(Source: Roanoke Times, January 24, 2012)
ROANOKE, Va. — The Virginia Museum of Transportation’s red, white and blue “1776” locomotive is riding the rails again. The locomotive, built in 1970 by General Motors, was one of 115 SD45 diesel locomotives purchased by the former Norfolk & Western Railway. In 1974, the railway painted the locomotive red, white and blue in advance of the 1976 bicentennial celebration.
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