This is a list of locomotives that have worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Image | N&W<br>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arrangement | Fleet number(s) | Manufacturer Serial numbers | Year made | Quantity made | Quantity preserved | Year(s) withdrawn | Comments | |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 | ||||||||||
86–90 | 1902,1904 | 5 | 0 | 1928 | ||||||
A (3rd) | 1200–1243 | 1936–1950 | 44 | 1 | 1958–1961 | 1218 preserved, sole remaining 2-6-6-4 in existence, A 1204 scrapped in 1942 after suffering a boiler explosion | ||||
61–70 | 1898,1904 | 10 | 0 | 1933–1934 | Cross-compound, simpled 1909–1912, 61 displayed 1904 St Louis World's Fair | |||||
42-55 | 1881-1883 | 14 | 0 | 43-50 renumbered 539-548, 42 to Virginia Carolina Ry 1, returned to N&W 1 | ||||||
38-41,206-210,401-404 | 1889-1891 | 17 | 0 | 206-210,401-404 renumbered 42-50 2nd | ||||||
531-548 | 1880-1881 | 18 | 0 | ex Shenango Valley RR 20-29,34-41 | ||||||
595–599 | 1905 | 5 | 0 | 1934-1939 | ||||||
580–594 | 1907 | 15 | 0 | 1934–1939 | ||||||
564–579 | 1910 | 16 | 1 | 1942-1958 | All rebuilt into E2a, 578 preserved | |||||
553–563 | Baldwin (6), Roanoke Shops (5) | 1912 | 11 | 0 | 1934–1957 | |||||
543–552 | 1913–1914 | 10 | 0 | 1934–1939 | ||||||
500–504 | 1913 | 5 | 0 | 1944–1949 | ||||||
1-26,146-187 | 1886-1888 | 58 | 0 | |||||||
2-3 (2nd) | 1906,1908 | 2 | 0 | ex Virginia Carolina Ry 2-3 | ||||||
188-200,211-314,346-351,558-564 | 1888-1896 | 140 | 1 | 558-564 ex Shenango Valley RR 51-57, 200 renumbered 210 (2nd), 219,229,235,199 renumbered 303-306 (2nd), 350-351 renumbered 207-208 (2nd) N&W #305 purchased by Matheson Alkali Works in 1921. Renumbered #11 On display in Saltville, VA. Oldest surviving N&W locomotive in existence. | ||||||
352-358 | 1897 | 7 | 2 | 1912–1955 | renumbered 200-206, 203,205,200-201 to Virginia Carolina Ry 4-7, returned to N&W 4-7, 6 and 7 preserved, 204,206 renumbered 301-302 (2nd) | |||||
56-61,98-106 | 1883 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
107-125,549-557 | 1883-1885 | 28 | 0 | 549-557 ex Shenango Valley RR 42-50, all rebuilt to 0-8-0 | ||||||
510-513 | 1879-1880 | 4 | 0 | 1900 | ex Shenango Valley RR 2-5 | |||||
600–606 | 1903–1904 | 7 | 0 | 1931–1935 | ||||||
600–613 | 1941–1950 | 14 | 1 | 1958–1959 | 605–610 built unstreamlined as J1; 611 preserved | |||||
27-28,32,34,36 | 1878-1881 | 5 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio RR 27-28,32,34,36, renumbered 523-527 | ||||||
100–115 | 1916–1917 | 16 | 0 | 1957–1958 | ||||||
116–125 | 1919 | 10 | 0 | 1957–1959 | USRA Heavy Mountain | |||||
126–137 | 1923 | 12 | 0 | 1958–1959 | ||||||
200–209 | 1926 | 10 | 0 | 1944–1945 | Sold to RF&P and D&RGW | |||||
126-128 | 1885 | 3 | 0 | renumbered 135-137 | ||||||
94-95 | 1883 | 2 | 0 | redesignated class O-19 | ||||||
375–499 | Alco-Richmond (75), Baldwin (50) | 1906–1907 | 125 | 2 | 1926–1958 | 433 and 475 preserved | ||||
1000–1099 | Alco-Richmond (50), Baldwin (50) | 1907 | 100 | 4 | 1926–1947 | |||||
1100–1149 | 1910 | 50 | 2 | 1950–1957 | 1118 and 1134 preserved | |||||
1150–1152 | 1911 | 3 | 0 | 1950–1956 | 1151 preserved | |||||
1153–1154 | 1911 | 2 | 0 | 1950–1956 | ||||||
1155–1160 | 1911–1912 | 6 | 1 | 1952–1957 | ||||||
29-31,33,35,37,201-205 | 1887-1888 | 11 | 0 | 201-205 renumbered 28,31 (2nd),32,34,36, 29,30,33,35,36 rebuilt to N-1) | ||||||
69 | Mason/AM&O Shops | 1873 | 1 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio 69 | |||||
501-504 | Rogers | 1873 | 4 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 5-8 | |||||
505-506 | Brooks | 1873 | 2 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 9-10 | |||||
507-508 | Portland | 1880 | 2 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 11-12, 508 to B&CC RR, returned to N&W as 503 (2nd) | |||||
509 | Rhode Island | 1878 | 1 | 0 | ex Shenango Valley 1 | |||||
519-520 | Pittsburgh | 1877 | 2 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 1-2 | |||||
521-522 | Pittsburgh | 1878 | 2 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 3-4 | |||||
523 | Baldwin | 1872 | 1 | 0 | ex Scitoo Valley 13 | |||||
524-527 | Schenectady | 1882 | 4 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 14-17 | |||||
528-529 | Baldwin | 1887 | 2 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 20-21 | |||||
530 | Baldwin | 1888 | 1 | 0 | ex Scioto Valley 22 | |||||
701 | Baldwin | 1872 | 1 | 0 | ex Roanoke Southern 1 | |||||
702 | Baldwin | 1889 | 1 | 0 | ex Roanoke Southern 2, renumbered 501 (2nd) | |||||
703,706 | Pittsburgh | 1890-1891 | 2 | 0 | ex Roanoke Southern 3,6, renumbered 502,508 (2nd) | |||||
704-705 | Pittsburgh | 1881 | 2 | 0 | ex Roanoke Southern 4-5, renumbered 505-506 (2nd) | |||||
707-709 | Baldwin | 1889 | 3 | 0 | ex Lynchburg & Durham 2-4, 707,709 renumbered 509-510 (2nd) | |||||
710-711 | Baldwin | 1889 | 2 | 0 | ex Lynchburg & Durham 5-6, renumbered 511-512 (2nd) | |||||
94-95 | Baldwin | 1883 | 2 | 0 | formerly class M (1st), renumbered 519-520 (2nd) | |||||
713-715 | Baldwin, Hinkley | 1887-1888 | 3 | 0 | ex Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia 1-3, renumbered 513,519,520 (2nd) | |||||
716-717 | New York | 1888 | 2 | 0 | ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 10-11, renumbered 521-522 (2nd) | |||||
718-719 | New York | 1888 | 2 | 0 | ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 12-13, renumbered 531-532 (2nd) | |||||
720 | Altoona Shops | 1871 | 1 | 0 | ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 14, renumbered 534 (2nd) | |||||
721-722 | Baldwin | 1890 | 2 | 0 | ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 15-16, renumbered 535-536 (2nd) | |||||
500,543-544 | Baldwin | 1881 | 2 | 0 | 543-544 formerly class E (1st), 500 ex Big Sandy East Lynn & Guyon RR 7, formerly N&W 545 | |||||
723-724 | Logansport Shops | 1890 | 2 | 0 | ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 17-18, renumbered 537,539 (2nd) | |||||
91 | Richmond | 1904 | 1 | 0 | ex Virginia Anthracite Coal & Ry 2 | |||||
548 | Baldwin | 1882 | 1 | 0 | ex 50, renumbered 54 (2nd) | |||||
132-137, 141-145 | Baldwin | 1887,1890 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
514-518 | Baldwin | 1881-1882 | 5 | 0 | ex Shenango Valley 6-10 | |||||
129-131, 395-400 | 1885,1893 | 9 | 0 | 395-400 renumbered 92-97 (2nd) | ||||||
138-140 | Rogers | 1888 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
255–284 | 1948 | 30 | 0 | 1958–1960 | ex-C&O C-16 class 255–284, acquired c.1950 | |||||
200–244 | 1951–1953 | 45 | 0 | 1958–1960 |
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315–345 | 1893-94 | 31 | 0 | 341-345 reclassified Ta, then T2, then T3, 316,324,331,333,338 reclassified T1 | ||||||
71-85 | Baldwin | 1892 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
950–961 | 1900 | 12 | 0 | 1929–1948 | ||||||
962–966 | 1902 | 5 | 0 | 1929–1933 | ||||||
800–829 | 1898–1899 | 30 | 0 | 1926–1934 | 800-822,824-829 reclassified W1, 823 reclassified W3, 800,802,804,806,809,821,825 rebuilt to 0-8-0t, reclassified W5 | |||||
830–842, 844–865, 870-879 | 1900–1901 | 44 | 0 | 1926–1934 | 830,834,839,842,860 rebuilt to 0-8-0t, reclassified W5 | |||||
673–799, 843, 866–869, 880-949 | Roanoke Shops, Baldwin, Richmond, Cooke | 1901–1905 | 202 | 1 | 1926–1953 | 776 reclassified W4 | ||||
990–994 | 1910 | 5 | 0 | 1934 | ||||||
995–999 | 1910 | 5 | 0 | 1924 | ||||||
1700–1704 | 1918–1921 | 5 | 0 | 1946–1951 | rebuilt to Y2a | |||||
1711–1730 | 1919 | 20 | 0 | 1948–1951 | rebuilt to Y2a | |||||
1705–1710 | 1924 | 6 | 0 | 1948–1949 | ||||||
2000–2044 | 1919 | 45 | 0 | 1957–1958 | ||||||
2045–2049 | 1919 | 5 | 0 | 1957–1958 | ||||||
Y3a | 2050–2079 | 1923 | 30 | 1 | 1958–1959 | 2050 preserved | ||||
2080–2089 | 1927 | 10 | 0 | 1958 | re-classed Y4 in 1927 | |||||
2090–2099 (rebuilt as 2110-2119)[1] 2100-2109 | 1930–1932 | 20 | 0 | 1958–1960 | re-classed Y5. Engines 2090-2099 were rebuilt and renumbered 2110-2119 in years 1940-1941, except 2092 wrecked | |||||
2120–2154 | 1936–1940 | 35 | 0 | 1958–1961 | N&W Y6 2153 scrapped after suffering a boiler explosion. | |||||
2155–2170 | 1942 | 16 | 1 | 1958–1961 | 2156 preserved | |||||
2171–2200 | 1948–1952 | 30 | 0 | 1958–1961 | 2174 was the last steam locomotive to be withdrawn in the USA. | |||||
Y7 | 2-8-8-2 | - | - | Never built | 0 | - | Never built | Never built[2] | ||
1300–1314 | 1912 | 10 | 0 | 1934 | ||||||
1315–1489 | 1912–1918 | 175 | 0 | 1934–1958 | 1331–1489 rebuilt to Z1b, 1399 rebuilt to Z2 | |||||
Steam turbine-electric locomotive | ||||||||||
C+C-C+C | 2300 | 1954 | 1 | 0 | 1958 | Nicknamed "Jawn Henry" | ||||
Tank locomotives | ||||||||||
92-93 | 1883 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
96-97 | 1883 | 2 | 0 | 96 redesignated class O-18 | ||||||
256 | 1890 | 1 | 0 | rebuilt from class G 2-8-0 256 | ||||||
96 | 1883 | 1 | 0 | formerly class B (1st) | ||||||
27 | 1883 | 1 | 0 | ex Baldwin Machine Works 1 | ||||||
800,802,804,806,809,821,825,830,834,839,842,860 | Roanoke Shops (rebuilder) | 1945 | 12 | 0 | 1959 | reclassified W6, 800,809,821,830 renumbered 10-13 | ||||
Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | ||||||||||
none | 1-3,6-11,13-18,20 | 1867-1870 | 16 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio (Eastern Division) same numbers, 2,8,14-18,20 renumbered 4-5,52,26,29,30,38,39 | |||||
none | 2,8,12,14-24 | 1864-1870 | 14 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio (Western Division) same numbers | |||||
none | 31,33,35,37,40,41 | 1858-1859 | 6 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio (Western Division) same numbers | |||||
none | 25,27-28,32,34,36 | 1878-1881 | 6 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio same numbers | |||||
none | 62-91 | 1871-1873 | 30 | 0 | ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio same numbers, 79,81 renumbered 69,70 (2nd),69 to class O-1 |
Image | N&W<br>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 | |||||||||
(1-B+B-1)+(1-B+B-1) | E1 to E24 renumbered 2500A&B to 2511A&B (not in order) | 1914–1915 | 12 | 0 | 1950 | 3,211 hp (2.39 MW) | |||
(1-D-1)+(1-D-1) | 2512 to 2515 | 1924 | 4 | 0 | 1950 | 4,750 hp (3.54 MW) | |||
Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | |||||||||
1-D-1 | 100ABC to 111ABC | 1925–1926 | 36 | 0 | 1962 | 2,000 hp (1.49 MW) | |||
(B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) | 125A&B to 128A&B renumbered 221 to 228 (not in order) by N&W | 1948 | 4 | 0 | 1962 | 6,800 hp (5,100 kW) | |||
C-C | 130 to 141 renumbered N&W 230 to 241 | 1956–1957 | 12 | 1 | 1962 | 3,300 hp (2,500 kW) | |||
Model | Wheel arrangement | Fleet number(s) | Year made | Quantity acquired | Comments |
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B-B | 92–99 | 1955–1956 | 8 | Renumbered 307–300 in 1956 | |
B-B | 308–406 | 1956–1961 | 99 | ||
B-B | 407–412 | 1962 | 6 | ||
B-B | 10–49 | 1959 | 40 | 40–41 sold to Chesapeake Western Railway 10–11 | |
B-B | 500–521 | 1957–1958 | 22 | Passenger units, painted maroon | |
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. | |
B-B | 10–13 | 1955 | 4 | Renumbered 710–713 in 1956 | |
B-B | 714–761 | 1956–1957 | 48 | ||
B-B | 762–767 (1st) | 1957 | 6 | Passenger units, renumbered 500–505 | |
B-B | 766–767 (2nd) | 1957 | 2 | ex-Winston-Salem Southbound Railway 1500–1501 | |
B-B | 768–914 | 1957–1959 | 147 | ||
B-B | 915–962 | 1959–1961 | 48 | ||
B-B | 522–565 | 1962 | 44 | ||
B-B | 200–239 | 1963–1964 | 40 | ||
B-B | 1300–1328 | 1964–1965 | 29 | 1300-1301 (low short hood) ordered by P&WV, 1302-1308 (low short hood, no dynamic brakes) ordered by Wabash | |