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In 1958, then N&W President Stuart Saunders began dieselizing the N&W. He leased E6’s and E7’s from the Atlantic Coast Line and Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac to replace the J’s on all passenger trains across the system. 
There was a Sheb Wooley  song written in  1958 and in June of that year, it became#1 in  popularity. Because the ACL E units were frequently involved in grade crossingfatalities, they were frequently ID'ed by the song's name - " Purple People - eaters"                                                                       Harry Bundy
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