Norfolk and Western Railway
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The Norfolk and Western Railway, commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, for most
A common stock share of the N&W, issued October 22, 1885
The N&W terrazzo logo on the floor of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke
A piece of bituminous coal
An aerial view of Lambert Point Coal Pier showing part of storage yard in Norfolk
Southern Railway (U.S.)
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The Southern Railway was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, at which time it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway to form the Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway
…motto was "Precision Transportation"; it had a variety of nicknames, including "King Coal" and "British Railway of America". In 1986, N&W merged with Southern Railway to form today's Norfolk Southern Railway. The N&W was famous for manufacturing its own steam locomotives, which were built at the Roanoke Shops, as…
Southern Railway GP35 #2662 pulls a freight train through Riverton Junction in Front Royal, VA, 1969.
The Southern Railway Building in Washington, D.C., formerly located at Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW in the early 1900s
A postcard showing the Tennessean in its 1940s livery, with an EMD E6A locomotive on the point