This consolidation type locomotive had a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement common on railroads at the turn of the century. Originally Norfolk and Western Railroad No. 305, it was built in Roanoke in June of 1892 as construction No. 137 at the Roanoke Machine Works in Roanoke, Virginia, shops later purchased by the Norfolk and Western Railroad. It served in the N&W until larger locomotives arrived and No. 305 was deemed surplus. On November 11, 1920, No. 305 was leased to the Chesapeake Western railroad in northern Virginia, and on June 31, 1921, it was returned to the N&W. In January 1922, No. 305 was sold to the Mathieson Alkali works in Saltville, Virginia, for $20,000.00. Weighing 112 tons including tender, it was rebuilt by M.A.W. shop forces with a larger coal compartment in the tender, relettered Mathieson Chemical Corporation, given a fresh coat of paint with yellow striping, and renumbered No. 11. Olin Mathieson retired it from active service in 1961 and donated it to the town of Saltville, making it the oldest surviving Norfolk and Western steam locomotive and the only surviving locomotive from the original Roanoke Machine Shops.