I'm not an N&M expert, but a quick search on "norfolk and western GP-9 diesel" found this link:
http://www.vmt.org/Loops-Collections/Diesel-Locomotive-Loop/Diesel-Locomotive-EMD-GP-9-521.html Not an historical photo, but apparently one of the original red passenger units. If Yahoo breaks the above link, try this one: http://tinyurl.com/4g5nvkd Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 1/25/11, SMMW <[email protected]> wrote: > N&W 620 is operated by the North > Carolina Transportation Museum, where I > volunteered for nearly 10 years. 620 was NEVER > painted red in N&W service; > it was the lowest numbered GP9 and was used solely for > freight service > (meaning: it was delivered in black but may have been > repainted blue in the > 60s/70s .. I have not seen a photo of it in blue). > > > > Only the passenger GP9s in the low 500s wore red to match > the consists of > the era, which changed to blue after the Wabash merger in > 1964. 620 was > painted red at NCTM because Bob Claytor, then CEO of NS, > said NS would > donate the materials if NCTM agreed to the red scheme. > > > > There were 5 or 6 C30-7s and 1 SD40-2 painted red with a > yellow NW on the > hood. Other than the 3 GP38AC's painted in "skunk" > colors (post-NS merger), > everything else of that era was standard 13D black with > white lettering. > > > > Jim King > > Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. > > Ph. (828) 777-5619 > > <www.smokymountainmodelworks.com> ------------------------------------ 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/
