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N orfolk Southern management bought three 70-ton
engines to replace the ten-wheeler steam engines on
mail and express trains 1 and 2. Units 701, 702 and
703 were delivered in June 1948 and assigned to trains 1 and 2
until 1951. After that, they were used in local and branch line
service around New Bern and Bayboro, NC. They lasted well
into the Southern Railway
merger, remaining on the
roster until 1978.
NS 70-ton switcher - 1
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NS 70-ton switcher
– By Robert Rousseau
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Prototype photos by Warren Calloway
Making a unique locomotive
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