Diesels

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Jack,
The RS3's were used all over the N&W. They were first used on the Lynchburg and Durham line when delivered in October of 1955. The Durham Line was the first section of the N&W to dieselize as a result.

Sincerely,
Joseph Congemi

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> Thanks, Marty.  That information is what I was looking for.  Do you happen to know how the RS3s and S4s were used?  Were they switchers, work on main lines, or what?  Thanks.
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> Jack
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> N&W purchased 8 RS3s in 1955-56, and inherited 23 more from NKP in 1964.  Most were retired in the early 1970s, with the last being retired in 1979.
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> The N&W inherited 38 S4s in the 1964 merger from Nickel Plate and Wabash.  Most of them were retired in the early 1970s, the last in 1976.
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> Marty Flick
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