NS to release 18 heritage units!!

Very cool. Maybe CSX will jump on the bandwagon eventually....

Excellent news! This confirms that the Isle of Denial Advance Unit has reached our secret base in Virginia. We haven't heard from our forces approaching the CSX site. I must notify our tactical liaison, Swafford to be ready.

I had heard thru the grapevine that these have been in the planning stages for some time.  I wonder how close they will be to the Lionel NS Heritage schemes?

 

Andy

from what I've read, it says NS will keep the schemes as close to the original as they can. So it should look nothing like the Lionel versions

this will be cool and will make some neat potential models cant wait

I wonder if they will be contemporary representations of hisitoric paint schemes modified to fit the locomotives  or "reimagined" versions like UP's.

 

Rusty

you beat me to the punch!! i was getting ready to post this good news! i knew about this program about 1 1/2 years ago. the ceo of norfolk-southern came in the hobby shop that i buy trains from and purchased mth and lionel heritage paint schemes. at the time the ceo said that they were "considering" painting the heritage schemes on the locomotives. one thing that i am GLAD of is NS are going to paint their engines in the original paint schemes of their former railroads!!!( NS plans to recreate the paint schemes as accurately as possible...taken from the TRAINS news wire). NO FANTASY PAINT SCHEMES!!!!!.......rogerw.

Rusty, 

 

NS says as close to the originals as can be

Since they won't match what has been done already, looks like there will be another diesel or two in my future (if Lionel does them).  I can hardly wait until pictures of these schemes start popping up.

 

Andy

Adrew Fletcher posted these pictures some time back on Face book

 

https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.2990362438393.181195.1242080451&type=3

 

Mike Slater

 

 

 

 

I am surprised that there is not a CNJ unit though

I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth of those not waiting to see what HS's Heritage would look like.

 

Mr. Wick Moorman has been a infrequent local visitor here.  When he is at the shop two questions have always come up.  Those are what about a steam program and an heritage set.  His comments were always very open on both subjects. 

 

As to a heritage set he was always very much in favor of it.  But said many things had to be worked out.  As an example NS did NOT own the legal rights to the PRR logo.  They would have to fine out where the ownership was and if a deal could be struck.  As to the design he said they are looking at ideas of how to come up with them.  He mentioned about getting employee involvement and submission of design ideas. He even stated that along with the MTH DAP set of the F-units purchased locally, they had a Lionel PRR/NS heritage diesel at the GO.  He made a point in saying that this was NOT to copy the design scheme but to keep the heritage concept at the forefront of management's minds. Look like it is happening!

 

this is my mth-premier southern heritage scheme sd70ace diesel engine (2010).....rogerw.

Wow, that is exciting news!   Can't wait to see pictures of these!!    Thanks, Christopher,  for sharing this news.

 

- Mike

WOW....can't wait!!

I had wondered if a heritage set was coming after Larry Neal's post in January that NS 4610 was now repainted NS Black from the traditional Southern green/white opening a clear slot for a green/white heritage unit.

 

I will also surmise that most if not all heritage units will reflect non-black color schemes keeping them different from standard NS livery.

So in short, the next 3 MTH catalogs were just released by Norfolk Southern 

I can't wait to see these, I live about a mile and a half from the NS Line crossing Route 29 in Gainesville and get to see a ton of NS stuff going through every day.

I too would like a CNJ Heritage locomotive.

 

Either orange and blue like CNJ's cab units or the green with yellow stripes like on the road switchers GP-7, RS-3, RSD-4-5 or F-Ms.

 

I can't wait to see the photos of all the proposed paint schemes!

 

Thank you Norfolk Southern.

 

Walter M. Matuch

 

We haven't heard from the Advance teams sent out after CSX and BNSF. I suspect the unit assigned to BNSF might be confused by what looks like a BNSF pseudo-heritage paint schemes which is actually due to the fact they still haven't gotten around to re-painting everything and they keep changing their principal paint scheme.

This is my information also.  See Andy Fletcher reference.

OMG YIPPEE
A New York Central SD70ACe or ES44AC

Penn Central  I LOVE IT !!

The New York Central rides again !!!!!! 

" The locomotives will be 10 SD70ACes on order from EMD that are being constructed at its Muncie, Ind., plant, and eight ES44ACs from an upcoming order for 25 units from GE. NS plans to recreate the paint schemes as accurately as possible. By contrast, UP used the old railroads’ logos and colors, but created new interpretations on the old liveries. "

They were just jealous when they saw this pic

Just when I thought that I was reaching the end of my "Gotta Get It" stage,this happens--PRR and PWV--look out.

 

Norm

Good Day Matt,

 

The Advance team has already sent color scheme proposals to CSX last fall.  Where can I find Warren Buffett's mailing address? The Advance Team has a strategic idea.

 

Regards,

Swafford

Tactical Officer

Ben, that ES44 is awesome and was glad to have done that one for you. You are way ahead of the game here!!

 

I'm glad NS will be creating these based on the original versions of the paint schemes. Nothing against anyone, but those Lionel heritage paint schemes were flat out awful. UP did a fantastic job with theirs. This should be very cool.

hey jeff78rr..........I AGREE!! i didn't like that southern paint scheme (lionel). i brought the mth premier southern version because i believe that if the southern railway was still in existence, they would probably run the tuxedo(freight) paint scheme on their diesels................rogerw.

WBB! Are you listening!

 

CNJ?  I am thinging this was closer to B&O, hence CSX!

I heard that they are using the original NS scheme in place of the NH unit.

North Jersey Conrail Shared Assets Area is why there is no New Jersey Central unit. It would have to be a Conrail unit.

 

Andrew

 

 

I hope that the EMD locomotives are being built in Munice right now.

 

Andrew

Here is the latest breakdown of units - 

 

SD70ACe : Savannah & Atlanta , Pittsburgh & West Virginia , Penn Central , Reading , Erie , Erie Lackawanna , Virginian , New Haven or 1960`s Norfolk Southern , New York Central , Wabash.

ES44AC : Conrail , N&W , Pennsy , Lehigh Valley , Nickle Plate Road , Southern Green : E8 style , Tennessee Alabama & Georgia , Central of Georgia.

Adrew Fletcher posted these pictures some time back on Face book

 

https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.2990362438393.181195.1242080451&type=3

 

Mike Slater

 

This page does not open; site says it is no longer available.  Was anyone able to open it?  Jim 

 

 

didn't open for me either

Good Day,

 

I'll check on my old e-mails that I sent NS back in 2010.  I also sent NS hard copies to their corp. office.   My proposed NS Heritage color schemes were: Wabash, N&W, Lehigh Valley, Conrail, CofG, and Nickel Plate Road. I am very curious if NS selected any of my color schemes.

 

Regards,

Swafford

I guess they FORGOT about the lackawanna.

NS Merger Tree

 

http://trn.trains.com/en/sitec...20family%20tree.aspx

Good Day,

 

How about these for NS Heritage color schemes? I’ll post some more tomorrow.

 

Regards,

Swafford

 

Original Drawing by Michael Eby         Digital Painted by Frank Swafford