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Interesting question came up on another thread.  MTH has the 30-1507-1  Allegheny with N&W livery.  C&O and Virginian were the only two railroads to buy these from Lima so... Did the Virginian units survive long enough to migrate to and  operate under N&W.  I checked a few of the usual sites and could not find any clues.  MTH must think so.

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While all Virginian diesels had officially been retired by the time of the merger, several of them were still on the lot.  I have never heard of any of them being fired by the N&W, or for that matter by the Virginian after 1957.  Considering the N&W was retiring its own steam by that point, I doubt they repainted any remaining Virginian locos.  Maybe someone with more info can tell us for certain.

According to Eugene Huddleston's book "The Allegheny: Lima's Finest" all except two of the C&O engines were scrapped after their service on C&O (there is one at the Ford Museum and one at the B&O museum), and all of the Virginian engines (eight total) were scrapped after their service on Virginian, starting in January 1960. The locomotives were never in service on the N&W or any other railroad. 

If you're interested in a full history of the Allegheny locomotives, Huddleston's book (authored with Thomas Dixon, Jr.) is fascinating. It's well written, thoroughly researched, and very well illustrated. And it includes a whole chapter systematically and objectively comparing the Allegheny to other very large and powerful engines, like the UP Big Boy and N&W Class A.

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