The M, M1 and M2 classes were 4-8-0 steam locomotives that the Norfolk and Western Railway bought from 1906 to pull its mainline freight. The railway chose the 4-8-0 over the 2-8-2 so that the weight of the firebox would rest on the rear driving wheels and add adhesion. The first 125 engines came from the American Locomotive Company in Richmond, Virginia, and Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, with more M1 and M2 engines following in 1907 and 1910. Crews called them Mollies. Once the larger Y class Mallets arrived they were moved to short line freight, switching and branch work, and they stayed in service until the late 1950s. Two experimental M2s were rebuilt in 1947 and 1948 as automatic switchers.
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75 of the first M class locomotives (Nos. 375-449) were delivered from the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia works from June 1906 to February 1907, and 50 (Nos. 450-499) were delivered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April to August 1906.
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Source Norfolk and Western M Class (Wikipedia)Lead, builderQuote, Lead, builder
75 of the first M class locomotives (Nos. 375-449) were delivered from the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia works from June 1906 to February 1907, and 50 (Nos. 450-499) were delivered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April to August 1906.
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75 of the first M class locomotives (Nos. 375-449) were delivered from the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia works from June 1906 to February 1907, and 50 (Nos. 450-499) were delivered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April to August 1906.
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75 of the first M class locomotives (Nos. 375-449) were delivered from the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia works from June 1906 to February 1907, and 50 (Nos. 450-499) were delivered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April to August 1906.
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The Norfolk and Western M, M1 and M2 Classes were a series of 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).
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Popular in service, crews would come to affectionately nickname the locomotives Mollies, a moniker which stuck until their retirement in the late 1950s.
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75 of the first M class locomotives (Nos. 375-449) were delivered from the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia works from June 1906 to February 1907, and 50 (Nos. 450-499) were delivered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April to August 1906.
Lead, place built
75 of the first M class locomotives (Nos. 375-449) were delivered from the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Richmond, Virginia works from June 1906 to February 1907, and 50 (Nos. 450-499) were delivered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April to August 1906.
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The Norfolk and Western M, M1 and M2 Classes were a series of 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).
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The Norfolk and Western M, M1 and M2 Classes were a series of 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).
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