Blue SD35

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Looking at Steve's book (page 122) that it does appear to have blue on it......my shots of 159 are clearly black.......interesting to see how much blue paint is pealing off the car body re-exoposing the black.  N&W didn't spend much money or effort cleaning locomotives prior to painting them.  I have shots of former NKP units that had been painted blue, back to blue, and eventually back to nearly NKP.  Between bad paint preps and strong locomotive washer use paint could come and go.  One things for sure many N&W units looked like hell........but mechanically they were in good shape.  Thanks for noting the "Pevler Blue" ex-VGN H24-66  stuck back in the pack in Steve's book.

Regards,
Ed Painter


On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:27 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> On page 122 of Steven Timko's Norfolk & Western in Color Volume 2 there is a photo of Train Master 159, clearly in blue paint.

>  

> Dick Dunford

> Blacksburg, VA

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> I have shots of blue RS-11's and GP-9's but clean fresh paint would be a problem.  Please correct me with if you have conclusive evidence otherwise, but I don't recall any former Virginian Trainmasters being painted in the Pevler Blue scheme.  I have some missing units in my slide collection but of those I do have none are in blue.  The former Wabash H-24-66's that were repowered by ALCO were all painted in Pevler Blue (I have shots of all of them) and some of former Virginian H-16-44's were also painted Pevler Blue.

> 

> Regards,

> Ed Painter

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> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:57 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

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>> This is a pretty interesting thread.  I'm not looking to get this thread off topic, but I'm considering moving my modeling efforts from modern NS to 60's-70's-80's N&W and I'm looking for some photos.  Would anyone happen to have any photos of a clean or newly painted blue GP9, RS11, or ex-Virginian Trainmaster? Any help would be nice.

>> 

>> -Have a nice day!

>> Evan Miller

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>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:16 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>> Looks like 1529 was repaired with white numberboards but not repainted blue!!

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>> http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=632617

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>> Walt Gay

>> Petersburg, VA

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>>  N&W units were generally so dirty during the 70's it wasn't always easy to determine their actual color.

>> Some I.C.C. accident reports on file at the D.O.T. library are missing , but there

>> are two which involved SD35s.  

>> 

>> 7/17/68 - Engs 1550-382-820-1531 collided with a gas truck at Abingdon

>> 8/19/70 - Extra 1529 East - head-end collision at Pembroke, VA.

>> 

>> Don't know if these SD35s survived, but you might want to check and see

>> if the color changed after wreck damage repairs.

>> 

>> As info. Eng 1531 was also in a pusher consist in a head=end collision

>> at Finney.

>> 

>> Not an SD35, but an Alco RS-3 painted blue and assigned to yard

>> service at Sandusky.  The "N&W" had faded from the herald and some

>> one had drawn a "happy face" on it.  The inspection train went to 

>> Sandusky that year and when R. F. Dunlap saw it, he busted out

>> laughing.  No, his face didn't shatter.                  Harry Bundy

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