Norfolk and Western Class G-1 #6

Class G-1 Description

• Manufacturer: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA
• Production era: 1889- 1897
• Freight engine
• Number built: 14
• The 2-8-0 was one of the most popular steam types, and was used throughout the U. S.
• Could pull up to 50 wooden cars at a speed of 35 mph.
• Pilot (also called a “cowcatcher”) on the front
• Hand fired (coal shoveled into the boiler by hand)

# 6

• Built January 1897 for the N&W Railway (originally #352)
• Cost: $10,800
• Sold May 1917 to the Virginia Carolina Railroad and became #6
• Re-acquired by the N&W in 1920 when the N&W purchased the Virginia Carolina line
• Used on the Abingdon Branch which ran from Abingdon, VA to West Jefferson, NC
• Last used to pull stock cars on the Honaker Branch in 1955
• Retired January 1955
• This is the oldest locomotive in the Museum collection

Class Specifications

• Length: 57 ft.
• Height: 14 ft. 6 in.
• Weight: 120,785 lbs
• Wheel configuration: 2-8-0
• Tractive effort: 29,376
• Cylinder bore & stroke: 20 x 24
• Driver size: 50 in
• Tender coal capacity: 13.8 tons
• Tender water capacity: 6,000 gal
• Tender weight: 116,630 lbs
• Boiler pressure:180 psi
• Grate area: 31 sq. ft.