Blue SD35

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On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:25 PM, Edwin Painter <edwinpainter at gmail.com> wrote:


> 1529 - I have a 3 slides of 1529.....In Princeton in 1972 in black with yellow/gold 1/2 moon heralds and Norfolk and Western spelled out on the long hood as delivered from EMD.  I also have 2 shots of it at Dillonvale/Pine Valley, OH in 1976 with it painted black with NW in white.  Not much chance this locomotive was ever painted blue. 

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> 1550 - I don't have any shots of 1550 but have a call into a retired NS friend and roster shot "nut" Dave Hyer to see if he has any shots of this unit.

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> 1531 - I have 2 slides 1531 - Bluefield during 1972 and Lynchburg in 1984 both with the unit painted black with white NW lettering.  Harry what was the date when this unit was wrecked?

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> Harry.....I have a shot of N&W RS-3 307 in blue at Sandusky in 1974 (I have additional 300 series RS-3 shots at Sandusky that I hope to find as I currently cleaning-up my 35mm slide files...) 

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> If Dave has info on 1550 I'll communicate it.

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> Ed Painter

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> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:16 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

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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.  

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>> 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.

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

>> if the color changed after wreck damage repairs.

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

>> at Finney.

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>> 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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