The Norfolk and Western Class J is an American streamlined steam locomotive that the Norfolk and Western Railway began building in its own shops in 1941 to haul fast passenger trains over the mountainous grades of its home territory. Regarded as one of the most powerful and efficient passenger steam locomotive designs ever built in the United States, the class continued in main line passenger service later into the 1950s than most other American steam power before dieselization ended steam operation on the railroad.
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1. Norfolk and Western Class J (1941), Wikipedia
Construction and design changes section
In the summer of 1941, the first of the J class, No. 600 was erected at the N&W's Roanoke (East End) Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, and completed on October 20.
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built by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) at its Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, between 1941 and 1950.
In Group: American Main-Line Steam Locomotives, Lead sentence
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 Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, between 1941 and 1950.
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