Diesel Locomotives
Diesel Locomotives of the Danville & WesternThe D&W owned four diesel locomotives throughout its history. In August of 1948, Carolina & Northwestern RS-2 #4 came to the D&W as a demonstrator, and the road soon ordered two RS-2's of its own. These, nos. 1 & 2, entered service on August 12, 1949. While steam locomotives were presumably used on occasion as needed, at least until Southern Ry. fully dieselized in 1953, the D&W was an all-diesel road after August, 1949.
The Alcos were painted in the standard Carolina & Northwestern scheme at the time, Pullman green with a cream stripe and lettering (the inspiration for the colors of this page). They were equipped with full MU controls and steam generators. After being replaced in 1950 (see below) they became Southern Ry. nos. 6206 & 6207, with CNO&TP sub-lettering.
For reasons unknown to me, the D&W ordered two new RS-3's in 1950. They were built on October 12, 1950, and painted in the standard Southern green and imitation aluminum scheme, lettered Danville & Western. These also wore nos. 1 & 2, and had MU controls but no steam generators. Within a few years, they had been re-lettered Carolina & Northwestern, and re-numbered 5 & 6. By the mid '60s they had been re-painted and re-lettered again, this time as Southern in the tuxedo scheme. I have been unable to find photographs of these engines Lettered for the D&W, or to determine the Southern numbers with which they ended their lives.
