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Norfolk and Western Railway Co. - Bond - Railroad Bonds: $74.00
$5,000 Gold Bond. Exceptional Graphics by American Bank Note-Phila. Truly Exceptional!!! Also available unissued at a lesser price. Please inquire if interested. The Norfolk and Western Railway (reporting mark 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. In 1980, the N&W merged its business operation with those of the Southern Railway, another profitable carrier to create the Norfolk Southern Corporation holding company. The N&W and the Southern Railway continued as separate railroads operating under a single holding company. On June 1, 1982, the Southern Railway was renamed Norfolk Southern Railway and the holding company transferred the Norfolk & Western Railway to the control of the newly renamed company. The N&W\'s earliest predecessor was the Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Vintage Norfolk and western Railway Co waybill-Transportation information form. $9.00
Norfolk and Western Station Bedford Va, Virginia $15.98
Norfolk and Western Railway Co. Ashtray -Appears to be Never Used - Vintage $49.75
Norfolk and Western Railway Co. - Unissued but with President's signature - Bond $74.00
Norfolk and Western Coal Cars from 1881-1998- Andrew Dow -Railroad Book) $39.99
NORFOLK AND WESTERN MAGAZINE Vol. 15, No. 10, October, 1937 $14.00
General William Mahone signed Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad Co - $100 Bond - C $249.00
Norfolk and Western Railway - Different Denominations Available - Bond (Brown) $130.00
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