Southern Museum of Civil War And Locomotive History Archives & Library David W. Salter Collection Norfolk & Western Railroad Photographs MS2010.014 P2010.014 Provenance: The David W. Salter Collection consists of 47,021 items including railroad related photographs, negatives, slides, timetables/schedules, maps, posters, books including Official Guides, correspondence and model trains of various scales. The family of the late David W. Salter donated his collections to the Southern Museum in May 2010. Single photocopies are available for research purposes only for a nominal fee. A list of applicable fees can be found on our website www.southernmuseum.org and then click on Duplication of Services Fee Schedule. Sallie Loy, Richard Hillman, Daniel Pete and volunteers processed these photographs in 2010-2012. Description: This series consists of photographs of Norfolk & Western Railroad locomotives. Descriptions are representative samples in the collection and not detailed entirely as to their contents. Box File Contents Norfolk & Western Railroad Steam & Diesel Locomotives Steam Engine No. 611 at undisclosed location Color Photo # 2783 Steam Engine No. 111 at undisclosed location Class: K-1 Photo Postcard # 2784 Steam Engine No. 114, Train No. 101 at Norfolk, Virginia on March 18, 1947 1
Photo # 2785 Steam Engine No. 115 near Wyandale, Virginia in May, 1957 Photo # 2786 & 2787 Steam Engine No. 118 at Roanoke, Virginia on May 18, 1949 Built by: Brooks Locomotive Works in 1919 Photo # 2788 Steam Engine No. 120 at undisclosed location Class: K-2 Negative received from Frank Ardrey, Jr. Photo # 2789 Steam Engine No. 121 at undisclosed location Photo # 2790 Steam Engine No. 123 at Monroe, Virginia Built by: Brooks Locomotive Works in 1919 Photo # 2791 Steam Engine No. 124, Train No. 1 arriving Roanoke, Virginia in September, 1938 Class: K-1 Photographer: W. H. Thrall Photo # 2792 Steam Engine No. 128 at Bristol, Virginia on September 1, 1941 Class: K-2A Photographer: Frank Ardrey, Jr. Photo # 2793 Steam Engine No. 133 at Monroe, Virginia in 1939 Mountain Photo # 2794 & 2795 Steam Engine No. 135 at undisclosed location 2
Class: K-2 Photographer unknown, photo received from FEA (Frank Ardrey?) Photo # 2796 & 2797 Steam Engine No. 137 at Pulaski, Virginia Photographer: W. H. Thrall, Jr. Photo # 2798 Steam Engine No. 201 at undisclosed location Type: 0-8-0 Class: S-1A Built at Roanoke Shops Builder s Photo, Negative No. 33871 Photo # 2799 Steam Engine No. 205 at Norfolk Virginia Stamped on reverse side: James Bowie Photo # 2800 Steam Engine No. 504 at Durham, North Carolina Photo # 2801 Steam Engine No. 563 at undisclosed location Type: 4-6-2 Built by: Norfolk & Western, Richmond, Virginia in 1910 1914 Photographer: C. C. Grayson, Rail Photos Photo # 2802 Steam Engine No. 600 at Cincinnati, Ohio on July 18, 1948 Type: 4-8-4 Class: J Photographer: R. J. Foster Photo # 2803 Streamlined Passenger Locomotive, Builder s Photo, Negative No. 31434 Type: 4-8-4 Class: J Photo # 2804 Steam Engine No. 604 at undisclosed location Photo # 2805 Steam Engine No. 606, Train No. 45 Tennessean near Crockett, 3
Virginia on September 10, 1957 at 4:15 p.m. with estimated speed of 50 mph Photo # 2806, 2807, 2808 & 2809 Steam Engine No. 507 at undisclosed location Photo # 2810 Steam Engine No. 607, Train No. 3 Pocahontas at Kilby, Virginia on March 25, 1951 at 2:35 p.m., with estimated speed of 65 mph Type: 4-8-4 Class: J Photo # 2811, 2812, 2813 & 2814 Steam Engine No. 609 at undisclosed location Photo # 2815 Steam Engine No. 611 stopped at Attalla, Alabama in December 94 on way to Chattanooga, Tennessee (Last run of Norfolk & Western No. 611.) Photographer: S. F. Lowe (Shelby F. Lowe) Photo # 2816 Steam Engine No. 611 at undisclosed location Photo # 2817 Steam Engine No. 611 with Hotel Roanoke in background Class: J Photo Postcard # 2818 Steam Engine No. 613 at undisclosed location Photo # 2819 Steam Engine No. 613 at undisclosed location Photo # 2820 Steam Engine No. 800 Postcard states The Class W6 built in 1898 may still be seen in Roanoke. Used today in shop service, the W6 s in the past were widely used for terminal switching. (N. & W. Photo) Photo # 2821 Steam Engine No. 801, 811 and 797 pulling train at undisclosed location Photo # 2822 & 2823 4
Steam Engine No. 1108 at undisclosed location Type: 4-8-0 Built by: Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1910 1911 Photographer: C. C. Grayson, Rail Photos Photo # 2824 Steam Engine No. 1200 Builder s Photo Type: 2-6-6-4 Articulated Built at Roanoke Shops on May 9, 1936 Photo # 2825 Steam Engine No. 1200 at undisclosed location Type: 2-6-6-4 Photo # 2826 Steam Engine No. 1208 at Norfolk, Virginia Type: 2-6-6-4 Built by Norfolk & Western, 1936 1950 Photographer: C. C. Grayson, Rail Photos Photo # 2827 Steam Engine No. 1238 eastbound freight at Kilby, Virginia on April 4, 1951 Stamped on reverse side: David W. Salter Photo # 2828 Steam Engine No. 138 eastbound coal drag at Kilby, Virginia on March 25, 1951 Type: 2-6-6-4 Stamped on reverse side: David W. Salter Photo # 2829 Steam Engine No. 1238 Builder s Photo, Negative No. 33377 Type: 2-6-6-4 Articulated Class: A Built at Roanoke Shops Photo # 2830 Steam Engine No. 1239 eastbound freight with 169 loaded coal hopper cars on March 210, 1951 at Kilby (East of Suffolk), Virginia Type: 2-6-6-4 Photo & Postcard Photo # 2831 & 2832 Steam Engine No. 1241 westbound manifest at Kilby, Virginia on 5
March 10, 1951 Photo # 2833 & 2834 Steam Engine No. 1422 westbound local freight at Norfolk, Virginia in 1951 Type: 2-6-6-2 Photo # 2835 & 2836 Steam Engine No. 1438 (Norfolk & Western Railroad Photograph) Class: Z1G Built in 1916 Photo # 2837 Steam Engine No. 1460 at Christiansburg, Virginia in October, 1954 Note: Work train heading into Christiansburg Yard pulled by 2-6- 6-2 No. 1460. Photo # 2838 Steam Engine No. 1703 at Roanoke, Virginia on April 6, 1949 Photographer: Unknown. Negative received from Frank Ardrey, Jr. Photo # 2839 & 2840 Norfolk & Western Inspection Special arriving at Inman Yards Atlanta, Georgia on June 18, 1975 Note: Pulling up thoroughfare to receiving yard. Engine No s 1776 and 1750. Photographer: Shelby F. Lowe Photo # 2841 Steam Engine No. 2068 at Radford, Virginia on August 3, 1957 Stamped on reverse side: Richard D. Patton, Christiansburg, Virginia Photo # 2842 Steam Engine No. 2068 at Superior, West Virginia in October, 1956 Note: Westbound coal train emerging from tunnel drifting downgrade. 6
Photo # 2843 Steam Engine No. 2068 eastbound local freight with ex-acl (Atlantic Coast Line) eight wheel tender. Drifting downgrade into Shawsville, West Virginia in October, 1956. Photo # 2844 & 2845 Steam Engine No. 2078 west of Selam, Virginia in May, 1957 Photo # 2846 & 2847 Steam Engine No. 2082 Note: Ex-ACL (Atlantic Coast Line) 1800 eight-wheel tender at Bluefield, West Virginia in October, 1956 Photo # 2848 & 2849 Steam Engine No. 2122 between Radford and Roanoke, Virginia on October 17, 1953 Note: AOX Water Tank Photo # 2850 Steam Engine No. 2123 at Elliston, Virginia in October, 1954, westbound freight passing Photo # 2851 Steam Engine No. 2124 at Bluefield, West Virginia Built by: Norfolk & Western, 1936 1940 Photographer: C. C. Grayson, Rail Photos Photo # 2852 Steam Engine No. 2157 reefer on eastbound freight, blasting past depot at Christiansburg, Virginia in October, 1956 Photo # 2853 Steam Engine unidentified and at undisclosed location Photo # 2854 Norfolk & Western eastbound freight blasting upgrade past depot 7
pulled by 2-8-8-2 No. 2126 with No. 2157 helping at Christiansburg, Virginia in October, 1956 Photo # 2855 Builder s Photo of Norfolk & Western, compound articulated locomotive, Class Y6b, type 2-8-82 articulated. Road No s begin with No. 2171. Built at Roanoke Shops Negative No. 34046, pictured here as N&W No. 2197 Photo # 2856 8