# 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arrangement | Fleet number(s) | Manufacturer Serial numbers | Year made | Quantity made | Quantity preserved | Year(s) withdrawn | Comments |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 | Tender locomotives | Tender locomotives | Tender locomotives | Tender locomotives | Tender locomotives | Tender locomotives | Tender locomotives | 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, sole remaining 2-6-6-4 in existence, 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 Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah Valley Railroad 51-57, 200 renumbered 210 (2nd), 219, 229, 235, 199 renumbered 303-306 (2nd), 350-351 renumbered 207-208 (2nd) N&W #305 purchased by Matheson Alkali Works in 1921. Renumbered #11 On display in Saltville, VA. Oldest surviving N&W locomotive in existence. |
| 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 Shenandoah Valley RR 42-50, all rebuilt to 0-8-0 |
| J (1st) | 4-4-0 | 510-513 | Baldwin | 1879-1880 | 4 | 0 | 1900 | ex Shenandoah 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 | 0 | 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 Shenandoah 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 Scito 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 Shenandoah 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 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 | |
| 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) 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 | |
| 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 one of the last steam locomotives to be withdrawn in the USA. |
| Y7 | 2-8-8-2 | - | - | Never built | 0 | - | Never built | Never 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 | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive | Steam turbine-electric locomotive |
| TE1 | C+C-C+C | 2300 | Baldwin & Westinghouse | 1954 | 1 | 0 | 1958 | Nicknamed "Jawn Henry" |
| Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | Tank locomotives | 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 | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | Early locomotives retired before classes assigned | 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

| 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 | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives | 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) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | Former Virginian Railway locomotives (acquired 1959) | 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 300–307 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 |