Both of which the N&W sold/transferred to the Chesapeake Western. CW #10 rests under the canopy having suffered too many electrical issues it will only live on as a static display. N&W #41 pictured here when transferred to the CW, was re-lettered Chesapeake Western and numbered #11. She was still in active service on the CW during the NS merger. Soon after the merger, the powers to be at NS decided to take her out of service and sent her to Roanoke to rot in the deadline. Since the day she left the CW for Roanoke, the Chesapeake Western RR herald & name has yet to be adorned/painted onto any other loco or rolling stock by NS. When N&W bought the CW, they left the RR name in tack and operated it as a separate short line for practical business reasons. Once the merger was completed with Southern & N&W, the newly formed NS kept the CW as a subsidiary and short line but removed all servicing facilities on the CW and eventually those bldgs were razed leaving nothing but mere memory to the CW's legacy. The only physical acknowledgement the NS has bestowed of the CW is a spray painted CW herald on the side of an old masonry freight building that was converted into an yard office in Harrisonburg. Unfortunately when NS decided to honor previous RR's that they had absorb over the years with heritage loco's, the CW was once again taken for granted and no heritage loco was issued. The perseverance of a local business bought & restored the CW depot in Harrisonburg and to this day, is the only other building to adorn the the CW name. Many thanks to that business and the VMT for preserving the CW legacy. Also thanks to the NHRS in Roanoke for reviving good ole CW #11 pictured here and using her on the grounds of VMT.
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