Posted by tom tallant on May 04, 19100 at 18:57:43:
In Reply to: Re: diesels leased by the ACY posted by Dan Olah on May 03, 19100 at 21:14:31:
Don wrote: During a visit to Britain Yard in the 70's, I saw a good number of the 10 ex-NKP GP30s there. However, this may have been after the N&W fully integrated the ACY into their system. These units were easily recognized by the bell in a recess on the front nose.
the ex-NKP GP30s (N&W 2900-2909) were definitly on the ACY at one time or another. I've seen photos of them but unfortunately I did not railfan in the 70's (to young). I do not doubt that they were on lease to the ACY, but records have yet to surface documenting the actual lease. One other note to remember is that the N&W began to use runthroughs on the ACY in the mid to late 70's, and a variety of power could have easily laid over in Brittian Yard.
The ACY didn't officially cease to exist until 1982 (pending southern merger probably caused N&W to clean up the bookkeeping). However starting in about 69/70, the ACY autonomy & seperate identity began to slowly slip away. By the late 70's the ACY could be hard to identify as a seperate entity. Also the locomotive arrangements seem to get more confusing as one gets into the later 70's. It begs the question: If you lease a locomotive to a wholly subsidiary, is it truely a lease?