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Across the tracks and east is N&W's last passenger station, now home to the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau and O. Winston Link Museum.
The little town of Big Lick changed its name to Roanoke in 1881. In the summer of 1882, the N&…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YR_roanoke-shops_Roanoke-VA.html
The three locomotive types referred to on the nearby panels are part of the larger picture; of course. The Classes J, A and Y locomotives were special. What made these locomotives so special compared to products of the commercial builders of steam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YQ_norfolk-and-western-railway_Roanoke-VA.html
Today's Norfolk Southern has a colorful predecessor in both or Roanoke's railroads. To keep this as simple as possible, we are discussing only the N&W history to its merger with the Southern Railway in 1982. Space prevents mentioning every merger …
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Workhorse of the Norfolk and Western: Class Y6
While the sleek class J streamlined passenger locomotives and high stepping Class A locomotives garnered publicity for the N&W; the true workhorse of the Norfolk and Western was the Class Y 2-8-8-2…
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Passenger Locomotive: Class J
The world-renowned Class J 4-8-4 passenger locomotives was completely designed and built in Roanoke. By the mid 1930s, Norfolk and Western was facing heavier passenger traffic due to increased military operations, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YM_operation-fast-freight_Roanoke-VA.html
High Speed Freight Locomotive: Class A
While the title of one of Norfolk and Western's company films (top) is appropriate for the mighty Class A 2-6-6-4, they also served in other capacities for the railroad. Designed as the first of the modern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YL_roanoke-a-railroad-town_Roanoke-VA.html
In recent years, Roanoke has shed its image as a "railroad town" as others have surpassed the railroad as the major employer. However, without the N&W, Roanoke might not have existed. For those who wish to deny the impact of the railroad on Roanok…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SU_hanging-rock-battlefield-trail_Roanoke-VA.html
Welcome to the Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail. This 1.6 mile linear park is the Roanoke Valley's first rails-to-trails project converting a former railroad right-of-way into a hiking and biking trail. The project's master plan presents an orientat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ST_united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-monuments_Roanoke-VA.html
When Miss Massie Garst died in 1960, she bequested the Hanging Rock and Buzzard's Roost to the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy. She will that this site be preserved as memorial to the brave soldiers who fought and died in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9PZ_roanoke_Roanoke-VA.html
[Marker Front]:The first village here, at Pate's Mill and Tavern on Evans' Mill Creek, was called Big Lick for nearby salt marshes. In 1839 it was laid off as the town of Gainesborough. After the coming of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (late…