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Norfolk & Western Streamlined K2 #123 at Richmond's Union Station.

Norfolk & Western No. 123 was a K-2 Class 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive. It was built by the Brooks Locomotive Works in 1919 for the Norfolk & Western Railway.

The locomotive was used for crack passenger service on the Norfolk and Western Railway for much of its career.

It was retired from active service in 1957 and it was later sold for scrap.

Trivia[]

  • No. 123 is an example of a streamlined locomotive in the style of the N&W's J-class 4-8-4's.
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