Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Shortliner » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:44 pm

bpetit wrote:Omg I love you and hate you at the same time. Wish I could go.. Nice Pics.


ROFL! !*roll-laugh*!

I have a question, what software does the NS Train Simulator uses? It was in the NS Exhibition car and it looked like Trainz, does anyone know?
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby up_8677 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:28 pm

Someone over on railroad.net had a very astute observation:

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 0#p1059661

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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Noel » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:09 pm

I finally got there to day. Long hour dive all the way from Greensboro to Spencer. But it was worth it.

It was so hot, I actually saw some old man pass out from the heat. They had to take him somewhere though.
I also bought two t-shirts. I have a N&W and a Wabash. Sweet.
I enjoyed it to day. Really good display. Could have been better if it was about 60 degrees or something. But still sweet.
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Shortliner » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:11 pm

Noel wrote:I finally got there to day. Long hour dive all the way from Greensboro to Spencer. But it was worth it.

It was so hot, I actually saw some old man pass out from the heat. They had to take him somewhere though.
I also bought two t-shirts. I have a N&W and a Wabash. Sweet.
I enjoyed it to day. Really good display. Could have been better if it was about 60 degrees or something. But still sweet.


Yea, when I went there, they had two paramedic teams on standby. I guess they were keeping an eye out for heat exhaustion.
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Csxgp38-2 » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:13 pm

I was there yesterday, a kid in a Conrail hat and CRHS black t-shirt. Any of yall see me? *!lol!*
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Shortliner » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:35 am

Csxgp38-2 wrote:I was there yesterday, a kid in a Conrail hat and CRHS black t-shirt. Any of yall see me? *!lol!*


Foo', I was too busy paying attention to the locomotives! LOL! !*roll-laugh*!
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Noel » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:11 am

Csxgp38-2 wrote:I was there yesterday, a kid in a Conrail hat and CRHS black t-shirt. Any of yall see me? *!lol!*

I might have. I wouldn't really know because I was paying too much attention to the engines as well. !*roll-laugh*!
Those engines were really beautiful though. Prettier thank anything I saw. !*drool*!
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby jpaufsc » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:00 pm

Well I might as well put up some of my pics from that day.

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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby arizonachris » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:23 pm

Nice lineup, indeed! Handsome bunch! I still think the Central of Georgia is my favorite. !!*ok*!!
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Chessie8638 » Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:32 am

Nice shots! Went on July 4th. Place was empty (compared to July 3rd). NS roped off the turntable out to about 35-40 feet, since I heard on the 3rd everyone just crammed into the pit. With the boundary pushed back anyone on the platform got clear shots with no people in it. I stopped counting the temp at 103F (39.4C). Without the heat index...

Here are a few from my phone. Will get to the camera later on...

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- The NS train crews that moved the locomotives around all day.

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I also stopped in Selma, NC. Roanoke, VA, and Staunton, VA. But those photos / videos are for another thread. Back home after 68 hrs and about 1,500 miles traveled. Now to apply Aloe to my burnt face and neck... **!!bang!!**
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby mysterytrain » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:14 pm

Hats off to the people @ Norfolk Southern for bringing us these beautiful Heritage Units !!howdy!! . I hope that other railroad companies will take a look at what NS has done and will produce Heritage Units from their companys history as well.

Would love to see CSX do some Heritage Units (L&N, Chessie, Seaboard, N.C. & Stl, etc...)
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby Chessie8638 » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:08 pm

For what it's worth. Anybody from Galesburg, IL to Lincoln, NE the Reading and Lehigh Valley units are heading that way on a empty BNSF coal train bound for the Powder River Basin. All ready passed through Galesburg. Just a matter of time before they escaped NS rails! *!lol!*
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby railbard » Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:52 am

Wish they had come down the Quincy line...
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Re: Norfolk Southern Heritage Units

Unread postby _o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha » Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:01 am

Chessie8638 wrote:All 20 plus #1030:
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I remember someone recreating this scene in our sim, with still a few gaps in the Railworks line up.

I haven't counted the download library, but are all ES44 and SD70 of the Heritage Fleet now complete in Railworks?

I still own Trainz 2012 and went over to JointedRail.com today to find that there a 20 unit package available for a price.
Glad we got ours for free, thanks to our wonderful community and the generous repainters.
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