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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. 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).

4. 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]

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. Roanoke station (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   Its unbuilt southern section was eventually completed as the Roanoke and Southern Railroad (the "Punkin Vine") in 1892 and immediately leased to the N&W. [6] In 1905, the N&W constructed a station to replace the half-century-old depot. The Virginian Railway was completed in 1909; a competitor to the N&W, it ran along a separate route along the ...

7. Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1867–1890) - Wikipedia

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   Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882, extending up the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and to connect with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).