N&W 620 is operated by the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where I
volunteered for nearly 10 years. 620 was NEVER painted red in N&W service;
it was the lowest numbered GP9 and was used solely for freight service
(meaning: it was delivered in black but may have been repainted blue in the
60s/70s .. I have not seen a photo of it in blue).
Only the passenger GP9s in the low 500s wore red to match the consists of
the era, which changed to blue after the Wabash merger in 1964. 620 was
painted red at NCTM because Bob Claytor, then CEO of NS, said NS would
donate the materials if NCTM agreed to the red scheme.
There were 5 or 6 C30-7s and 1 SD40-2 painted red with a yellow NW on the
hood. Other than the 3 GP38AC's painted in "skunk" colors (post-NS merger),
everything else of that era was standard 13D black with white lettering.
Jim King
Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc.
Ph. (828) 777-5619
<www.smokymountainmodelworks.com>
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