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Norfolk and Western LC-1 Class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives· from 1914· class of 12 American electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Norfolk & Western Baldwin Westinghouse LC 1: Westinghouse· Public domain
what is it?
The N&W LC-1 was a class of boxcab electric locomotives built by Baldwin-Westinghouse for the Norfolk and Western Railway. The locomotives were part of an electrification project undertaken by the N&W to improve traffic conditions on the Elkhorn grade in its Bluefield Division. Baldwin-Westinghouse delivered 12 twin-unit boxcabs in 1914–1915.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 32 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1914–1950).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1915
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- Norfolk and Western Railway
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- 2.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV 25 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- (1-B+B-1)+(1-B+B-1)
- length
- 32 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088485, Wikipedia: Norfolk and Western LC-1 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.