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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. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of Virginia railroads - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad: N&W: 1896 1896 Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad: N&W: 1851 1871 Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad: Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad: N&W: 1896 1896 Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk and Sewalls Point Railroad: NS: 1872 1882 Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad ...

  7. Roanoke Shops - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke (East End) Shops in 2004. 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).

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