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Radio trains were a Southern Railway operation, rather than N&W. They were tried on N&W portions of the railroad after the Southern merger, but were not successful, but still remained in service on the former Southern. N&W had a number of yard slugs converted from former Virginian H24-66's. There was even an attempt to make one from one of the rectifier electrics. That didn't work, but the FM's did, many retaining their original trucks and traction motors. N&W also converted GP9's to true road slugs, no prime mover. These alsso were equipped with dynamic brakes, with the exhaust hatch over the B end. The practice was for two of the slugs to be matched with GP40's on each end and served as pushers. That lasted for a little while, but now pushers are whatever 6-motor power is available. The GP9 slugs are now mated with the GP40's and work various humps. A bunch of them are in Roanoke.
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