List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives
Introduction This is a list of locomotives that have worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Steam locomotives Image N&Wclass  Wheelarrangement  Fleetnumber(s)  ManufacturerSerial numbers  Yearmade  Quantitymade  Quantitypreserved  Year(s)withdrawn  Comments '''Tender locomotives''' A (2nd)  4-6-0  86–90  Baldwin  1902,1904  5  0  1928 100px A (3rd) 2-6-6-4  1200–1243  Roanoke Shops  1936–1950  44  1 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 100x100px E2 4-6-2  564–579  Alco-Richmond  1910  16  1  1942-1958 All rebuilt into E2a, 578 preserved100x100px 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)100x100px 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 0-8-0100px J (1st)  4-4-0  510-513  Baldwin  1879-1880  4  0  1900  ex Shenango Valley RR 2-5100px J (2nd)  4-4-2  600–606  Baldwin  1903–1904  7  0  1931–1935 100px 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-19100px 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 100px 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 W5100x100px 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 100x100px 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 100x100px 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)2100-2109 Roanoke Shops  1930–1932  20 0  1958–1960  re-classed Y5.Engines 2090-2099 were rebuilt and renumbered 2110-2119 in  years 1940-1941, except 2092 wrecked 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. 100px 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.Y72-8-8-2 - -Never built0 -Never builtNever built 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'''100px 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&Wclass  Wheelarrangement  Fleetnumber(s)  ManufacturerSerial numbers  Yearmade  Quantitymade  Quantitypreserved  Year(s)withdrawn  Comments '''Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives'''100x100px 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)100x100px 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)100x100px 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  Wheelarrangement  Fleetnumber(s)  Yearmade  Quantityacquired  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===
References *King, E.W. in *Rosenberg, Ron; Archer, Eric H. (1973). ''Norfolk & Western Steam (The Last 25 Years)''. New York, NY: Quadrant Press, Inc.. pp. 11–16, 77–78..