E-units - Southern practice

Tue Apr 9 20:28:01 EDT 2019

Jim

That consist leaving Bristol looks a lot like 45 leaving Roanoke headed 
to Bristol in the fall of 1960.  Or the way it was supposed to look like.

That day I was out taking some photos and decided to drive by the 
station.  That was about 3 in the afternoon and no passenger trains were 
due.  There were a number of people waiting on the platform so I decided 
to see what was up.  Turns out 45 was over an hour late due to 
problems.  There was a truck from the roundhouse and several mechanics 
in the crowd to meet the train.

It finally arrived over an hour late.  The fireman was hanging out the 
door of E-7 2909 and smoke was coming out the door. Really an awful smell.

The engineer and fireman took to ground as soon as it stopped. The men 
from the roundhouse boarded and went to work inspecting the 2909.  Some 
minutes later a RS-11 was coming down the main line.  It was N&W RS-11 
352.  The 2909 was isolated and the job was turned over to 352 to handle 
the train with the help of the second unit an E-8.  Did not record the 
number of that one.

Two toots and 45 was headed to Bristol with the RS-11 352, E7 2909 dead 
and the E-8.

When it got to the Railway Express Building the crossing was clear and 
gates down.  The engineer gave her more throttle.  What a sound that 
little diesel made leaving town.  One that I will always remember.. I do 
not remember the names of the engineer and fireman but know they were 
glade to get out of that rough riding cab at Bristol.

Photo attached of 352 and 45 leaving town fall of 1960.

Jim Blackstock

On 4/9/2019 3:05 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>
> Southern did this … usually an E-7 or E-8 and either F-3a or FP-7. 
> Fairly common practice in the ‘60s.  Attached is a pic of an E-7 with 
> FP-7 in 1966 (I think Train 42 was the northbound Pelican) and a pic 
> of another northbound at Bristol about to hand off to the N&W.  The 
> 2^nd unit is an F-7.  I also have a pic of the Crescent in Mississippi 
> with 3 E-8s and an FP-7 as 2^nd unit.
>
> Didn’t RF&P run E-8s in freight service lashups on an irregular basis?
>
> Jim King
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> Jack is currently doing an “E and F Combo” project, for RR’s that ran 
> E-Units and F-Units together regularly.  Maybe if RF&P used this 
> practice, he would include them in his thinking.
>
> Can anybody document such practice?
>
> -Eric Bott
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> A few years ago, Jack Vansworth at the Division Point was considering 
> importing a series of E-8A diesels in brass.  I asked him about the 
> possibility of importing the RF&P leased version in two road numbers. 
>  He replied that if he "probably" went ahead with the E-8A project 
> that he would "probably" do the leased RF&Ps.  That was several years 
> ago and don't even know if the E-8A project is still on Jack's agenda.
>
> Bill King
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> The N&W E-units in ACL and/or RF&P colors were very poor sellers. The 
> society had a hard time getting rid of them.
>
> Stephen Rineair
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> Is there any chance the Society could re-issue the N&W E-units in ACL 
> and/or RF&P colors using Walthers models in HO? There seemed to be 
> popular and I'm sure others would like them too.
>
> Roger Huber
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