Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. - Only 1 Left of This Type - 1887 dated Railway S for Sale

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Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. - Only 1 Left of This Type - 1887 dated Railway S For Sale

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Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. - Only 1 Left of This Type - 1887 dated Railway S:
$110.00

Railroad Stock. Very attractive train vignette with very elaborate Victorian borders. Quite Rare! Choice!! The Norfolk and Western Railway (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 of its existence. Its motto was \"Precision Transportation\"; it had a variety of nicknames, including \"King Coal\" and \"British Railway of America\". During the Civil War, the N&W was the largest railroad in the Confederacy and played an important role in moving supplies for the war effort. The N&W was famous for manufacturing its own steam locomotives, which were built at the Roanoke Shops, as well as its own hopper cars. After 1960, N&W was the last major Class I railroad using steam locomotives; the last remaining Y class 2-8-8-2s would eventually be retired between 1964 and 1965. In December 1959, the N&W merged with the Virginian Railway (reporting mark VGN), a longtime rival in the Pocahontas coal region. By 1970, other mergers with the Nickel Plate Road and Wabash formed a system that operated 7,595 miles (12,223km) of road on 14,881 miles (23,949km) of track from North Carolina to New York and from Virginia to Iowa. Read more at Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.