Norfolk and Western Class W2

The Norfolk and Western Class W2 was a class of 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives built by several manufacturers such as Baldwin Locomotive Works, Richmond Locomotive Works, Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, and the N&W's Roanoke Shops for the Norfolk and Western Railway between 1901 and 1905.
== History ==
Between 1901 and 1905, a total of 202 examples of the Norfolk and Western Class W2 were ever constructed by four manufacturers, Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey, Richmond Locomotive Works in Richmond, Virginia and the N&W's own Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia.
All examples of the class were retired from active service and all but one of the 202 examples was scrapped.
=== Sole Survivor ===
Main article: Norfolk and Western No. 917.No. 917 was constructed in 1903 by Bladwin and was retired in 1950, after the Norfolk & Western gave up steam. No. 917, along with Class M2s Nos. 1118, 1134, and and M2c No. 1151 had been sold for scrap. For nearly sixty years these four little-known survivors of the steam era awaited their fate hidden among the creepers at the Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal Co. yard on South Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia and were later accompanied by vintage Baldwin diesels Chesapeake Western 662 and 663 among other rolling stock.
In 1997 the website The Lost Engines of Roanoke was launched as a call to action to save the four steam engines that time forgot. Today, the locomotives are no longer lost, with all of the locomotives and rolling stock from the Roanoke scrapyard having found new homes in preservation.
In 2008, No. 917 was removed from the yard for cosmetic restoration. Nowadays No. 917 resides at their new home in Bellville, Ohio along with a 1926 baggage car and a 1940 caboose which have both been converted into railroad-themed restaurant called the Buckeye Express Diner.
As of today, No. 917 still remains on static display.
==Stock list==
=== 673–799 Series ===
***W.I.P***
Image 	Loco No.	Build date	Status
Frameless	673 	1901 	Scrapped
Frameless	674 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	675 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	676 	1901 	Scrapped
Frameless	677 	- 	Scrapped
 	678 	1902 	Scrapped
 	679 	1902 	Scrapped
 	680 	1902 	Scrapped
Frameless	681 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	682 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	683 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	684 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	685 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	686 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	687 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	688 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	689 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	690 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	691 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	692 	- 	Scrapped
 	701 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	702 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	703 	- 	Scrapped
 	704 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	705 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	706 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	707 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	708 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	709 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	710 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	711 	- 	Scrapped
===#843===
Image	Loco No.	Build date	Status
 	843 	- 	Scrapped
===866–869 Series===
***W.I.P***
Image 	Loco No.	Build date	Status
Frameless	866 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	867 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	868 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	869 	- 	Scrapped
===880–949 Series===
***W.I.P***
Image 	Loco No.	Build date	Status
Frameless	880 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	881 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	882 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	883 	- 	Scrapped
 	917 	1903 	On static display.
Frameless	918 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	919 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	920 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	921 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	922 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	923 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	924 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	925 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	926 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	927 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	928 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	929 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	930 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	931 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	932 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	933 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	934 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	935 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	936 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	937 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	938 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	939 	- 	Scrapped
Frameless	940 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	941 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	942 	1903 	Scrapped
 	943 	1903 	Scrapped
200px 	944 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	945 	1903 	Scrapped
 	946 	1903 	Scrapped
 	947 	1903 	Scrapped
 	948 	1903 	Scrapped
Frameless	949 	1903 	Scrapped
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