No crew or passengers were injured, and the damage done was deemed relatively minor. The impact punched a hole in the front smokebox plate, shattered the smokebox door and knocked the headlight onto the ground. 475 collided head-on with an excavator parked on a siding.
On November 2, 2022, while running around a passenger train at Leaman Place Junction in Paradise, No. This would mark the first time since 1991 that two ex-N&W steam locomotives operated together. 611, which visited the SRC two more times in 20. 475 was reunited with another N&W steam locomotive, class J 4-8-4 No. It returns to active service in September 2019, backdated to its 1940s-50s appearance with the headlamp being mounted to the center of the smokebox door. In late 2018, it was taken out of service for its 15-year mandated Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) inspection and rebuild. 382 for the Virginia Creeper photo charters, hosted by Lerro Productions on separate occasions. 475 was cosmetically altered to resemble its extinct sister locomotive No. However, the locomotive was the least favorite of the SRC crew due to its cramped cab.
475 was the only operating 4-8-0 in North America and the oldest operating steam locomotive on the SRC. 475 was purchased by Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) in Strasburg, Pennsylvania for $100,000 and was restored to operating condition on November 4, 1993, where it now operates in excursion service, pulling tourist trains in the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside between Strasburg and Paradise on the SRC. Excursion service at Strasburg Rail Road Rosenberg and his daughters, who subsequently donated it to the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in Boone County, Iowa around 1985. Kuyper, and then conveyed to the Pella Historical Society, being stored at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. A year later, it was purchased by William Armagost from Hollsopple, Pennsylvania. It was later retired from the N&W and put on display in Roanoke until 1962 when it was sold to the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal Company scrapyard.
475 was backdated to look like an 1880s locomotive with brass boiler bands, a fake diamond smokestack and oil headlamp for the 75th anniversary of Roanoke, Virginia. 475 worked on the N&W, hauling freight and coal trains on the mainline until the 1920s when it was reassigned to branch line duties on the Blacksburg Branch between Christiansburg and Blacksburg, Virginia, when bigger locomotives such as the Y class 2-8-8-2s and K class 4-8-2s arrived on the N&W. On the fireman's side, the water glass, injector controls, and steam gauge were also located on the other side of the firebox. On the engineer's side, the throttle lever was mounted above the firebox and the reverser lever was in front of the engineer against the side of the firebox. Additionally, the firemen would have to shovel coal on the tender deck instead of the cab deck. 475's cab, the engineer sits on the right beside the firebox, which was fitted further away from the back of the cab, similar to the camelback design. 475 was one of the many M class locomotives that were not re-equipped with superheaters, excluding Nos. 475 was re-equipped with Baker valve gear and a USRA type tender, which holds 16 tonnes (35,000 lb) of coal and 10,000 US gallons (38,000 L) of water. It was originally equipped with Stephenson valve gear and a 6-A type tender, which holds 10 tonnes (22,000 lb) of coal and 6,000 US gallons (23,000 L) of water. 475 was the 101st member of 125 M class steam locomotives built for N&W in 1906–07, rolling out of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1906 at a cost of $15,180. History Design change and cab configuration 475 became the only 4-8-0 locomotive operating in North America and the oldest operating steam locomotive on the SRC. 475 was sold to various different owners in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa until 1991 when it was purchased and restored by the Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, where it currently runs tourist excursion trains in the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside. Retired from N&W revenue service in 1957, No. It was first assigned to haul freight trains on the N&W mainline before being reassigned to branch line duties on the Blacksburg Branch in the 1920s. Norfolk and Western 475 is a 4-8-0 "Mastodon" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1906 as part of the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) first order of M class numbered 375–499. 475 conducting in-cab experiences in Leaman Place, Pennsylvania on August 16, 2020
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