NEB&W Guide to D&H Diesels

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Last Update: 2008-08-04

• The D&H standardized on American Locomotives (Alco) RS-2's and RS-3's. The D&H was buying diesels back in WWII. (The first one they purchased was a single S-2 in 1944.) At first, the D&H painted their early diesels in their steam loco scheme, black with a boxed-in cab number. Realizing later the quieter diesels gave less warning of their approach, yellow stripes were added on the nose.

• The D&H got their RS-3 diesels as such:
  • 4000-4004 Nov. - Dec. '46.

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