Norfolk & Western

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BigJim

QUOTE: They also painted a couple of their C30-7s a (i think) caboose red. can anyone confirm this? they seem to match the color of their cabooses.

No it wasn't a caboose red! They did paint some GE's and EMD's the same tuscan-like red as the passenger cars.

One SD40-2 and five C30-7's came from their respective factories in tuscan paint with gold lettering.

[BigJim]

QUOTE: They also painted a couple of their C30-7s a (i think) caboose red. can anyone confirm this? they seem to match the color of their cabooses.

No it wasn't a caboose red! They did paint some GE's and EMD's the same tuscan-like red as the passenger cars.

[Anonymous]

N&W's purchase of outstanding shares of the Illinois Terminal in 1981 brought 4 low nose GP38-2's to their roster. They became N&W 4160-4163.

All of N&W's U30C's, C30-7's & C36-7's were purchased new with low short hoods. Some SD40-2's in the 1600's and all SD40-2's in the 6100's & 6200's came new with low short hoods.

[SSW9389]

The 1964 merger brought low nose RS36s, a C420, GP30s and a GP35 from Nickel Plate and low nose C424s, U25Bs and GP35s from Wabash. I don't think there were any more low noses purchased until the early 1970s with the SD40-2s and C30-7s as mentioned above.

[ArcadeAttica]

Thanks
This'll definately expand my loco roster, since most companies dont build engines in the high nose style (at least not in N scale).

yeah, the blue appears to be a dark, royal blue. but i was ust hoping that a company made Norfolk Blue or something like that.

They also painted a couple of their C30-7s a (i think) caboose red. can anyone confirm this? they seem to match the color of their cabooses.
Mike

[Morpar]

I have photos that show that there were low nose C30-7s and SD40-2 running around in N&W paint in the mid 80's. Here are some links:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=118854
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=118858
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=118853
The last link just has a small bit of a low hood on the left side of the photo, but it does prove that they were using low hood locos back then.

Can't help on the blue question, I only remember seeing a few units on the dark blue, but they were so dirty it was hard to tell what the original color was. It did appear to be a very dark blue, but I really don't know what to compare it to. Most of the time it was difficult telling if a unit was black or blue until you were pretty close. Good luck!

[tomikawaTT]

When the N&W converted from steam, their new locos were all operated long hood forward, the idea being that, like a steamer's boiler, the prime mover would protect the cab crew from whatever misadventure was happening around the front coupler. I do not know when they took delivery of their first low-nose unit.

There is an active N&W Historical Society which probably has that information.

[ArcadeAttica]

Hey does anyone know if NW ran any low nose geeps, alcos, whatever? I noticed Athearn has GP 38s and SDs with the lose nose style. I've never seen any photos of the prototype with the low nose, nor any of the railroads that it merged with. So, I'm asking if Athearn took some creative liberties, or if there is some truth to it?


On another note, what color blue did NW use on its engines?
Thanks, Mike[C):-)]