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  2. Norfolk and Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    The N&W was famous for manufacturing its own steam locomotives, which were built at the Roanoke Shops, as well as its own hopper cars. After 1960, N&W was the last major Class I railroad using steam locomotives; the last remaining Y class 2-8-8-2s would eventually be retired in 1961.

  3. Norfolk and Western Railway Company Historic District

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    In 1992 N&W's successor Norfolk Southern moved into a new office building in Downtown Roanoke and donated the former offices to a nonprofit foundation. [5] The two wings comprising GOB–South were converted to upscale apartments in 2002, [5] while GOB–North is the home of the Roanoke Higher Education Center. [6]

  4. List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines - Wikipedia

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    Former N&W line and it was called Whitethorne District under N&W ownership. [25] Winston-Salem District (or Roanoke to Winston-Salem) [23] Roanoke, Virginia: Winston-Salem, North Carolina: The line is a former N&W line and assumed its current name under N&W ownership. [29] Norfolk Terminal (Lamberts Point to Canal Drive) Norfolk, Virginia ...

  5. Norfolk and Western 2156 - Wikipedia

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    In 1930 and 1931, the N&W turned out their Y5 class 2-8-8-2's (Nos. 2090-2109) from their East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia. [3] The Y5s were step-up designs of the previous Y4 class locomotives, which, in turn, were copies of the United States Railroad Administration 's (USRA) 2-8-8-2 design , but the Y5s were developed to the point they ...

  6. List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives - Wikipedia

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    Roanoke Machine Works, Baldwin, Rogers : 1888-1896: 140: 1: 558-564 ex Shenandoah Valley Railroad 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 ...

  7. Roanoke Shops - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Shops (comprising the main East End Shops and the West Roanoke Yard and shops at Shaffers Crossing) is a railroad workshop and maintenance facility in Roanoke, Virginia. Between 1884 and 1953, the shops produced 447 steam locomotives, all for the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).

  8. Norfolk Terminal Station - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk Terminal Station was a railroad union station located in Norfolk, Virginia, which served passenger trains and provided offices for the Norfolk and Western Railway, the original Norfolk Southern Railway (a regional carrier in Virginia and North Carolina which became part of and later lent its name to the much larger company known as Norfolk Southern in the 1980s) and the Virginian Railway.

  9. Frederick J. Kimball - Wikipedia

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    Dated March 27, 1895. Lease of Shops at Roanoke, Va., from March 1, 1895, for six months. Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, George F. Tyler, and Frederick J. Kimball. Records. 1881. Abstract: The Norfolk and Western Railroad was organized in 1881, growing directly out of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad.

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