Norfolk and Western Railway

E83243

Class I railroad railroad company

Norfolk and Western Railway was a major American railroad known for its coal-hauling operations and distinctive steam locomotive fleet, which later became part of Norfolk Southern Railway through merger.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Norfolk and Western Railway canonical	25
N&W	1
Norfolk and Western Railway mechanical department	1
Norfolk and Western Railway system	1
Norfolk and Western system	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Class I railroad ⓘ railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation	Norfolk and Western Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: N&W
category	Defunct railroads of the United States ⓘ Predecessors of Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
corporatePredecessorOf	Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ surface form: Norfolk Southern Corporation
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defunctBy	merger ⓘ
fleetFeature	home-built steam locomotives ⓘ
formedByMergerWith	Virginian Railway ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
knownFor	coal-hauling operations ⓘ steam locomotive fleet ⓘ
locomotivePowerType	diesel ⓘ steam ⓘ
logoLanguage	English ⓘ
majorTrafficType	coal trains ⓘ merchandise freight ⓘ
mergedInto	Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
notableFacility	Roanoke Shops ⓘ
notableLocomotiveClass	Norfolk and Western Class A ⓘ Norfolk and Western Class J ⓘ Norfolk and Western Class A ⓘ surface form: Norfolk and Western Class Y
operatedIn	Kentucky ⓘ Maryland ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
operatedInfrastructure	maintenance shops ⓘ rail yards ⓘ railroad tracks ⓘ
operatedPortionsOf	Pocahontas coalfield routes ⓘ
operatedService	freight rail service ⓘ passenger rail service ⓘ
parentCompanyOf	Norfolk and Western Railway Company subsidiaries ⓘ
primaryCargo	coal ⓘ
servedRegion	Appalachian coalfield ⓘ surface form: Appalachian coal fields Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States Midwestern United States ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
transportMode	rail ⓘ
usedGauge	standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norfolk Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Front Royal → hasRailServiceHistoryWith → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

McDowell County, West Virginia → hasTransportationHistory → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

NSC → hasPredecessor → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Norfolk Southern Corporation

NS → formedByMergerOf → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Norfolk Southern Railway

Norfolk and Western Railway → abbreviation → Norfolk and Western Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: N&W

Southern Railway (U.S.) → mergedWith → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

USRA standard steam locomotive designs → usedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design → usedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Virginian Railway → mergedInto → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Virginian Railway → successor → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Virginian Railway → connectedTo → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Kimball, West Virginia → hasTransportationHistory → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Altavista, Virginia → railroadServedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Wabash Railroad → successor → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Wabash Railroad → mergedInto → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Wabash Railroad → partOf → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk and Western system

Pocahontas coalfield → developedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Pocahontas coalfield → servedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Norfolk and Western Class J → operator → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Norfolk and Western Class J → operatedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Roanoke Shops → ownedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Roanoke Shops → operatedBy → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Roanoke Shops → partOf → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk and Western Railway system

Roanoke Shops → railroad → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Roanoke Shops → associatedWith → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norfolk and Western Railway mechanical department

Norfolk and Western Class A → operator → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Norfolk and Western Class A → railwayCompany → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ

Williamson, West Virginia → hasRailHistoryWith → Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ