Norfolk and Western Railway Locomotives

The N&W's "Big Three".

This is a list of all locomotives that were on the Norfolk and Western Railway's roster.

Steam Locomotives

Tender Engines

Photograph	Locomotive	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Build date(s)	Total produced	Numbering	Withdrawal	Status	Notes
-	Class A (2nd)	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1902, 1904	5		1928	All Scrapped
	Class A (3rd)	2-6-6-4	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1936–1950	44		1958–1961	One preserved, remainder scrapped	1218 preserved, 1204 scrapped in 1942 after suffering a boiler explosion, 1240 scrapped after being used on the N&W's farewell to steam excursion.
	Class B (2nd)	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1898, 1904	10		1933–1934	All Scrapped
	Class C	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1881-1883	14		-	All Scrapped
	Class D	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Rogers Locomotive Works	1889-1891	17		-	All Scrapped
	Class E (1880-1881)	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1880-1881	18		-	All Scrapped
	Class E (1905)	4-6-2 "Pacific"	ALCO's Richmond Works	1905	5		1934-1939	All Scrapped
	Class E1	4-6-2 "Pacific"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1907	15		1934-1939	All Scrapped
	Class E2	4-6-2 "Pacific"	ALCO's Richmond Works	1910	16		1942-1958	All rebuilt into E2a, No. 578 preserved, remainder scrapped
	Class E2a	4-6-2 "Pacific"	Baldwin Locomotive Works (6), N&W's own Roanoke Shops (5)	1912	11		1934–1957	All Scrapped
	Class E2b	4-6-2 "Pacific"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1913–1914	10		1934–1939	All Scrapped
	Class E3	4-6-2 "Pacific"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1913	5		1944–1949	All Scrapped	ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Class K3a
	Class G	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	Roanoke Machine Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Rogers Locomotive Works	1888-1896	140		-	One preserved, remaining 139 were scrapped	No. 11 was preserved.
	Class G1	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1897	7		1912–1955	Two preserved, remainder scrapped	Nos. 6 and 7 were preserved.
	Class H	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Grant Locomotive Works	1883	15		-	All Scrapped
	Class I	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops, Baldwin Locomotive Works	1883-1885	28		-	All Scrapped
	Class J (1879)	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1879-1880	4		1900	All Scrapped
	Class J (1903)	4-4-2 "Atlantic"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1903–1904	7		1931–1935	All Scrapped
	Class J (1941)	4-8-4 "Northern"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1941–1950	14		1958-1959	One preserved, remainder scrapped	Nos. 605–610 built unstreamlined as J1; No. 611 preserved
	Class K	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1878-1881	5		-	All Scrapped
	Class K1	4-8-2 "Mountain"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1916–1917	16		1957–1959	All Scrapped
	Class K2	4-8-2 "Mountain"	ALCO's Brooks Works	1919	10		1957–1959	All Scrapped
	Class K2a	4-8-2 "Mountain"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1923	12		1958–1959	All Scrapped
	Class K3	4-8-2 "Mountain"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1926	10		1944–1945	All Scrapped
	Class L	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Roanoke Machine Works	1885	3		-	All Scrapped
	Class M (1883)	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1883	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class M (1906)	4-8-0 "Twelve-Wheeler"	ALCO's-Richmond Works (75), Baldwin Locomotive Works (50)	1906-1907	125		1926–1958	Two preserved, remainder scrapped	Nos. 433 and 475 were preserved.
	Class M1	4-8-0 "Twelve-Wheeler"	ALCO's-Richmond Works (75), Baldwin Locomotive Works (50)	1907	100		1926–1947	Four preserved, remainder scrapped
	Class M2	4-8-0 "Twelve-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1910	50		1950–1957	Two preserved, remainder scrapped	Nos. 1118 and 1134 preserved
	Class M2a	4-8-0 "Twelve-Wheeler"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1911	3		1950–1956	One preserved, remainder scrapped	No. 1151 was preserved
	Class M2b	4-8-0 "Twelve-Wheeler"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1911	2		1950–1956	All Scrapped
	Class M2c	4-8-0 "Twelve-Wheeler"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1911–1912	6		1952–1957	All Scrapped
	Class N	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works, Rogers Locomotive Works	1887-1888	11		-	All Scrapped
	Class O-1	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"		1873	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-2	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Rogers Locomotive Works	1873	4		-	All Scrapped
	Class O-3	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Brooks Locomotive Works	1873	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-4	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Portland Locomotive Works	1880	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-5	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Rhode Island Locomotive Works	1878	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-6	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Pittsburgh Locomotive Works	1877	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-7	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Pittsburgh Locomotive Works	1878	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-8	2-6-0 "Mogul"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1872	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-9	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Schenectady Locomotive Works	1882	4		-	All Scrapped
	Class O-10	2-6-0 "Mogul"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1887	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-11	2-6-0 "Mogul"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1888	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-12	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1872	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-13	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1889	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-14	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Pittsburgh Locomotive Works	1890-1891	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-15	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Pittsburgh Locomotive Works	1881	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-16	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1889	3		-	All Scrapped
	Class O-17	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1889	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-19	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1883	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-20	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works, Hinkley Locomotive Works	1887-1888	3		-	All Scrapped
	Class O-21	2-6-0 "Mogul"	New York Locomotive Works	1888	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-22	2-6-0 "Mogul"	New York Locomotive Works	1888	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-23	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Altoona Shops	1871	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-23	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1890	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-25	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1881	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-26	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Logansport Shops	1890	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class O-28	2-6-2 "Prairie"	Richmond Locomotive Works	1901	1		-	Scrapped
	Class O-29	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1882	1		-	Scrapped
	Class P	0-6-0	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1887, 1890	11		-	All Scrapped
	Class Q	4-4-0 "American" or "Eight-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1881-1882	5		-	All Scrapped
	Class R	0-6-0	Roanoke Machine Works	1885, 1893	9		-	Scrapped
	Class S	0-6-0	Rogers Locomotive Works	1888	3		-	Scrapped
	Class S1	0-8-0	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1948	30		1958–1960	All Scrapped
	Class S1a	0-8-0	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1951–1953	45		1958–1960	All Scrapped
	Class T	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1893-1894	31		-	All Scrapped
	Class U	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1892	15		-	All Scrapped
	Class V	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1900	12		1929–1948	All Scrapped
	Class V1	4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler"	ALCO's Richmond Works	1902	5		1929–1933	All Scrapped
	Class W	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1898–1899	30		1926–1934	All Scrapped
	Class W1	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops, Baldwin Locomotive Works, ALCO's Richmond Works	1900–1901	44		1926–1934	All Scrapped
	Class W2	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Richmond Locomotive Works, Cooke Locomotive Works	1901–1905	202		1926–1953	One preserved, remainder scrapped	No. 917 was preserved
	Class X1	0-8-8-0 "Angus"	ALCO's Schenectady Works	1910	5		1934	All Scrapped
	Class Y1	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1910	5		1924	All Scrapped
	Class Y2	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops, Baldwin Locomotive Works	1918–1921	20		1946–1951	All Scrapped	Rebuilt into Y2a
	Class Y2a	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	1924	6		1948–1949	All Scrapped
	Class Y3	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1919	50		1957–1958	All Scrapped
	Class Y3a	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	ALCO's Richmond Works				1958–1959	One preserved, remainder scrapped	No. 2050 was preserved
	Class Y3b/Y4	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	ALCO's Richmond Works	1927	10		1958	All Scrapped
	Class Y4a/Y5	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1930–1932	20		1958–1960	All Scrapped	re-classified as Y5. Nos. 2090-2099 were rebuilt and renumbered as 2110-2119 from 1940-1941, but No. 2092 was wrecked in an accident.
	Class Y6	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1936–1940	35		1958–1961	All Scrapped	No. 2153 was involved in a boiler explosion, No. 2143 lost its tender and was scrapped along with Y6b No. 2174
	Class Y6a	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1942	16		1958–1961	One preserved, remainder scrapped	No. 2156 was preserved
	Class Y6b	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1948–1952	30		1958–1961	All Scrapped	No. 2174 was used on the N&W's farewell to steam excursion run and was scrapped along with Y6 No. 2143
	Class Y7	2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake"	-	Never built	0		-	Never built	Never built
	Class Z1	2-6-6-2	ALCO's Richmond Works	1912	18		1934	All Scrapped
	Class Z1a	2-6-6-2	ALCO's Richmond Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works	1912–1918	175		1934–1958	All Scrapped	Nos. 1331–1489 rebuilt into Z1b, No. 1399 rebuilt into Z2

Steam Turbine Locomotives

Photograph	Locomotive	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Build date(s)	Total produced	Withdrawal	Status	Notes
	TE1	C+C-C+C (AAR) 6-6-6-6 (Whyte)	Baldwin Locomotive Works & Westinghouse Electric	1954	1	1958	Scrapped	Nicknamed "Jawn Henry"

Tank Engines

Main article: Norfolk and Western Tank Engines.

Photograph	Locomotive	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Build date(s)	Total produced	Numbering	Withdrawal	Status	Notes
	Class A (1883)	0-6-2T	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1883	2		-	Both Scrapped
	Class B (1883)	0-4-4T	Mason Machine Works	1883	2			Both Scrapped	No. 96 redesignated as class O-18
	Class G2	0-8-0T	N&W's own Roanoke Shops	1890	1		-	Scrapped	Rebuilt from Class G No. 256
	Class O-18	0-4-4T	Mason Machine Works	1883	1		-	Scrapped	Rebuilt from Class B (1883) No. 96.
	Class W5	0-8-0T	N&W's own Roanoke Shops (Rebuilder)	1945	12		1959	Scrapped
	Class W6	0-8-0T	N&W's own Roanoke Shops (Rebuilder)	1898	1		-	Scrapped	Rebuilt from Class W.

Electric Locomotives

N&W

Photograph	Locomotive	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Build date(s)	Total produced	Numbering	Withdrawal	Status
	LC-1	(1-B+B-1)+(1-B+B-1)	Baldwin Locomotive Works & Westinghouse Electric	1914–1915	12		1950	All Scrapped
	LC-2	(1-D-1)+(1-D-1)	ALCO & Westinghouse Electric	1924	4		1950	All Scrapped

Virginian Railway

Photograph	Locomotive	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Build date(s)	Total produced	Numbering	Withdrawal	Status	Notes
	EL-3A	1-D-1	ALCO & Westinghouse Electric	1925–1926	36		1962	All Scrapped
	EL-2B	(B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B)	General Electric	1948	4		1962	All Scrapped
	EL-C	C-C	General Electric	1956–1957	12		1962	Two preserved, remainder scrapped

Diesel Locomotives

Acquired prior to 1964 mergers

Photograph	Model	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Numbering	Notes
	ALCO Century 420		American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	ALCO Century 425		American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	ALCO Century 630		American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	ALCO RS-3	B-B	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)		Renumbered 307–300 in 1956
	ALCO RS-11	B-B	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	ALCO RS-12		American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	ALCO RS-36	B-B	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	ALCO T-6	B-B	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
	EMD GP9	B-B	Electro-Motive Divison (EMD)
	EMD GP18	B-B	Electro-Motive Divison (EMD)
	EMD GP30	B-B	Electro-Motive Divison (EMD)
	EMD GP35	B-B	Electro-Motive Divison (EMD)		#1300 and #1301 (low short hood) ordered by P&WV, #1302, #1303, #1304, #1305, #1306, #1307 and #1308 (low short hood, no dynamic brakes) ordered by Wabash.
	EMD SD35		Electro-Motive Divison (EMD)
	EMD SD50S		Electro-Motive Divison (EMD)
	GE C30-7		General Electric (GE)

Acquired after to 1964 mergers

Photograph	Model	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer(s)	Numbering	Notes