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 Jim,
Thanks for locating a color photo of the other P&WV business car.
I do not have any solid information.  I am only speculating.  When the N&W leased the P&WV, and all of its equipment, they probably had the former NKP Bellevue Shops do a "quickie" re-paint to indicate that the N&W was the lessee of business car #400.  The quickie re-paint merely involved replacing the P&WV letterboard with N&W letterboard and substituting #103 for #400 as opposed to a true repaint.  The photo of N&W #103 was probably taken by someone at Bellevue Shops to record their handywork.
As I said, this is just idle speculation.  If some one has any firm information on the history of N&W #103, I would be glad to hear about it.
Regards,
Bill KingArlington, Virginia



    On Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 07:13:23 PM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 Bill,Thanks to your information, I was able to locate the attached partial color shot of sister car 300.  Paint appears to me to light cream and black and the lettering may also be black, but hopefully someone will have some more definitive infromation.Jim
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

 Jim,
I bought this same photo from Bob's Photos in 2022.  According to the information on the back of the photo, it is a former Pittsburgh and West Virginia business car #400.  The photo was taken at Bellevue, Ohio in October of 1964.
Unfortunately, there is no information on the print regarding its paint scheme.
Hope this helps.
Bill KingArlington, Virginia


 
    On Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 06:47:56 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 Anybody have a clue on what 300 looked like in the following shot and/or why it was painted this way?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/365716528910?_skw=norfolk+western&itmmeta=01K0GS3CR7YBXSSEYEKYHJZW2T&hash=item5526675f0e:g:g-cAAeSwbIZobEX-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cCKpJrfX70oJ48WJ0XVX7ls4um0Yd%2B6z20z4AKMYc4TaHDlbk4u8T124xMngLj4HSKE85%2FzU76HKiCMIHEieQD2UlZhlEfTt1Ls%2BI6Geuf5KK63Wg5SSnazGrqcdnoYQKWAUDNrlhgX8nGqqnFL69Iy4Bgg%2FwbUs64BNzkOEcp%2FX6F7iJg107GM4zTGBGLmbdFHCE7QSHOZf2hZcXZI4RlkAruxkCKPS%2BcDTI6gH76MgvdTimneVYnBRNWJnUG9Q0Ni7hav7941l6erY0Xui5kd2coOB%2FBnF71JoepyDUcgQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7LMjZmEZg
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