1958 - General Motors and Alco Will Build 268 Diesel EnginesUnits for N&W

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There appears to be a misprint in this Roanoke Times article where it states 
that the new locomotives (presumably the 268 units) would cost five million 
dollars (that would be only $18,656.72 each).  The 1959 annual report states 
that the expenditure for 204 units received that year was $36.6 million 
(that would be $179,411.76 each, a more reasonable figure).

Gordon Hamilton

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> Roanoke Times - July 23, 1958

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> General Motors and Alco Will Build 268 Diesel Engines Units for N&W

>

>   Norfolk and Western Railway announced yesterday that 268 diesel 

> locomotive units purchased recently by the company will be built by the 

> Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp., and Alco Products Inc.

>   Delivery on the new locomotives, costing five million dollars, will 

> begin in October with Alco supplying 4 units and EMD 12 units each month.

>   Alco will build 40 class T-6 switchers of 1,000 horsepower, and 36 class 

> RS-11 road switchers of 1,800 horsepower.

>   General Motors will supply 192 class GP-9, 1,750 horsepower units, 16 of 

> which will be equipped for passenger operation.

>   It is expected that the units equipped with steam generators will be the 

> first delivered by EMD.

>   The new engines will enable the railway to dieselize completely at 

> present traffic levels in a year and half, said Stuart T. Saunders, N&W 

> president.

>   By the end of 1960, 202 steam engines are expected to retired, with 60 

> steamers of the present J, A, and Y6 classes held by the company for 

> stand-by power.

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