Setting outside the shop at Mincie, Indiana this morning, what a beauty.
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These things keep getting better and better! 
Rusty
Wow! This definately to me is one beautiful Heritage Unit. NS has been doing a fabulous job on there heritage units. I've read that the Lehigh Valley and Conrail heritage units are going back into shop to get some minor paint job fixings. But overall, the Virginian is my favorite NS Heritage Unit so far.
Very nice.
Not a huge fan of the road name but that is nice
WHAT???? NOT A FAN OF THE VIRGINIAN??
Man, they had spectacular 2-8-4s, 2-6-6-6s, and 2-10-10-2s until the end of steam, plus a bunch of FM train masters, in really nice paint schemes.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
WHAT???? NOT A FAN OF THE VIRGINIAN??
Man, they had spectacular 2-8-4s, 2-6-6-6s, and 2-10-10-2s until the end of steam, plus a bunch of FM train masters, in really nice paint schemes.
not to mention several of these contraptions...
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=390540&nseq=2
That's a very scenic railroad west of Roanoke up into the mountains also that's been ignored by most railfans. Heck, it was even mostly ignored by the steam program. High bridges, tunnels, deep cuts--hard to beat the Virginian.
Kevin
Yeah back in steam days the Virginian rostered some fantastic monsters...IMHO.
Very, very nice, as are the rest of the units displayed to date.
That one actually challenges the PRR in my eye...but they are ALL wonderful. What a thoughtful and reverent thing NS is doing.
I see NS put another picture out from this afternoon on Railpictures.net this evening here http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=399861&nseq=0 I also see one of the comments here about the Virginian SD70ACe at this site here http://www.trainorders.com/dis...n/read.php?2,2784177 makes a comment saying he thought the black around the front of the engine was going to be blue because of Lionel. I will say one thing, I bet blue would look cool to. Maybe Lionel or MTH will make this engine in Blue and Yellow as well. Also, maybe Lionel or MTH will have the Tuscan Red PRR ES44AC in a Brunswick Green as well.
This is one nice looking unit. The VGN - N&W merger was the start of what was to become the NS. I only wish that the road number had been left off the cab or at least been in small type as is the NS. No VGN diesel had a number on the body, only in the number boards.
However, as the NS doesn't have to do these units I suppose I shouldn't gripe at all.
Thanks to Norfolk Southern.
George Lasley
Originally Posted by wrawroacx:
I see NS put another picture out from this afternoon on Railpictures.net this evening here http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=399861&nseq=0 I also see one of the comments here about the Virginian SD70ACe at this site here http://www.trainorders.com/dis...n/read.php?2,2784177 makes a comment saying he thought the black around the front of the engine was going to be blue because of Lionel.
People should learn not to use a 1950's era Lionel catalog as a reference for prototype painting practices. 
Rusty
Considering the electrics, the unit should have been a GE.
Nicely done.
Now it will be interesting to see how the black weathers. Sometimes it caqn wether to blue, which might be hoe big L got its colors.
EMD might be holding all the SD70ACes at Muncie until NS approves them fully.
Will we see Wabash and Illinios Terminal by Saturday?
Andrew
