NW 1776 questions:

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Gene,

The N&WHS journal, The Arrow, has had a couple of articles (Vol. 19, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2003 and Vol. 24, No. 3, July-Sept. 2008) on the N&W's Centennial locomotive, No. 1776.  In the former issue Bob Bowers lists a chronology of the 1776 which answers most of your questions as follows:
  1) Was the SD45 renumbered to 1776?
          Yes
  2) When was the unit repainted? 
          5/74
      Was this done in Roanoke?
          Yes, Roanoke Shops paint shop
  3) When was the unit officially retired?
          2/29/88
  4) Who is the official owner of the unit?
          Donated to VMT 4/4/91
Gordon Hamilton

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> I'm createing a page highlighting a photo of N&W 1776 at the VMT.

> http://www.genebowker.com/fading-glory in my Railroads 101 series.

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> I want to improve the information on the page, so I have a few questions:

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> 1) Was the SD45 renumbered to 1776?

> 2) When was the unit repainted? Was this done in Roanoke?

> 3) When was the unit officially retired?

> 4) Who is the official owner of the unit?

> 

> Thanks in advance as always for the help!

> 

> Gene Bowker http://genebowker.com/ 

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