Herald Plates on GP9 Locomotives

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Tom

  There is a drawing in the archives which will answer most of your 
questions  D47752
They where applied two both ends . Two metal strips welded to the locomotive 
at four points
Plate 24 1/8 diameter. 1/8 thick had four 3/8 studs on the back which were 
bolted to the strips


Larry Evans
Kenova WV


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>I would like some information on the Herald Plates that were apparently 

>placed on the nose of some early GP9 locomotives.  These are heavy steel, 

>circular plates, about two feet in diameter and painted black.  They have 

>the N&W gothic logo, in gold, applied to one side.  There are four short 

>metal plates welded to the back which were apparently used to weld the 

>plate to the engine.  There is a picture of N&W #620, a red bird, showing 

>one of these plates, on the website of the NC Transportation Museum at 

>Spencer, NC.

>

> I would like to know which engines had these plates, when and why they 

> were removed.  Were they factory installed by EMD or were they added by 

> the Roanoke Shops?  Also, were they placed on both ends of the GP9 or just 

> the long hood?

>

> I've looked at the 2011 N&W color calendar for April and wonder about the 

> yellow marks on the hood of #813.  The text says they are the remnants of 

> a hamburger herald which has rubbed off.  I wonder if they could be the 

> place where one of these round herald plates has been cut off.

>

> Tom Myers

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