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Norfolk and Western classes Y6, Y6a and Y6b
The Norfolk and Western classes Y6, Y6a and Y6b were 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet steam locomotives built at the railroad's Roanoke Shops in Virginia between 1936 and 1952.
Norfolk and Western Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway was a Class I railroad headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, formed in 1870, known for hauling Pocahontas coalfield coal and for its steam locomotives.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the eastern United States, formed in 1982 from the Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway merger.
Norsk Spisevognselskap
Norsk Spisevognselskap (A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap) was a Norwegian railway catering company, founded by NSB in 1919 to operate dining cars, station restaurants, and hotels, and merged into Narvesen in 1975.
North British Railway
The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company, incorporated in 1844, that grew into the largest in Scotland and dominated the east coast route to England.
North Star (locomotive)
North Star was a 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson & Co. in 1837, diverted from an American order to the Great Western Railway.
North Station (Boston)
North Station is a rail terminal at 135 Causeway Street in Boston, under TD Garden, serving MBTA Commuter Rail lines and Amtrak's Downeaster to Maine.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway, also known as the North York Moors Railway, is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, running steam trains from Pickering to Whitby.
Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is a 457-mile electrified passenger rail line from Washington, D.C., through Philadelphia and New York to Boston, the busiest rail corridor in North America.
Northeast Corridor Improvement Project
The Northeast Corridor Improvement Project (NECIP) was a federally funded program under the 1976 4R Act to rehabilitate the 456-mile Boston–New York–Washington rail line, meeting its Washington–New York speed goal but missing Boston's.
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Northeast Frontier Railway, abbreviated NFR, is a zone of Indian Railways headquartered at Maligaon in Guwahati, Assam, that has served India's entire northeastern region since 1958.
Northeast Maglev
Northeast Maglev, formally The Northeast Maglev, is a Maryland-based company promoting Japanese SCMaglev trains in the US Northeast Corridor; its Baltimore-Washington project's federal environmental review was canceled in 2025.
Northeast Regional
The Northeast Regional is Amtrak's busiest intercity train service, running frequently along the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, carrying over 12 million passengers in fiscal year 2025.
Northern line
The Northern line, once called the Edgware, Highgate and Morden Line, is a busy London Underground line running 58 km from Morden to three northern termini.
Northern Powerhouse Rail
Northern Powerhouse Rail is a planned program of new and upgraded railways improving east–west rail links between the major cities of northern England, set out in 2015.
Northern Railway zone
Northern Railway, also known as Northern Railways, is the largest zonal railway of Indian Railways by route kilometers and staff, created in 1952 and headquartered at Baroda House, New Delhi.
Northstar Line
The Northstar Line, also called the Northstar Commuter Line, was Minnesota's first commuter rail service, running 40 miles from Big Lake to Minneapolis from 2009 to 2026.
Northumbrian (locomotive)
Northumbrian was an 1830 Robert Stephenson steam locomotive for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway that hauled the inaugural train and carried the injured William Huskisson.
Nottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is the light rail tram system serving Nottingham, England, opened in March 2004 and expanded in August 2015 into a 32 km, 50-stop network.
Novelty (locomotive)
Novelty was a steam locomotive built in London in 1829 by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson for the Rainhill Trials, where it was the fastest engine before repeated breakdowns eliminated it.
Nozomi (train)
Nozomi (のぞみ, "hope") is the fastest and most frequent service on the Tokaido Shinkansen, covering Tokyo to Shin-Osaka in as little as 2 hours 21 minutes.
Nozomi (のぞみ) (train)
Nozomi (のぞみ) is the fastest train on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, operated by JR Central since 1992, covering Tokyo to Shin-Osaka in as little as 2 hours 21 minutes.
NS Class 1100
The NS Class 1100 was a series of 60 electric locomotives of the Dutch national railway NS, built by Alsthom in France and used from 1950 to 1999.
NS Class 1200
The NS Class 1200 was a series of 25 six-axle electric locomotives of the Dutch national railway, built to an American design between 1951 and 1953.
NSB B5
NSB B5 is a Norwegian steel-bodied second-class passenger carriage built by Strømmens Værksted from 1977, seating 68 and numbered 26001–26063, later refurbished by Bombardier and used chiefly on the Bergen Line.
NSB Class 69
NSB Class 69, also known as NSB BM69, is a two- or three-car electric multiple unit built for the Norwegian State Railways between 1970 and 1993.
NSB El 18
The NSB El 18 is a class of 22 electric locomotives delivered to the Norwegian State Railways in 1996 and 1997, built by Adtranz and SLM.
NSB WLAB-2
The NSB WLAB-2 is a Norwegian sleeping carriage type built by Strømmen Værksted, with 20 cars delivered between 1986 and 1987 for NSB night trains, now scheduled for replacement.
NSWGR steam locomotive classification
NSWGR steam locomotive classification is the system the New South Wales Government Railways used to identify its steam classes, alphabetical until a 1924 numbering scheme.
NZR RM class
The NZR RM class, RM for "rail motor", was New Zealand Railways' classification covering all its railcars, from 1920s experiments to the Silver Fern railcars of 1972.