This is a list of locomotives that have worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway.

Steam locomotives

Image N&W
class		 Wheel
arrangement		 Fleet
number(s)		 Manufacturer
Serial numbers		 Year
made		 Quantity
made		 Quantity
preserved		 Year(s)
withdrawn		 Comments
Tender locomotives
A (2nd) 4-6-0 86–90 Baldwin 1902,1904 5 0 1928
A

(3rd)

2-6-6-4 1200–1243 Roanoke Shops 1936–1950 44 1 1958–1961 1218 preserved, A 1204 scrapped in 1942 after suffering a boiler explosion
B (2nd) 2-8-0 61–70 Baldwin 1898,1904 10 0 1933–1934 Cross-compound, simpled 1909–1912, 61 displayed 1904 St Louis World's Fair
C 4-6-0 42-55 Baldwin 1881-1883 14 0 43-50 renumbered 539-548, 42 to Virginia Carolina Ry 1, returned to N&W 1
D 4-6-0 38-41,206-210,401-404 Rogers 1889-1891 17 0 206-210,401-404 renumbered 42-50 2nd
E (1st) 4-6-0 531-548 Baldwin 1880-1881 18 0 ex Shenango Valley RR 20-29,34-41
E (2nd) 4-6-2 595–599 Alco-Richmond 1905 5 0 1934-1939
E1 4-6-2 580–594 Baldwin 1907 15 0 1934–1939
E2 4-6-2 564–579 Alco-Richmond 1910 16 1 1942-1958 All rebuilt into E2a, 578 preserved
E2a 4-6-2 553–563 Baldwin (6),
Roanoke Shops (5)		 1912 11 0 1934–1957
E2b 4-6-2 543–552 Roanoke Shops 1913–1914 10 0 1934–1939
E3 4-6-2 500–504 Baldwin 1913 5 0 1944–1949 ex PRR K3a
F 2-8-0 1-26,146-187 Roanoke Machine Works 1886-1888 58 0
F 2-8-0 2-3 (2nd) Baldwin 1906,1908 2 0 ex Virginia Carolina Ry 2-3
G 2-8-0 188-200,211-314,346-351,558-564 Roanoke Machine Works, Baldwin, Rogers 1888-1896 140 1 558-564 ex Shenango Valley RR 51-57, 200 renumbered 210 (2nd), 219,229,235,199 renumbered 303-306 (2nd), 350-351 renumbered 207-208 (2nd)
G1 2-8-0 352-358 Baldwin 1897 7 2 1912–1955 renumbered 200-206, 203,205,200-201 to Virginia Carolina Ry 4-7, returned to N&W 4-7, 6 and 7 preserved, 204,206 renumbered 301-302 (2nd)
H 4-6-0 56-61,98-106 Grant 1883 15 0
I 2-8-0 107-125,549-557 Baldwin, Roanoke Shops 1883-1885 28 0 549-557 ex Shenango Valley RR 42-50, all rebuilt to 0-8-0
J (1st) 4-4-0 510-513 Baldwin 1879-1880 4 0 1900 ex Shenango Valley RR 2-5
J (2nd) 4-4-2 600–606 Baldwin 1903–1904 7 0 1931–1935
J (3rd) 4-8-4 600–613 Roanoke Shops 1941–1950 14 1 1958–1959 605–610 built unstreamlined as J1; 611 preserved
K 4-4-0 27-28,32,34,36 Baldwin 1878-1881 5 0 ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio RR 27-28,32,34,36, renumbered 523-527
K1 4-8-2 100–115 Roanoke Shops 1916–1917 16 0 1957–1958
K2 4-8-2 116–125 Alco-Brooks 1919 10 0 1957–1959 USRA Heavy Mountain
K2a 4-8-2 126–137 Baldwin 1923 12 0 1958–1959
K3 4-8-2 200–209 Roanoke Shops 1926 10 0 1944–1945 Sold to RF&P and D&RGW
L 4-6-0 126-128 Roanoke Machine Works 1885 3 0 renumbered 135-137
M (1st) 4-4-0 94-95 Baldwin 1883 2 0 redesignated class O-19
M (2nd) 4-8-0 375–499 Alco-Richmond (75), Baldwin (50) 1906–1907 125 2 1926–1958 433 and 475 preserved
M1 4-8-0 1000–1099 Alco-Richmond (50), Baldwin (50) 1907 100 4 1926–1947
M2 4-8-0 1100–1149 Baldwin 1910 50 2 1950–1957 1118 and 1134 preserved
M2a 4-8-0 1150–1152 Roanoke Shops 1911 3 0 1950–1956 1151 preserved
M2b 4-8-0 1153–1154 Roanoke Shops 1911 2 0 1950–1956
M2c 4-8-0 1155–1160 Roanoke Shops 1911–1912 6 1 1952–1957
N 4-4-0 29-31,33,35,37,201-205 Baldwin, Rogers 1887-1888 11 0 201-205 renumbered 28,31 (2nd),32,34,36, 29,30,33,35,36 rebuilt to N-1)
O-1 4-4-0 69 Mason/AM&O Shops 1873 1 0 ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio 69
O-2 4-4-0 501-504 Rogers 1873 4 0 ex Scioto Valley 5-8
O-3 4-4-0 505-506 Brooks 1873 2 0 ex Scioto Valley 9-10
O-4 4-4-0 507-508 Portland 1880 2 0 ex Scioto Valley 11-12, 508 to B&CC RR, returned to N&W as 503 (2nd)
O-5 4-4-0 509 Rhode Island 1878 1 0 ex Shenango Valley 1
O-6 4-4-0 519-520 Pittsburgh 1877 2 0 ex Scioto Valley 1-2
O-7 4-4-0 521-522 Pittsburgh 1878 2 0 ex Scioto Valley 3-4
O-8 2-6-0 523 Baldwin 1872 1 0 ex Scitoo Valley 13
O-9 4-4-0 524-527 Schenectady 1882 4 0 ex Scioto Valley 14-17
O-10 2-6-0 528-529 Baldwin 1887 2 0 ex Scioto Valley 20-21
O-11 2-6-0 530 Baldwin 1888 1 0 ex Scioto Valley 22
O-12 4-4-0 701 Baldwin 1872 1 0 ex Roanoke Southern 1
O-13 4-4-0 702 Baldwin 1889 1 0 ex Roanoke Southern 2, renumbered 501 (2nd)
O-14 4-4-0 703,706 Pittsburgh 1890-1891 2 0 ex Roanoke Southern 3,6, renumbered 502,508 (2nd)
O-15 4-6-0 704-705 Pittsburgh 1881 2 0 ex Roanoke Southern 4-5, renumbered 505-506 (2nd)
O-16 4-4-0 707-709 Baldwin 1889 3 0 ex Lynchburg & Durham 2-4, 707,709 renumbered 509-510 (2nd)
O-17 4-6-0 710-711 Baldwin 1889 2 0 ex Lynchburg & Durham 5-6, renumbered 511-512 (2nd)
O-19 4-4-0 94-95 Baldwin 1883 2 0 formerly class M (1st), renumbered 519-520 (2nd)
O-20 4-4-0 713-715 Baldwin, Hinkley 1887-1888 3 0 ex Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia 1-3, renumbered 513,519,520 (2nd)
O-21 2-6-0 716-717 New York 1888 2 0 ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 10-11, renumbered 521-522 (2nd)
O-22 2-6-0 718-719 New York 1888 2 0 ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 12-13, renumbered 531-532 (2nd)
O-23 4-6-0 720 Altoona Shops 1871 1 0 ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 14, renumbered 534 (2nd)
O-24 4-6-0 721-722 Baldwin 1890 2 0 ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 15-16, renumbered 535-536 (2nd)
O-25 4-6-0 500,543-544 Baldwin 1881 2 0 543-544 formerly class E (1st), 500 ex Big Sandy East Lynn & Guyon RR 7, formerly N&W 545
O-26 4-6-0 723-724 Logansport Shops 1890 2 0 ex Cincinnati Portsmouth & Virginia 17-18, renumbered 537,539 (2nd)
O-28 2-6-2 91 Richmond 1904 1 0 ex Virginia Anthracite Coal & Ry 2
O-29 4-6-0 548 Baldwin 1882 1 0 ex 50, renumbered 54 (2nd)
P 0-6-0 132-137, 141-145 Baldwin 1887,1890 11 0
Q 4-4-0 514-518 Baldwin 1881-1882 5 0 ex Shenango Valley 6-10
R 0-6-0 129-131, 395-400 Roanoke Machine Works 1885,1893 9 0 395-400 renumbered 92-97 (2nd)
S 0-6-0 138-140 Rogers 1888 3 0
S1 0-8-0 255–284 Baldwin 1948 30 0 1958–1960 ex-C&O C-16 class 255–284, acquired c.1950
S1a 0-8-0 200–244 Roanoke Shops 1951–1953 45 0 1958–1960 #244 last steam locomotive built in the U.S. for domestic use (not counting a steam turbine electric locomotive constructed in 1954, see below)
T 2-8-0 315–345 Baldwin 1893-94 31 0 341-345 reclassified Ta, then T2, then T3, 316,324,331,333,338 reclassified T1
U 4-6-0 71-85 Baldwin 1892 15 0
V 4-6-0 950–961 Baldwin 1900 12 0 1929–1948
V1 4-6-0 962–966 Alco-Richmond 1902 5 0 1929–1933
W 2-8-0 800–829 Baldwin 1898–1899 30 0 1926–1934 800-822,824-829 reclassified W1, 823 reclassified W3, 800,802,804,806,809,821,825 rebuilt to 0-8-0t, reclassified W5
W1 2-8-0 830–842, 844–865, 870-879 Roanoke Shops, Baldwin, Alco-Richmond 1900–1901 44 0 1926–1934 830,834,839,842,860 rebuilt to 0-8-0t, reclassified W5
W2 2-8-0 673–799, 843, 866–869, 880-949 Roanoke Shops, Baldwin, Richmond, Cooke 1901–1905 202 1 1926–1953 776 reclassified W4
X1 0-8-8-0 990–994 Alco-Schenectady 1910 5 0 1934
Y1 2-8-8-2 995–999 Baldwin 1910 5 0 1924
Y2 2-8-8-2 1700–1704 Roanoke Shops 1918–1921 5 0 1946–1951 rebuilt to Y2a
Y2 2-8-8-2 1711–1730 Baldwin 1919 20 0 1948–1951 rebuilt to Y2a
Y2a 2-8-8-2 1705–1710 Roanoke Shops 1924 6 0 1948–1949
Y3 2-8-8-2 2000–2044 Alco-Schenectady 1919 45 0 1957–1958
Y3 2-8-8-2 2045–2049 Baldwin 1919 5 0 1957–1958
Y3a 2-8-8-2 2050–2079 Alco-Richmond 1923 30 1 1958–1959 2050 preserved
Y3b/Y4 2-8-8-2 2080–2089 Alco-Richmond 1927 10 0 1958 re-classed Y4 in 1927
Y4a/Y5 2-8-8-2 2090–2099 (rebuilt as 2110-2119)[1]

2100-2109

Roanoke Shops 1930–1932 20[1] 0 1958–1960 re-classed Y5. Engines 2090-2099 were rebuilt and renumbered 2110-2119 in years 1940-1941, except 2092 wrecked[1]
Y6 2-8-8-2 2120–2154 Roanoke Shops 1936–1940 35 0 1958–1961 N&W Y6 2153 scrapped after suffering a boiler explosion.
Y6a 2-8-8-2 2155–2170 Roanoke Shops 1942 16 1 1958–1961 2156 preserved
Y6b 2-8-8-2 2171–2200 Roanoke Shops 1948–1952 30 0 1958–1961 2174 was the last steam locomotive to be withdrawn in the USA.
Y7 2-8-8-2 - - Never built 0 - Never built Never built[2]
Z1 2-6-6-2 1300–1314 Alco-Richmond 1912 10 0 1934
Z1a 2-6-6-2 1315–1489 Alco-Richmond, Baldwin 1912–1918 175 0 1934–1958 1331–1489 rebuilt to Z1b, 1399 rebuilt to Z2
Steam turbine-electric locomotive
TE1 C+C-C+C 2300 Baldwin & Westinghouse 1954 1 0 1958 Nicknamed "Jawn Henry"
Tank locomotives
A (1st) 0-6-2T 92-93 Baldwin 1883 2 0
B (1st) 0-4-4T 96-97 Mason 1883 2 0 96 redesignated class O-18
G2 0-8-0T 256 Roanoke Shops 1890 1 0 rebuilt from class G 2-8-0 256
O-18 0-4-4T 96 Mason 1883 1 0 formerly class B (1st)
W5 0-8-0T 800,802,804,806,809,821,825,830,834,839,842,860 Roanoke Shops (rebuilder) 1945 12 0 1959 reclassified W6, 800,809,821,830 renumbered 10-13
Early locomotives retired before classes assigned
none 4-4-0 1-3,6-11,13-18,20 Hinkley,Mason,Norris 1867-1870 16 0

ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio (Eastern Division) same numbers, 2,8,14-18,20 renumbered 4-5,52,26,29,30,38,39

none 4-4-0 2,8,12,14-24 Mason,Norris,Baldwin 1864-1870 14 0 ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio (Western Division) same numbers
none 4-4-0 31,33,35,37,40,41 Rome 1858-1859 6 0 ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio (Western Division) same numbers
none 4-4-0 25,27-28,32,34,36 Baldwin 1878-1881 6 0 ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio same numbers
none 4-4-0 62-91 Mason 1871-1873 30 0 ex Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio same numbers, 79,81 renumbered 69,70 (2nd),69 to class O-1

Electric locomotives

Image N&W
class		 Wheel
arrangement		 Fleet
number(s)		 Manufacturer
Serial numbers		 Year
made		 Quantity
made		 Quantity
preserved		 Year(s)
withdrawn		 Comments
Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives
LC-1 (1-B+B-1)+(1-B+B-1) E1 to E24 renumbered 2500A&B to 2511A&B (not in order) Baldwin & Westinghouse 1914–1915 12 0 1950 3,211 hp (2.39 MW)
LC-2 (1-D-1)+(1-D-1) 2512 to 2515 Alco & Westinghouse 1924 4 0 1950 4,750 hp (3.54 MW)
Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959)
EL-3A 1-D-1 100ABC to 111ABC Alco & Westinghouse 1925–1926 36 0 1962 2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
EL-2B (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) 125A&B to 128A&B renumbered 221 to 228 (not in order) by N&W General Electric 1948 4 0 1962 6,800 hp (5,100 kW)
EL-C C-C 130 to 141 renumbered N&W 230 to 241 General Electric 1956–1957 12 1 1962 3,300 hp (2,500 kW)

Diesel locomotives

Diesel locomotives acquired prior to 1964 mergers (all retired during mid 70s to mid 80s)

Model Wheel
arrangement		 Fleet
number(s)		 Year
made		 Quantity
acquired		 Comments
ALCO RS-3 B-B 92–99 1955–1956 8 Renumbered 307–300 in 1956
ALCO RS-11 B-B 308–406 1956–1961 99
ALCO RS-36 B-B 407–412 1962 6
ALCO T-6 B-B 10–49 1959 40 40–41 sold to Chesapeake Western Railway 10–11
EMD GP9 B-B 500–521 1957–1958 22 Passenger units, painted maroon
EMD GP9 B-B 620–699 1958–1959 80 N&W 620 remains in operation at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Originally in the black freight color scheme, she was repainted to tuscan in 1986 to reflect her role in pulling the museum's passenger train.
EMD GP9 B-B 10–13 1955 4 Renumbered 710–713 in 1956
EMD GP9 B-B 714–761 1956–1957 48
EMD GP9 B-B 762–767 (1st) 1957 6 Passenger units, renumbered 500–505
EMD GP9 B-B 766–767 (2nd) 1957 2 ex-Winston-Salem Southbound Railway 1500–1501
EMD GP9 B-B 768–914 1957–1959 147
EMD GP18 B-B 915–962 1959–1961 48
EMD GP30 B-B 522–565 1962 44
EMD GP35 B-B 200–239 1963–1964 40
EMD GP35 B-B 1300–1328 1964–1965 29 1300-1301 (low short hood) ordered by P&WV, 1302-1308 (low short hood, no dynamic brakes) ordered by Wabash

Diesel locomotives acquired through 1964 mergers

ex Virginian Railway locomotives in 1959
ex-Wabash Railway locomotives
ex Nickel Plate Road locomotives
ex Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad locomotives
ex Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway locomotives

Diesel locomotives acquired before 1982 merger in Norfolk Southern

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References

  1. ^ a b c Prince, Richard E. (1980). Norfolk & Western Railway: Pocahontas Coal Carrier. Salt Lake City, Utah: R. E. Prince. pp. 151–152, 191–192. ISBN 9780960008896.
  2. ^ "N&W Y7 - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms". cs.trains.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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