Quite true, but N&W didn't become all-diesel until sometime in 1962 when the ex-Virginian electrification was shut down.
The era of Norfolk & Western burning what it hauled ended in the early morning of May 7th, 1960.
I don't have an exact date, but I think it was late 1959 or early 1960. Others will have more information.
Just got done reading the magazine on the 611 & mentioned diesel merely
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