| Mailbag - Staff Arrow |
| Classic Ad: 1947 / Designed for Travel Agent Magazines - Staff Arrow |
| 1776: The Locomotive You Saw and the Ones You Didn't - George Hughes |
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At Left: 1776 takes charge of an Orland Park (Chicago) commuter train in August of 1974. This service was formerly operated by the Wabash; the N&W took over its operations after the 1964 merger. (Bob Bowers collection) |
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This is the 1776 approved version. The one obvious difference in stenciling is that the road name as painted is Imitation Gold, while Black lettering is shown on the drawing |
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How it all started: Painting of N&1776 Was Employee's Idea (N&W Magazine, November 1975, contributed by Tom Heinrich) |
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Style 2&3 - Subtle differences distinguish these drawings. In Style 2, the red, white & blue striping extends across the cab and features large "NW" and "Norfolk and Western" lettering on the carbody side. In Style 3, the car is all red, and lettering is minimal. Note that both these styles have blue underbody and trucks |
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Style 4 - This one is interesting for its asymmetrical striping on the ends of the hoods - red on the front (long hood) and blue on the rear (short hood) |
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Style 5 - Features a very large road number but will all that white, looks as if it would be difficult to keep clean. |
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Style 6 - No mistaking the engine number on this one, either! |
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Style 7 - This one could be an unintentional harbinger of the Amtrak "Pepsi can" scheme as used on their B32-8s. |
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Another special day in the line fo 1776, as she leads an excursion of happy railfans, date and place unknown. And yes, that's Southern 4501 second in command. (George Hughes collection) |
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NW Participation in 200th Anniversary of Our Nation - Painting of Locomotive No. 1776 in Patriotic Scheme, March 20, 1974 (N&WHS Archives Collection) |
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1797 shows off a factory-new paint job identical to the one in which the 1776 was originally delivered. Note the contrast between the blue carbody and black underframe and trucks. Road dirt soon made this distinction far less obvious. (George Hughes collection) |
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1776 eases another excursion train through the yard in Bluefield, WV (Gary Rolih collection) |
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Looking only a little worse for wear, 1776 leads a UP U-boat in May 1978 in the last days of her Bicentennial feature role. (Ed Durnwald photo, George Hughes collection) |
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The Life of 1776 (Bob Bowers) |
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Her glory days over, 1776 is just another SD45 in "NW" black by February 1979 as she rests in the snow between assignments in Conneauat, OH. (Ed Durnwald photo, George Hughes collection) |
| N&W's Class BMf Baggage and Mail Cars - James F. Brewer |
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N&W 1202 is being loaded with baggage, express and mail at Petersburg, VA in this undated photo. The safety bars behind the lower windows are evident, as is the catching bar for snagging mail on the fly (Slate Photo, N&WHS Archives collection) |
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Upon retirement from service, N&W 1202 was donated to the Old Dominion Chapter, National Railway Historical Society in the Spring of 1966. Here it sits on July 11, 1974 in Richmond, VA with other assorted equipment. (Howard W. Ameling photo) |
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An unidentified Class BMf sits in Roanoke, VA alongside the passenger shed platform in March 1962. (Collection of Jay Williams and Big Four Graphics) |
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Baggage and Mail Car Class BMf (James F. Brewer collection) |
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Roster |
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Top: N&W Class BMf 1202 is at Roanoke, VA, apparently after concluding a run. Visible in the distance through the open baggage doors is what appears to be an N&W Express Box Car. (Harry Stegmaier collection) |
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Bottom: An acceptable HO scale model of the Class BMf can be made by painting and detailing the Rivarossi 1920s Heavyweight Baggage/RPO car. More details could be added for a more authentic model of this car. Photo is of the author's model. (James F. Brewer photo) |
| In Scale / Modeling the 1776 - George Hughes |
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Three photos of 1776 model under construction (George Hughes photos) |
| In Scale / New Products - George Hughes |
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Pilot model of Broadway Limited Imports Class A (George Hughes photo) |
| The Tennessean / The Engine Picture Kid - James Nichols |
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This must be about 1947 or '48. As you can see, the electrification is still in service. What you probably can't see is that the cars of the 1949 Powhatan Arrow have not beeen delivered yet. (Jim Nichols photo) |
| Nuggets from The Archives / The Carper Stack Engine - Gordon Hamilton |
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The Carper stack engine (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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The report cover page was laboriously hand-written - Comparative Test of Locomotives (N&WHS Archives collection) |
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The chart of early N&W steam testing was laboriously hand-written - Standard Straight Stack Engines (N&WHS Archives Collection) |
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Test Data (Gordon Hamilton) |
| From the pages of the N&W Magazine, 1955 - Staff Arrow |
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Two matchbooks illustrating N&W advertising (N&W Magazine) |
