Did the N&W have any GP38s?

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Jerry,
You are probably right, I was just relying on increasingly faulty memory.  3 is "about 4", isn't it? ;-)

Mainly wanted to explain what a "skunk" was to someone who may have been uniniated.

John Samples

---- nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote: 

> John,

>    

>   I thought there were 3 skunks on that fleet?

>   4107, 4129, and one other 4100 unit. This is reading from my N&W Second Gen Locomotives Book.

>    

>   Jerry Butler

> 

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

>   Nathan,

> 

> The so-called "skunk" units had a broad white stripe with the Norfolk and Western lettering in black inside the stripe. Sort of resembled Southern units. I don't remember now how many there were, or what the numbers were, but I believe there was about 4 of them.

> 

> I modeled one of these in N scale recently. Rather striking units among the normal solid black.

> 

> John Samples

> 

> 

> 

> ---- nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote: 

> > Hi Nathan;

> > 

> > Yes, sixty GP38AC new from EMD in 1971. Dynamic brakes, large fuel tanks.

> > 

> > "N&W GP38AC 4100-4159 built 1971, first new units delivered in black with 

> > the large NW image in white."

> > from http://rome.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0008e&L=smrf&T=0&P=539

> > 

> > Then 4160-4163 were ex Illinois Terminal GP38-2

> > http://www.thedieselshop.us/NW.HTML

> > 

> > Also see Modeling a N&W "Skunk" GP38AC Mainline Modeler, October 1989

> > 

> > Nigel F Misso

> > 

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> > Subject: Did the N&W have any GP38s?

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> > 

> > >I feel sure the N&W had some Kind of GP38s on there roster. By saying some 

> > >kind I mean GP38/GP38-2/GP38AC. 

> > 

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