I viewed a utube video just a couple of weeks ago from filming done at a NHRS Convention in Roanoke immediately prior to the dieselization. I wish I could locate it to give you the link. It was fantastic filming (silent) of locomotives of both the N&W and the Virginian (electrics included) including statis trains and convention excursions. Maybe someone on this list has the link. There is a photo of GP7s, or maybe GP9s, with a caption saying these were the first N&W diesels the photographer had ever seen. The paint scheme was black with gold (or yellow ?) lettering, very dull and plain much like the Pennsy, but looking so much like the S GP9 models of AMERICAN MODELS. But there were no red diesels in the film. - Earl Henry, Nashville In a message dated 1/25/2011 7:02:32 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
In the summer of 1958 the N&W began to dieselize it's passenger service. At first they used borrowed units such as from the ACL and allowed Southern trains to run through with Southern diesels from Bristol to Lynchburg. However they replaced the borrowed units with the red GP's as the first diesels. These were dual use diesels of course. When they began replacing the steam freight locomotives those diesels were black. George Courtney --- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > > > > If I recall correctly, the first N&W diesels were red. Some of us thought of them as PRR red. > Regardless of the hue, some at least were red. I have a slide of two Geeps on the "Pochahontas" near Crewe but the sun did not cooperate. It's hard to determine the color, but I recall red passenger cars on the train. > > Tom > Don Thompson found us a red N&W loco, # 620. Here's a picture. > _http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=436167_ (http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=436167) > tom Hawley > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
