White stripe

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My recollection is that all original N & W diesel locomotives were bought 
with self-aligning couplers whereas at least some of  diesels inherited in 
the Oct. 16, 1964, acquisition of the NKP, WAB, etc., did not have 
self-aligning couplers.

Self-aligning couplers help prevent jack-knifing tendencies under coupler 
buff conditions, such as in pusher service.  This was a more important 
consideration in N & W operations than it was on the NKP and WAB.

The white stripes were added sometime soon after the 1964 acquisition of the 
NKP, WAB and smaller roads.

Gordon Hamilton


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> When did N&W begin putting a white stripe on engines without self

> aligning couplers?

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> Walt

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