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I can also add that it was most definitely painted in the Roanoke Shops.  
The caboose was painted in Decatur.
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
 
 
In a message dated 5/4/2011 4:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Gene  -

The 1776 at the VMT is the original N&W 1776 built in February  1970.  The 
locomotive was painted in bicentennial colors in early  (April?) 1974, 
presumably by the Roanoke Shops.  It was repainted to  black in either 1979 or 
1980 from what I can gather by photographic  evidence.  The engine was retired 
by NS in February 1988 and donated to  the VMT in April 1991 where it was 
once again repainted in bicentennial colors  by VMT volunteers.

Jeff Hawkins


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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.

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

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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