1118 went to the NRHS Roanoke Chapter's 9th Street Yard in Roanoke, VA, while #1134 went to the Virginia Railroad Museum in Portsmouth, VA. #917 has also found a new home at the Buckeye Express Diner, 810 State Rt. 97 in Bellville, Ohio. {C {C}{C {C The M Class was designed to haul freight and coal over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Seventy-five Ms were supplied by Alco and fifty by Baldwin in 1906 numbered #375-#499. The following year, another fifty were ordered from Alco and fifty from Baldwin designated M1 and numbered #1000-#1099. These were supplied with Walschaert gear in place of the M Class's Stephenson gear. They were the heaviest Twelve Wheelers ever built, and were the only non-articulated steam freight locomotives on the NW roster In 1910, fifty more 4-8-0s were ordered from Baldw