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When did Norfolk & Western go all diesel?

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 7:11 AM

Quite true, but N&W didn't become all-diesel until sometime in 1962 when the ex-Virginian electrification was shut down.

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Posted by Leo_Ames on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:29 AM

The era of Norfolk & Western burning what it hauled ended in the early morning of May 7th, 1960.

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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, August 24, 2015 7:20 PM

I don't have an exact date, but I think it was late 1959 or early 1960. Others will have more information.

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When did Norfolk & Western go all diesel?
Posted by cat992c on Monday, August 24, 2015 7:16 PM

SurpriseJust got done reading the magazine on  the 611 & mentioned diesel merely

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