List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives

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

Steam locomotives

N&W class	Wheel arrangement	Fleet number(s)	Manufacturer Serial numbers	Year made	Quantity made	Quantity preserved	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
Tender locomotives
A (1st)	4-6-0	86–90	Baldwin	1902–1904	5	0	1928
A (2nd)	2-6-6-4	1200–1242	Roanoke Shops	1936–1944	43	1	1958–1961	1218 preserved
B	2-8-0	61–70	Baldwin	1898–1904	10	0	1933–1934	Cross-compound, simpled 1909–1912
E	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	564–597	Alco-Richmond	1910	16	0	1942-1948
E2a	4-6-2	553–563	Baldwin (6), Roanoke Shops (5)	1912	11	1	1934–1939	578 preserved
E2b	4-6-2	543–552	Roanoke Shops	1913–1914	10	0	1934–1939
E3	4-6-2	500–504	Baldwin	1913	5	0	1934–1939	ex PRR K3a
F	2-8-0		Roanoke Machine Works	1880s/1890s	50	0
G	2-8-0		Roanoke Machine Works	1880s/1890s	81	1
G1	2-8-0		Baldwin	1897	7	1	1912–1955	6 preserved
I	2-8-0		Roanoke Machine Works	1880s/1890s	9	0
J (1st)	4-4-0		Baldwin	1879		0	1900
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
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		Roanoke Machine Works	1880s/1890s	3	0
M	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
R	0-6-0		Roanoke Machine Works	1880s/1890s	9	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
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
W1	2-8-0	830–842, 844–865	Roanoke Shops, Baldwin, Alco-Richmond	1900–1901	34	0	1926–1934	5 rebuilt to 0-8-0T
W2	2-8-0	673–799, 843, 866–949	Roanoke Shops, Baldwin	1901–1905	212	1	1926–1953	917 preserved
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
Y1	2-8-8-2	995–999	Baldwin	1910	5	0	1924
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 presevered
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	2090–2109	Roanoke Shops	1930–1932	20	0	1958–1960	re-classed Y5
Y6	2-8-8-2	2120–2154	Roanoke Shops	1936–1940	35	0	1958–1963
Y6a	2-8-8-2	2155–2170	Roanoke Shops	1942	16	1	1958–1962	2156 preserved
Y6b	2-8-8-2	2171–2200	Roanoke Shops	1948–1952	30	0	1958–1962
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
TE	C+C-C+C	2300	Baldwin & Westinghouse	1954	1	0	1958
Tank locomotives
W6	0-8-0T	800s	Roanoke Shops (rebuilder)		10	0		Shop switcher

Electric locomotives

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		3,211 hp (2.39 MW)
LC-2	(1-D-1)+(1-D-1)	2512 to 2515	Alco & Westinghouse	1924	4	0		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			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			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		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
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

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

References

• King, E.W. in Drury, George H. (1983), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, pp. 295–307, ISBN 0-89024-206-2, LCCN 93041472
• Rosenberg, Ron; Archer, Eric H. (1973). Norfolk & Western Steam (The Last 25 Years). New York, NY: Quadrant Press, Inc.. pp. 11–16, 77–78. ISBN 0-915276-00-3.