NS to release 18 heritage units

FYI -- all of the current SD70ACe order will be heritage units and factory painted. 

 

Within the ES44AC order units 8098 - 8105 will be heritage and painted at either
Altoona or Chattanooga.  The balance of the order will be delivered in primer and receive the standard horsehead.

 

Unit 8098 is in the booth at Altoona receiving its Conrail paint.

Unit 8099 is in the booth at Chattanooga receiving its Southern paint.

Unit 8100 is next in line at Altoona for its NW paint.

Unit 8101 is in line at Chattanooga for its Central of Georgia paint.

Units 8102 - 8105 are yet to be delivered. 

 

Hope that this adds a little more to everyone's knowledge base.

 

Poppyl

This posting caused me to dig out the Webb book on the Southern Railway System. Everyone has their favorites, I guess, but I think that this a great sampling so I'm not complaining. It will be great to watch for these on the tracks. Getting caught by a train will have it's benefits! What a great story. Thanks, NS.  

Hi Poppyl,

 

The link does not work for me. Do you have another web link?

 

Regards,

Swafford

I took the picture. I'll get a shot of it posted when I get home.

Looks like the PC unit is back! NS is up to 19 now.  Wish they'd make it an even 20 and bring out the TAG scheme!

 

Jon 

That's the shot thanks for getting it posted up for everyone else.

 

Enjoy.

 

Dustin

Thanks, Jon, that was my next step when the link wouldn't work.

 

Dustin -- thanks for getting the shot.  Hope you can catch the NW unit when it emerges.

 

Now we need someone with eyes on Chattanooga.

 

Poppyl

 

The ultimate heritage would be a umit numbered 611....

 

But at leat the NS stuff looks like REAL locomotives of the past.  GREAT.

Good Day,

 

How about a Heritage Norfolk and Western 611? I e-mailed this to NS Corp this evening. 

 

Regards,

Swafford  

 

Man, stuff is happening faster than I can catch it.

 

It is being reported elswhere that a nineteenth unit has been added to the heritage program -- a GEVO in PC livery.  I haven't seen anything in writing to make it official yet.

 

The Conrail unit (8098) pictured earlier is on its way to Conway.  It is expected to begin revenue service tomorrow (16 March). 

 

Pittsburgh fans -- keep your eyes open!

 

Poppyl

Good Day,

 

I'm anxious to view the Central of Georgia, Southern, Wabash, Nickel Plate Road and the Norfolk Southern paint schemes?

 

Regards,

Swafford

I'm curious, start to finish..............how long does it take to paint an engine?

 

Regards,

Swafford

Swafford, you got a vote here on the Norfolk and Western paint job, I don't care if they put 611 on it or not.

Swafford it looks great, but for me there is only one engine that should wear that number.   The "J".

It's confirmed via NS that a PC unit will be released.  It's been added to their mock schemes on their website.

http://www.nscorp.com/nscporta...ritage_roll_out.html

 

Conrail 8098, Norfolk Southern's first heritage locomotive, poses at the shop in Altoona. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation.

 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=392356

 

For those of you looking for more "status" information try the AltoonaWorks facebook page.  They've posted a picture of the next unit in the paint booth and announced that Altoona will be painting the NKP, PRR, and LV units.  Looks like DuPont was able to recreate the Cornell red mixture for the LV heritage loco.

 

Poppyl

Penn Central SD70M-2......................

 

Regards,

Swafford

 

   Drawing by Michael Eby          Painted by Frank Swafford

In the paint shop.....................

Nice! 

Erie Lackawanna!!! Please.

Looks great. Now waiting on my beloved Central of Georgia.

 

CofG

"The Right Way"

That's a tough call - what do most railfans want (aka 50.1%), a progression of the last livery or a "what if"?

 

I was just over at RP and I think I searched over 600 Southern photos and couldn't find one green freight diesel.  I think the Southern version should be black, white and gold (like Swafford's illustration), but that seems to be taken for Savanah and Atlanta.

 

On the other hand, who's to say N&W wouldn't have adopted this scheme had they stayed N&W?  Think KCS.

 

I like last known freight livery - more of a "you were there (now)" vrs a "what if".

 

/Mitch

Here is a photo of a GP-59 painted in SOUTHERN green/white/gold. Although a special 'one-time' paint scheme, it shows a SOUTHERN freight diesel in the paint scheme that you were looking for.

 

The SOU #4610 was painted in 1994 for the 100th Anniversary of the SOUTHERN RWY, repainted again in GREEN in 2004 and was returned to NSOU BLACK in February 2012.

 

Perhaps it can be called the NSOU's first 'heritage' locomotive. 

 

 

 

Thanks.

 

Walter M. Matuch

Good Day,

 

Would the Lehigh and New England Railway be considered a Norfolk Southern heritage railroad?

 

Regards,

Swafford

 

     Drawing by Michael Eby          Painted by Frank Swafford

All Southern diesels were painted green up until the delivery of the SD24s in 1959.  Green could be found on diesels like butthead switchers, GP7s, GP9s (see pic below), RS3s and both "baby" and H24-66 Trainmasters!

 

I understand that NS picked the "late 1970s" passenger scheme for the heritage engine.

 

Frank, the Lehigh & New England was abandoned in 1961.  Portions of it (Pennsylvania cement territory) were operated by the Jersey Central for awhile -- and someone please correct me on this because I'm not 100% -- the Reading took that over shortly before CR.  I'm pretty sure it wouldn't count as a pre-CR/pre-NS road.

 

On the other hand, the Lehigh & Hudson River DID make it to CR and I know there's been rumors floating that it may make it onto the extended list should NS decide to add more -- and the addition of the PC unit seems to make me think a few more may be added.  

 

The one southern road I wished they'd added was the Tennessee Central, but no dice on that.

 

Brian

As Swafford's photo shows, the Southern unit is just about ready to go in Chattanooga.  It is also being reported that the Central of Georgia loco is nearly complete as well.  Maybe both will make it into service this week.

 

Poppyl

I am anxiously awaiting the Southern,N&W and the NKP units.

Word on the street is the Southern Unit will be finished Wednesday. There is a photo on Trainorders (Thumbnail only for non-members) of it outside the paint booth waiting for lettering to be applied. 

 

Matt..

 

It's almost done. Here's the Southern unit

 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.n...ture.aspx?id=2949560

Thanks for posting the link, she's a beauty....alittle lettering is all she needs...

cr8098 was on a coal train past canton ohio around 15:00 going west on the old prr..suppose to drop south to portsmith,ohio then east on the poky to lamberts point.-jim

here you go.........................

 

 

 

 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=392712