Your Favorite NS & UP Heritage Unit

You forgot a railroad: Amtrak!

Also is there not a NH units running on Metro North?

On the UP side I am torn between the Katy, SP and CNW.  Right now though I do prefer the SP, not because I am an SP fan but it seems to fit the SD70 carbody the best.

I have people look at my models of the SP, CNW, MP, and Katy.  Many say the SP is longer.  No, I say, it is the paint scheme which makes it look longer.

Now. However, on the UP side, The CNW looks closest to a livery that road used.

In that regard, NS did a better job.  Of their units I do think the Virginian is the best. 

My personal favorites are a tie between NS's Pennsylvania and New York Central units.  Its all because growing up I had a two MTH Steamers (one for each RR) with appropriate fleets of RailKing passsenger cars.  Attic roof collapsed one winter destroying most of the family's trains. I think my dad had it worse since among the loses was his Lionel Wabash AB set from the early 50s that he bought after working in orchards for a summer as a kid. 

My favorite UP heritage "unit", is Challenger 3985.

Dominic, no I didn't forget about Amtrak. You can mention Amtrak, I just put these 2 railroads.

Jack: Yes, you are totally correct. 3985 and also 4014 are both. So yes that's a heritage  "unit". I just put it under the UP & NS heritage program for the ES44AC's and SD70ACe's painted in these paint schemes.

On NS, I like the Erie unit and the NKP unit the most. 

On UP, the SP unit is my favorite. I am posting a video of it today!

My favorite would have to be the Union Pacific Katy.  Heck, I like it so much I bought two!  A close second would have to be the UP Denver Rio Grande Western. 

Union Pacific 1995 C&NW Heritage unit is far and away my favorite.

As a Union Pacific customer; I don't have a favorite anything belonging to UP.  On the NS half of the question though; hands down it's PRR.

Curt

BANJOFLYER, who makes that KK Doughnut shop?

Wabash and the green Southern would have to be my favorites for NS.

I like the C&NW for UP.

I think the Iowa Interstate has a Rock Island unit!

My favorite UP heritage unit is the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Heritage unit.

Their first mainline into Chicago is the C&EI LINE, Villa Grove is still a crew change point and my Grandfather was a Boilermaker at the Villa Grove Roundhouse which is still there sans the turntable.

I know, I know, fat chance. But I can beat my drum once in  awhile.

banjoflyer posted:

I'm a Katy fan through and through and was very thankful to finally acquire the Katy Heritage engine in American Flyer S scale:

BUT! In my opinion the show stopper of a Heritage engine is the NS Green/yellow Illinois Terminal SD70Ace I have in American Flyer S scale:

Here's the real thing:

That color combo always gets a lot of positive comments.

 

Mark

Mark, speaking of 1072, I missed it today, but 1072 lead NS westbound loaded coal 546 in Ohio today. If he leads 1072 back east tomorrow, I'll try and go out to see the glow worm tomorrow. Also I'll be sure to post a photo here since you mention this is your favorite Heritage. Now that's if he's leading and I have time to see it.

My two are the Katy and the Illinois Terminal. Two best paint schemes ever.

On the UP side it would be C&NW - On the NS side it would be hands down the 1072, Illinois Terminal unit. I grew up watching the IT run past my home until the ICG abandoned that section of the Decatur District in April of 1980. I have fond memories of that time, it's always been my favorite railroad. I also can't stand that nickname "Glow Worm" but, to each his own.

Rusty

Tom,

    My favorite NS Heritage engine is the first one I ever saw in person.....The Virginian. I also have the Lionel Legacy version. Honorable mentions go to the Illinois Terminal and the Lehigh Valley engines.

JohnB

I've managed to see every NS heritage diesel over the last few years.   I have a few that I really like.  My favorite is the Mon as I grew up close to the Monongahela Railroad.  Unfortunately, the only picture I have of the mon is a really bad one.  LOL.

JohnB posted:

Tom,

    My favorite NS Heritage engine is the first one I ever saw in person.....The Virginian. I also have the Lionel Legacy version. Honorable mentions go to the Illinois Terminal and the Lehigh Valley engines.

JohnB

John, thanks. Yes, for me, I have the MTH Premiere version. 

Also Panther97, I saw that same exact train in Hudson Ohio & Macedonia Ohio back on Saturday Feb 28th, 2015.

I like the Missouri Pacific and the Illinois Terminal.

wrawroacx posted:

 

Also Panther97, I saw that same exact train in Hudson Ohio & Macedonia Ohio back on Saturday Feb 28th, 2015.

 

That's funny!   The heritage chase started for me that day.  I downloaded the app and 10 minutes later I saw that the Mon was coming through.  I spent the next 2 years trying to see them all.

You can't beat this unit as the best looking Norfolk Southern ES44AC o the rails !!

THESE THREE DON'T LOOK TO BAD TOGETHER EITHER ......

My Two Favorites.......