Durham District in the '50s?

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The microscale steam set haS THE CLOSEST LETTERING YOU CAN GET. yOU WILL NEED TO RESPACE THE LETTERS (ONE AT A TIME) Jim Nichols


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Date:  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:05:56 -0500

>I would like to have an HO model of the initial - 1955 version before 
>renumbering - diesels custom painted - both an RS-3 and the GP-9.  I don't 
>know where to find the appropriate decals for the early lettering.  What 
>font would they be and does anyone have a still available source for the 
>decals?  Would there be any steam version decals that would be appropriate?
>
>Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>
>Bill Smith
>
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>The first GP9s were numbered 10-13, all shown by the equipment record
>book as delivered on October 5, 1955. They were reneumbered 710-713
>between April 6-13, 1956 at Lynchburg. The RS-3s were numbered 99-96,
>and a second batch delivered in February 1956 were numbered 95-92, they
>were renumbered 300-307 in 1956.
>
>To the best of my knowledge, there was never an N&W GP9 numbered
>700-703, the series 700-709 was left empty in the diesel era.
>
>Ken Miller
>
><Thank you Gordon for setting the record straight on the RS-3s.  I knew
>that from William Warden's book, Norfolk & Western: Diesel's Last
>Conquest.  I just made a mistake with the date.
>
>cs.
>
>In a message dated 3/26/05 5:13:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
>
>Chuck,
>
>Just to set the record straight, the diesels were introduced to the
>Durham Line in late 1955 instead of late 1956.  Four EMD GP-9s (No. 700
>- 703) were delivered Sept. 1955, and four Alco RS-3s (No. 300 - 303)
>were delivered Sept. and Oct. 1955.  It is my understanding that these
>eight units were used to dieselize the Durham Line.
>
>  The additional four RS-3s (No. 304 - 307) were delivered in Jan. and
>Feb. 1956, after which the N & W switched its Alco purchases to RS-11s.
>
>  Gordon Hamilton>
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