Norfolk and Western 578 is a preserved 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company's Richmond Works in March 1910. It was the second-last member of the E2 class of sixteen passenger engines, later rebuilt as an E2a with superheated flues. It pulled the railway's premier passenger trains through Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio, and from 1917 to 1944 worked mainly on the Scioto Division out of Columbus. As larger Mountain and Northern types arrived, it was moved to short-distance and commuter service, and it was retired in 1958. It was donated to the Ohio Railway Museum in Worthington, Ohio, where it pulled tourist trains until mechanical problems in the early 1970s and now sits on static display.
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Built by American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond Works in March 1910, No. 578 was assigned to pull premiere passenger trains for the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) before it was downgraded to secondary passenger service.
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It was retired from revenue service altogether in 1958, and it was subsequently donated to the Ohio Railway Museum (ORMX) in Worthington, Ohio.
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Built by American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond Works in March 1910, No. 578 was assigned to pull premiere passenger trains for the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) before it was downgraded to secondary passenger service.
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Norfolk and Western 578 is a preserved 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive.
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Built by American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond Works in March 1910, No. 578 was assigned to pull premiere passenger trains for the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) before it was downgraded to secondary passenger service.
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It was retired from revenue service altogether in 1958, and it was subsequently donated to the Ohio Railway Museum (ORMX) in Worthington, Ohio.
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Norfolk and Western 578 is a preserved 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive.
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Norfolk and Western 578 is a preserved 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive.
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Norfolk and Western 578 is a preserved 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive.
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