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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.
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]
Former WAB line which was passed to N&W and was called Detroit District under N&W ownership. It is formerly known as Detroit to Montpelier—3rd District (or Montpelier to Detroit−3rd District) under WAB. Part of Detroit to Peru (or Detroit and Huntington District [8]), a former N&W rail corridor. [7] [9] Huntington District: Peru, Indiana ...
One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917. This is a list of railway industry occupations, but it also includes transient functional job titles according to activity. [1]
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).
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.
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.
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 ...