Official Newsletter of the Norfolk & Southern Historical Society
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Norfolk & Southern Railroad 12 at South Norfolk, Virginia in 1905, originally from the Harold K. Vollrath Collection. Later numbered 100, this engine was scrapped in 1936.
A Portfolio from the Bob Newton Collection: Norfolk Southern Class C Steam Locomotives: Moguls (2-6-0) by Tony ReevyAt first, from about 1890, Norfolk Southern used its Moguls (2-6-0s) as mainline freight locomotives. They operated singly east of Wilson, N.C., but were usually doubled-headed between there and Raleigh. They were replaced, beginning in 1907, in this role by more powerful 4-6-0 and then 2-8-0 locomotives. After this, the Moguls were used as branch line motive power, both for freight trains and mixed trains (trains including both freight and passenger cars, usually branch-line trains ended by a coach instead of a caboose). They also saw some later use handling mainline local freights in eastern North Carolina. One of the last regular runs on the Norfolk Southern assigned to a Mogul was coverage, by 117 and 118, of mixed trains 11 and 12 between Marsden (Chocowinity) and New Bern, and also on the Oriental Branch out of New Bern. According to Reisweber and McDonald, Norfolk Southern rostered only 14 Moguls, which were divided into three classes based upon their cylinder diameter (17, 18 or 19 inches). All the NS Moguls were in the 100 road number series (in the 1907 renumbering), with Class C1 (17” cylinders) numbered 100-103 (except for second number 102, a Class C3—see below), C2 (18” cylinders) numbered 104-107, and C3 (19” cylinders) numbered 116-119. Moguls 116-119 were ordered by the Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad, but by the time they were delivered the V&CC had been merged into the Norfolk & Southern Railway Company. All but the Class C3s were retired by 1936, with the last Moguls leaving the Norfolk Southern roster in the early 1940s. Most of these engines had different numbers in earlier Norfolk Southern numbering schemes. One of these schemes, introduced in about 1906, was not used for very long and is not usually referenced by historians. According to Prince, Class C1 100 was formerly N&S 12, 101 was formerly 15, 102 was formerly 9 and 103 was formerly 11. 102 was sold to the Roper Lumber Company in 1909, and the number was reused for another engine in 1924 (see below).Class C2 104 was former N&S 7, 105 was formerly 8, 106 was formerly 16 and 107 was formerly 17. Finally, Class C3 116 to 119 were delivered numbered N&S 100 to 103, but were soon renumbered. 
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