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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Athearn Redbird came numbered 521.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jeff Cornelius</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 05:31:43 AM CDT, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780"><div><div class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780WordSection1"><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;">500-521. 521 is on display in Roanoke. </span></p><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;">Phil Miller</span></p><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;"> </span></p><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780yqt96432" class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780yqt0216188525"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;"> NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>NW Modeling List<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 27, 2025 5:43 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Red Bird</span></p></div></div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"> </p><p>What road numbers were assigned to the Red Birds? Walter Davis</p><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal">On 10/27/2025 4:07 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">I have photos of Red Bird GP-9s with Gothic Heralds; Red Bird GP-9s with Hamburger Heralds and Pevler Blue GP-9s with Hamburger Heralds.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">But the one combination that I have never seen is a Pevler Blue GP-9 with a Gothic Herald. That would truly be an amazing find.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Wouldn't everyone agree?</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Bill King</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Arlington, Virginia</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780ydp1b2a9d91yahoo_quoted_2065982772"><div><div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Monday, October 27, 2025 at 03:25:32 PM EDT, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <a shape="rect" href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org></a> wrote: </span></p></div></div><div style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;"><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780ydp1b2a9d91yiv0189134010"><div><div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">The Red Bird paint scheme first appeared in the fall of 1958, and was not changed until blue became standard in 1965. However not all units were repainted at that time, so the scheme lasted awhile longer.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Jim Nichols</span></p></div><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780ydp1b2a9d91yiv0189134010ydp76b1b868yahoo_quoted_1837648308"><div><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780ydp1b2a9d91yiv0189134010yqt98359"><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Monday, October 27, 2025 at 11:05:01 AM CDT, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <a shape="rect" href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org></a> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><div id="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780ydp1b2a9d91yiv0189134010ydp76b1b868yiv1598024975"><div><div style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;color:#26282A;">When did the Red Bird paint scheme first appear and how long did it last?</span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;color:#26282A;">Thanks.</span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;color:#26282A;">Jack Fletcher</span></p></div></div></div><p class="ydp8f9d8026yiv3782056780MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">________________________________________<br 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