | |
Y2 | 2-8-8-2 | 1700–1704 | Roanoke Shops | 1918–1921 | 5 | 0 | 1946–1951 | rebuilt to Y2a |
Y2 | 2-8-8-2 | 1711–1730 | Baldwin | 1919 | 20 | 0 | 1948–1951 | rebuilt to Y2a |
Y2a | 2-8-8-2 | 1705–1710 | Roanoke Shops | 1924 | 6 | 0 | 1948–1949 | |
Y3 | 2-8-8-2 | 2000–2044 | Alco-Schenectady | 1919 | 45 | 0 | 1957–1958 | |
Y3 | 2-8-8-2 | 2045–2049 | Baldwin | 1919 | 5 | 0 | 1957–1958 | |
Y3a | 2-8-8-2 | 2050–2079 | Alco-Richmond | 1923 | 30 | 1 | 1958–1959 | 2050 presevered |
Y3b/Y4 | 2-8-8-2 | 2080–2089 | Alco-Richmond | 1927 | 10 | 0 | 1958 | re-classed Y4 in 1927 |
Y4a/Y5 | 2-8-8-2 | 2090–2119 | Roanoke Shops | 1930–1932 | 30 | 0 | 1958–1960 | re-classed Y5 |
Y6 | 2-8-8-2 | 2120–2154 | Roanoke Shops | 1936–1940 | 35 | 0 | 1958–1961 | |
Y6a | 2-8-8-2 | 2155–2170 | Roanoke Shops | 1942 | 16 | 1 | 1958–1961 | 2156 preserved |
Y6b | 2-8-8-2 | 2171–2200 | Roanoke Shops | 1948–1952 | 30 | 0 | 1958–1961 | Last steam locomotive built in the USA, 2174 was the last steam locomotive to be withdrawn in the USA. Replica of No. 2174 planned. |
Z1 | 2-6-6-2 | 1300–1314 | Alco-Richmond | 1912 | 10 | 0 | 1934 | |
Z1a | 2-6-6-2 | 1315–1489 | Alco-Richmond, Baldwin | 1912–1918 | 175 | 0 | 1934–1958 | 1331–1489 rebuilt to Z1b, 1399 rebuilt to Z2 |
Steam turbine-electric locomotive | ||||||||
TE | C+C-C+C | 2300 | Baldwin & Westinghouse | 1954 | 1 | 0 | 1958 | Nicknamed "Jawn Henry" |
Tank locomotives | ||||||||
W6 | 0-8-0T | 800s | Roanoke Shops (rebuilder) | 1945 | 10 | 0 | 1959 | Shop switcher |
Electric locomotives
N&W class | Wheel arrangement | Fleet number(s) | Manufacturer Serial numbers | Year made | Quantity made | Quantity preserved | Year(s) withdrawn | Comments |
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Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | ||||||||
LC-1 | (1-B+B-1)+(1-B+B-1) | E1 to E24 renumbered 2500A&B to 2511A&B (not in order) | Baldwin & Westinghouse | 1914–1915 | 12 | 0 | 1950 | 3,211 hp (2.39 MW) |
LC-2 | (1-D-1)+(1-D-1) | 2512 to 2515 | Alco & Westinghouse | 1924 | 4 | 0 | 1950 | 4,750 hp (3.54 MW) |
Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | ||||||||
EL-3A | 1-D-1 | 100ABC to 111ABC | Alco & Westinghouse | 1925–1926 | 36 | 1962 | 2,000 hp (1.49 MW) | |
EL-2B | (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) | 125A&B to 128A&B renumbered 221 to 228 (not in order) by N&W | General Electric | 1948 | 4 | 1962 | 6,800 hp (5,100 kW) | |
EL-C | C-C | 130 to 141 renumbered N&W 230 to 241 | General Electric | 1956–1957 | 12 | 1 | 1962 | 3,300 hp (2,500 kW) |
Diesel locomotives
Diesel locomotives acquired prior to 1964 mergers (all retired during mid 70s to mid 80s)
Model | Wheel arrangement | Fleet number(s) | Year made | Quantity acquired | Comments |
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ALCO RS-3 | B-B | 92–99 | 1955–1956 | 8 | Renumbered 307–300 in 1956 |
ALCO RS-11 | B-B | 308–406 | 1956–1961 | 99 | |
ALCO RS-36 | B-B | 407–412 | 1962 | 6 | |
ALCO T-6 | B-B | 10–49 | 1959 | 40 | 40–41 sold to Chesapeake Western Railway 10–11 |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 500–521 | 1957–1958 | 22 | Passenger units, painted maroon |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 620–699 | 1958–1959 | 80 | N&W 620 remains in operation at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Originally in the black freight color scheme, she was repainted to tuscan in 1986 to reflect her role in pulling the museum's passenger train. |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 10–13 | 1955 | 4 | Renumbered 710–713 in 1956 |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 714–761 | 1956–1957 | 48 | |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 762–767 (1st) | 1957 | 6 | Passenger units, renumbered 500–505 |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 766–767 (2nd) | 1957 | 2 | ex-Winston-Salem Southbound Railway 1500–1501 |
EMD GP9 | B-B | 768–914 | 1957–1959 | 147 | |
EMD GP18 | B-B | 915–962 | 1959–1961 | 48 | |
EMD GP30 | B-B | 522–565 | 1962 | 44 | |
EMD GP35 | B-B | 200–239 | 1963–1964 | 40 | |
EMD GP35 | B-B | 1300–1328 | 1964–1965 | 29 | |
Diesel locomotives acquired through 1964 mergers
- ex Virginian Railway locomotives in 1959
- ex-Wabash Railway locomotives
- ex Nickel Plate Road locomotives
- ex Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad locomotives
- ex Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway locomotives
References
- King, E.W. in Drury, George H. (1983), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, pp. 295–307, ISBN 0-89024-206-2, LCCN 93041472
- Rosenberg, Ron; Archer, Eric H. (1973). Norfolk & Western Steam (The Last 25 Years). New York, NY: Quadrant Press, Inc.. pp. 11–16, 77–78. ISBN 0-915276-00-3.
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