I'm so excited about the Interstate engine I might have pee'd my pants....
However, I would KILL to see them add the "check code" to the Southern unit. How cool would that be!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Check code? Whazzat?
Rich:
He's referring to an alpha character adjacent to the road number on the cab as seen on the 3971:
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sout/sou3971aga.jpg
This letter, or check digit, was included to enhance the accuracy of equipment reporting. For example, in the event an employee was recording a unit number and made an error in a numerical character, it was unlikely an additional error would be commited when recording the alpha character.
Bob
Southern 6482, you got your wish for the check code. Here you go:
Outstanding!!! That looks really good.....come on NKP & N&W now.
That engine is flat "BEAUTIFUL"
Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
Southern 6482, you got your wish for the check code. Here you go:
CNJ, this just goes to show how much NS was actually listening to "real" railfans out there. It's very commendable. I emailed historian Ron Flanary, who was working with NS Execs on the Heritage Units, the idea on the check code, and they made it happen. NS deserves some kind of award for their goodwill on this program.
I agree, NS does deserve an atta' boy big time!
It's my understanding that the NKP unit is nearly complete in Altoona... 8100. It took the number of the N&W unit and no one is sure why. Perhaps the blue N&W paint is back ordered? 
Does this Lionel Legacy (6-28318) SD70ACe NS/Conrail Heritage exit in real? I did not see it listed. I think it is a very nice scheme; so much so that it motivated me to add Legacy to my previously DCS-only layout, and buy the engine.
Thx!
Alex
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No, the Lionel heritage series is fictional. The "real" Conrail heritage unit looks like the actual prototypical Conrail scheme...
