of Steam" event. N&W Class M #433 survives at the trailhead of the Virginia Creeper in Abingdon, Virginia. The Virginia Creeper runs on the old Right of Way of the Norfolk and Western Abingdon branch line. N&W Class E #578 survives at the Ohio Railway museum in Worthington, Ohio. Four other engines survive known as the Lost Engines of Roanoke; a group of engines that survived in a Roanoke Scrapyard from the late 1950s until all were retrieved in 2009. These four engines included a Class W2 2-8-0 #917, Class M2 #1118 and #1134, and Class M2c #1151. #917 is displayed without a tender in Bellville, Ohio as a display for a restaurant. M2 #1118 is owned by the Roanoke Chapter Historical Society without a tender. M2 #1134 is displayed in Portsmouth VA at the Railroad Museum of Virginia with a tender. M2c #1151 is owned by the Virginia Museum of Transportation, and currently sits unrestored with a tender from an A class engine. N&W Class Y3a #2050 is also preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Leaders of the Norfolk and Western Thousands of men and women worked for the AM&O and NW after the Civil War. Among the leaders were: William Mahone George F. Tyler Henry Fink Frederick J. Kimball Lucius E. Johnson Nicholas D. Maher William J. Jenks Arthur C. Needles Robert Hall Smith Stuart T. Saunders Herman H. Pevler John P. Fishwick Robert B. Claytor Richard F. Dunlap Heritage unit As a part of Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary, the company painted 20 new locomotives into predecessor schemes. NS #8103, a GE ES44AC, was painted into the Norfolk and Western's blue scheme. NS also has SD40 #1580, of N&W heritage, stored at Altoona Works, awaiting restoration to its original N&W colors. However, as of 2021, there is still no information on where #1580 will go when it will be donated. See also Norfolk and Western Railway Company Historic District Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives Norfolk and Western 611 - Class J 4-8-4 Norfolk & Western 475 – Class M 4-8-0 Norfolk & Western 1218 – Class A 2-6-6-4 Norfolk & Western 2156 – Class Y6a 2-8-8-2 Dinwiddie County Pullman Car References Notes N&W System Map 1965 Further reading Blake, Nelson Morehouse, Phd. (1935) William Mahone of Virginia; Soldier and Political Insurgent, Garrett and Massie Publishers; Richmond, VA