Lets See Your Norfolk & Western

The power line up on the ready tracks are from L-R diesel, electric, diesel, steam ( N&W class J ).

Class J exits a tunnel.

Class J burst forth from Westend Tunnel.

Holding for a red signal.

My MTH RailKing version of my "Jump-Seat" ride on "611".  Charlie

Norfolk & Western #244 was the first Railking model of a USRA 0-8-0 steam engine made by MTH Trains – product number (30-1111-1) - delivered in 1997 at MSRP $379.00 with PS1. Although the model is modest, the locomotive is significant. N&W #244 was built by the Roanoke Shops in December 1953 and was the last reciprocating steam locomotive built for an American Class 1 railroad.

MELGAR

From last July......the River City 3 Railers at the Keystone Tractor Museum.....an annual show each July.

Peter

MTH PS2 Norfolk & Western #612 steamer:

Arnold

PS2 Y6, unfortunately not working anymore. I think I blew the board. Need to figure out my options.

The all powerful N&W Y6b Mallet.

- not exactly "prototypical", but -

I'm gonna take you big/fancy N&W folks back to basics!

I had an old 6066T in poor condition and decided to give it a second life. it was in a 'parts' box missing a truck with some drippy chemical/cleaner damage. i gave it a light sanding with 600~1000 grit followed by a fresh coat of engine black and then add some k4 water decals gives this tender a little local N&W~N&S flavor. (I live in VA)

... sorry, i didn't clean the engine yet

Lionel 746

Railking

Class A Lionel TMCC #611

I'll take the letter J for $300 too!

I have a very nice set of N&W passenger cars in HO by Rivarossi, but they are a little small for this locomotive.  I also have a few Eastern Car Works HO N&W passenger kits.  This is a Williams scale model.

Here's an N&W J slowing for water a long way from home in California.

That's a Lionel MPC era J - one of my favorites and a great runner!

N&W #2175 Y6B being turned on the turntable to go into device on “THE SOUTH FORK RAILROAD”

After I inventorying the collection, might need to slow down on collecting N&W.

Electric:  MTH Premier PS3 E33

Diesels:

Legacy GP20:

MTH Railking PS3 H10-44

Steam:

MTH Premier PS3 2-8-0 Consolidation

Two J units, MTH Premier unshrouded J and Railkkng Imperial PS3 611

Class A: Lionmaster TMCC and Visionline #1210

My “Dynamic Duo”

Left 3rd Rail “K”, right MTH “J”

You can see “K” on left is smaller - hence the name “Baby J”.

The “K” by itself - you might not realize it’s not a “J”. 🤔

@TrainBub posted:

My “Dynamic Duo”

Left 3rd Rail “K”, right MTH “J”

You can see “K” on left is smaller - hence the name “Baby J”.

The “K” by itself - you might not realize it’s not a “J”. 🤔

Love the comparison.  Really like that K.  Wish Lionel would attempt a second try of their brass hybrid version that was canceled.

Norfolk & Western rectifier, Blunami equipped of course.

Some N&W from my collection…

Tom

Here are two more N & W engines I have - Weaver RS3 dummy unit & MTH RailKing Y6b.  Charlie

Early Lionel A; pre-Odyssey cruise, but runs well enough.

N&W Jawn Henry by 3rd Rail

N&W is also a favorite railroad of mine, makes up a sizable portion of my collection. Unfortunately everything is boxed up until I can get a suitable layout built. Some older photos of two brass N&W engines I have are in the "Show Me Your Brass" thread. I cannot find where I have those photos on my hard drive so just incluing the link.

I also had the privilege of receiving a custom run 2-8-0 from Mr Muffin's Trains and weathered by Harry Heike about a year ago (pictured below). It is not prototypical, but it is probably the closest I will ever get to an N&W consolidation in 3 rail O. I selected #684 because I thought that N&W 684 most closely matched the 2-8-0 model being produced based on photos from the N&W Historical Society. I made a thread here with a few more pictures.

I only have the Big Three Steam but have 3 ‘J”’s one Premier, one RailKing and one PostWar. But more importantly where is Scott in the string knowing where he lives and the Hobby Shop he deals with and the shops owner I believe Scott probably has every N&W Steam locomotive that has ever been release and pretty sure every cab number of every “J” every released!!!

N&W #1218 pulling passenger car excursion on “THE SOUTH FORK RAILROAD”

Siblings meet up.

well I think I may be able to contribute a wee bit to this thread - to answer your question which number J class I have, the answer is “yes”

The Tennessean Hand off at Monroe, VA :

A J, K2a and Y6b at work on the layout:

One of my Y6b with the real Y6a in Roanoke a few years ago:

@M J Breen awesome pics/video, love the collection

I'm partial to the big iron, so here's mine.

The Lionel Legacy Y6b

The Lionel TMCC N&W Class A (Receiving a Legacy Upgrade)

The MTH N&W 611J

Here is mine!!!

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

I'm partial to the big iron, so here's mine.

The Lionel Legacy Y6b

The Lionel TMCC N&W Class A (Receiving a Legacy Upgrade)

The MTH N&W 611J

…go Heavy or go Home! 😁

@M J Breen posted:

well I think I may be able to contribute a wee bit to this thread - to answer your question which number J class I have, the answer is “yes”

"How many N&W J's do you have?"

"Yes."

@M J Breen posted:

One of my Y6b with the real Y6a in Roanoke a few years ago:

The camera position/height relative to the prototype Y in the background is a real homerun, reminds me of old railroad advertisements.

Always regret selling my Lionel JLC y6b.

@J 611 posted:

Always regret selling my Lionel JLC y6b.

They're beautiful models for sure

3rd Rail N&W 475. The detail is incredible. There’s video of it running on my YouTube channel.

I don't have a whole lot of N&W (a lot more of its successor) but this is the biggest of the lot, reaching back to a buy-anything-cool thread from August 2023 (page 343):

Here's a link to the original BACL post with clickable (bigger) versions of the above images, among others.

Also, the same Class A, after hours in my hotel room during York, and a few months prior to getting its PS3 upgrade (top two pics).

York haul thread where the above pic appears in clickable form

---PCJ

@ryanexpresstrains posted:

3rd Rail N&W 475. The detail is incredible. There’s video of it running on my YouTube channel.

So jealous, I have been searching for one! Congrats !

Two more classic N&W engines …

My only N&W engine.  It's a MTH Rail King Y6b with Proto sounds.  I bought it from Trainland many years ago when they were clearing out Proto sounds equipment.  I believe Proto 3 was still on the horizon but Proto 2 had been around for a while.  I've added a homemade auxiliary tender.

Railking

Does this count !

@boomer0622 posted:

Does this count !

That's awesome! I'll have to take some pics of my N&W relics too.

All of my N&W engines are under the knife being repaired right now, or haven't arrived yet.

All Lionel Legacy, I have a J class #600, a 2-8-8-2 mallet #2020, and I will be getting the new 2-6-6-2 mallet just released very soon. I've also got about 8 N&W coal cars, but I need a lot more!

Lionel Modern Era 611 J.

All you OGR N&W fans ...

Thank you for sharing your passion!

I too love the J-s  (have 4), and one day hope to get the Y6B and A-class. Your pics and videos are especially cool on your layouts ...very inspirational.

I wish Lionel would make Vision versions, or at least remakes, of the real big N&W engines like the Y6b ... just like they tend to do with the popular UP Big Boy.

Great post!

- Ken Gillig

Railking

A few new N&W items…

And a real N&W switch lock…

Tom

Here's my N&W fleet operating on the Free State Junction Railway.  

0-8-0 Switcher MTH RK scale.  

I like the close distance between cab and tender.

Lionel scale J class 611 from 2005 cat.

MTH RailKing Y6b Mallet.

Just got this Class A

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

Some MTH 19th century N&W…

Tom

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

Lionel Vision Line N&W Class A #1201.

I know, some people like the red stripe, some people don't.  I'm one of the I like it people.

I thought that I had posted this before; maybe elsewhere...

But, anyway: my N&W "cheater" K-2, from years ago.

Lionel factory-weathered Warhorse J, larger pilot wheels ("General" spoked), scale 2-wheel trailing truck, FWH under running board (needs doing better), scratch-ish tender. The tender was lengthened using original frame, trucks re-positioned farther apart, scratch-built body (styrene underpinnings, scratch brass shell), original TMCC electronics.

A lot of work for a cute but, at the end of the day, a loco that's still Postwar-size. Also, it runs poorly. Pullmors are a strange lot: sometimes they are smooth, steady and good enough for today. Sometimes they zoom-bog-zoom-bog...this is one of those. Gearing, I guess. Great sounds.

The Lionel "J" was my childhood favorite Lionel PW loco. Never had one until this Warhorse.

Looks pretty serious.

I finished up a N&W C30-7 recently.

It is a MTH PS1 that detailed and painted. I painted the handrails, stanchions and the airhorns to match the MTH painted body shell. I repainted the number boards into the correct white background with black numbers

I also modified the truck frames to achieve a reasonable resemblance to the trucks used on the N&W engines. I milled off the under frame brake cylinders and the added the upper type cylinders.

I added some cut levers and windshield wipers. Topped it off with the firecracker antenna.

I may weather the unit. The PS 1 system is a bit shaky. The engine runs fine, but the sound is messed up. There is no volume control and the bell rings constantly. It appears the boards may have been modified. I could also just end up gutting the engine and making a dummy unit out of it…

Tom

I gotta get these guys back on the layout for exercise.

Postwar Lionel 746 J and Modern era Lionel passenger cars: