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Road Number: NW 562807	Class: C18	Type: CUPOLA
Builder: WABASH R/R SHOPS AT DECATUR, IL.		Off Roster: YES
Build Date: 1948	Coupled Length: 37' 10"	Weight: 48,300
Refrigerator: YES	Radio: YES	Propane Heat: YES
Toilet: YES	Stove: YES	Electric Equipped: NO
Former R/R & R/N: WAB R/N 2807.
Notes: COSTS NEW - $6,954.39 WAB = WABASH R/R.

		———————————————— History ————————————————
	8-8-66	REPAINTED AND RENUMBERED TO NW R/N 562807 AT DECATUR, IL.
	9-6-71	IN SERVICE AT ILES, IL.
	6-12-72	IN SERVICE AT DECATUR, IL.
	9-72	EMERGENCY BRAKE WARNING DEVICE INSTALLED AT DECATUR, IL. SHOPS.
	12-10-72	IN SERVICE AT ILES, IL.
	4-4-75	IN SERVICE AT ILES, IL.
	10-15-75	IN SERVICE AT ILES, IL.
	4-9-76	IN SERVICE AT ILES, IL.
	6-77	INSTALLED ROCK GUARDS OVER ALL WINDOWS.
	2-25-80	IN SERVICE AT WAVERLY, OH.
	9-15-80	APPLICATION OF FRA REAR MARKER LIGHT COMPLETED AT ROANOKE, VA.
	9-27-80	IN SERVICE AT BLUEFIELD, WV.
	11-25-80	IN SERVICE AT CHILLICOTHE, OH.
	3-23-81	IN SERVICE AT CHILLICOTHE, OH.
	4-17-81	IN SERVICE AT PORTSMOUTH, OH.
	?-81	PROPANE HEAT SYSTEM INSTALLED.
	11-22-81	STORED AT PRINCETON, WV.
	4-17-81	IN SERVICE AT PORTSMOUTH, OH.
	4-10-82	IN SERVICE AT NORTON, VA.
	7-24-82	IN SERVICE AT NORTON, VA.
	5-26-87	RETIRED.
	5-26-87 / 6-9-87	STORED AT ROANOKE, VA FOR SCRAP.
	6-9-87	SHIPPED FROM ROANOKE, VA.
	7-7-88	DONATED TO THE TOWN OF APPALACHIA, VA.
	5-12-93 / 10-11-21	ON DISPLAY AT APPALACHIA, VA.
	??-??	FINAL DISPOSITION UNKNOWN.