Brian.....this is a great pic!
These engines were the "steal of the century" for the New Haven. The Virginian bought about 12 of them for about $267K each....they were acquired by the N&W in the merger with the Virginian and then all were sold to the New Haven for $200K, including spare parts.....
This allowed the cash-strapped New Haven to revamp their electric freight service (they had similar guts as the EP-5s). Some of these engines got PC black and lasted to get Conrail blue.
Peter