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A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.
The railroad operates passenger excursion trains using GVRR 2248, 4-6-0, (CLW 1896) steam locomotive and GVRR 2199 to pull its 1920s-era Victorian coaches. Since early 2016, GVRR 2248 has been out of service for overhaul. Two additional diesel locomotives, GVRR 2014 and GVRR 2016 are also used.
The locomotive is a 1908 Milwaukee Road I-5 switcher steam engine, believed to be the last of its kind, preserved under a shed roof. [6] IN-02 New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 765: 1944 built New Haven, IN: IA-01 Great Northern Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1355: 4-6-0 then 4-6-2: 1909 built 1924 rebuilt 2004 NRHP
[2] [3] When the train was running at 58 mph (93 km/h) near the Great Dismal Swamp in Suffolk, Virginia, two of the passenger cars struck a faulty switch on the main line derailing them and the other 12 passenger cars with them. [4] The locomotive, first six cars, and last two cars stayed on the rails undamaged.
The 4-6-6-4 locomotives (Nos. 903 and 904) were purchased from the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway and sold back between 1946 and 1950. Diesel Locomotives
American Locomotive Company (ALCO) FEF-3 4-8-4 In storage as source of spare parts Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming: 844: December 1944 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) FEF-3 4-8-4 Operational Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming: 1242: T-57 4-6-0 Static display 1243: October 1890 T-57 4-6-0 Static display 2005: April 1911
Between 1911 and 1917, 182 Ms class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the American Locomotive Company, and the Lima Locomotive Works, to haul freight trains for the Southern Railway (SOU) and were numbered in the 4501-4635, 6250-6284, and 6600-6611 series.
The roster includes two C-19 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Denver & Rio Grande in 1881. When retired from service in Colorado, they were D&RGW No. 340 Green River (formerly D&RG #400, named Gold Nugget No. 40 for many years on the GT&C) from the Denver & Rio Grande Western and RGS No. 41 Red Cliff (recently renamed Walter K at the 60th ...