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The Norfolk and Western Railway (reporting mark NW), [1] commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia , for most of its existence.
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 ]
The Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District encompasses an historic industrial district of Norfolk, Virginia.Centered on the tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railroad between Bowden's Ferry Road and Monticello Avenue, it extends as much as three blocks north and south of the tracks, including within its bounds most of the industrial resources found in that area.
A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. In the late 1930s, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) K2 and K2a 4-8-2 "Mountains" could not handle the rising passenger traffic after the Great Depression abated, so the N&W sought a more powerful and fancy-looking passenger steam locomotive.
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.
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.
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).
No. 1218 is the sole survivor of the Norfolk and Western's class A locomotives and the only surviving 2-6-6-4 steam locomotive in the world. While smaller than Union Pacific's famous and more numerous "Challenger" class of 4-6-6-4 locomotives, Norfolk and Western's design racked up unmatched records of performance in service.