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    Norfolk and Western 611, also known as the "Spirit of Roanoke" and the "Queen of Steam", is the only surviving example of Norfolk and Western's (N&W)...
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    locomotives Norfolk and Western 611 - Class J 4-8-4 Norfolk & Western 475 – Class M 4-8-0 Norfolk & Western 1218 – Class A 2-6-6-4 Norfolk & Western 2156 –...
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    Norfolk and Western 2174 was a Y6b class 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet steam locomotive, built by the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) own Roanoke Shops...
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    947231 Norfolk and Western 1218 is a preserved four-cylinder simple articulated 2-6-6-4 steam locomotive, built in June 1943 by the Norfolk and Western's (N&W)...
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    Great Dismal Swamp train derailment (category Norfolk Southern Railway)
    seriously injured and need to be airlifted to nearby hospitals in Norfolk, Virginia. The train was pulled by Norfolk and Western 611, a class J 4-8-4 steam...
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  • The Norfolk and Western J class was a class of 14 4-8-4 "Northern" streamlined steam locomotives built by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) at its...
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    Norfolk and Western 475 is a 4-8-0 "Twelve-wheeler" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1906 as part of the Norfolk and...
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    433 Norfolk and Western 475 Norfolk and Western 611 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norfolk and Western 578. "Norfolk & Western 4-6-2 "Pacific"...
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    Southern Railway 4501, Norfolk and Western 611 and 1218; Nickel Plate Road 765 and 587; Chesapeake and Ohio 2716 and 614; and Milwaukee Road 261. The...
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    1994 NRHS annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia, and did a double-header with Norfolk and Western 611 from Birmingham, Alabama to Atlanta on its way to...
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    Norfolk and Western 2156 is a preserved Y6a class 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet steam locomotive. The Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) built it in 1942 at...
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    Union Pacific 844 of the Union Pacific FEF Series and Norfolk and Western 611 of the Norfolk and Western Class J series, among other Northerns, have been...
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    locomotives like 4-8-4 Norfolk and Western 611. In the 1980s, the locomotive appeared in the movies Four Friends and Matewan, and became an annual attraction...
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    Pacific 2317 Canadian National 6060 Southern Pacific 4449 Norfolk and Western 611 Norfolk and Western 1218 Union Pacific 844 Portals: Trains Canada To expand...
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    5632 Norfolk and Western 611 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canadian National 6218. "Canadian National / Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 Locomotives...
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    Cedar train wreck (category Norfolk and Western Railway)
    train wreck occurred on the night of January 23, 1956, when the Norfolk and Western (N&W) Pocahontas passenger train derailed at more than 50 mph (80 km/h)...
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    Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The company operates 19,420 route miles (31...
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    Southern Railway 1380 (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    Baltimore, Maryland, on July 29, 1953. Atlanta and West Point 290 Atlantic Coast Line 1504 Norfolk and Western 611 Southern Railway 1401 Portals: Trains United...
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    to promote and fundraise its restoration Atlantic Coast Line 1504 Chesapeake and Ohio 614 Grand Trunk Western 6325 Norfolk and Western 611 Reading 2101...
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    it went back into service and double-headed an NRHS excursion with Norfolk and Western 611 on Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) trackage from...
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    No. 290 as a substitute to Norfolk and Western 611 and 1218, which were both under maintenance at that time. On April 6 and 7, No. 290 hauled two round...
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  • Holt Lock and Dam Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant McWane Norfolk and Western 611 Norfolk and Western 1218 O'Neal...
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    officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and signed into law by the governor. The state nickname, The Old Dominion, is...
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    Atlanta and West Point 290 Baltimore and Ohio 4500 Baltimore and Ohio 5300 Grand Trunk Western 5629 Maine Central 470 Norfolk and Western 578 Norfolk and Western...
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    October 29, 2022 Central Railroad of New Jersey 113 Chesapeake and Ohio 614 Norfolk and Western 611 Reading 1251 Reading 1187 Reading 2101 "Reading T-1 Locomotives"...
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    offering employee and public excursions to Barber Junction and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From 2014 to 2015, the Norfolk and Western 611 (owned by the...
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    included a United States Army Jupiter rocket and the J class steam locomotive No. 611, donated by Norfolk & Western to the city of Roanoke, where many of its...
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  • List of rail accidents (1980–1989) (category Lists of railway accidents and incidents)
    at least 25 were killed and 45 injured. May 18 – United States – An excursion train pulled by Norfolk and Western 611 on Norfolk Southern Railway derailed...
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    State Fair in Indianapolis, IN and other special events. In 1989, No. 587 performed a doubleheader with Norfolk and Western 611 to pull the annual Independence...
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    and Quincy 4000 Grand Trunk Western 6325 Milwaukee Road 261 Norfolk and Western 611 Texas and Pacific 610 Union Pacific 844 "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy...
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