Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:39 pm
by Noel
I heard she was gonna work on the Piedmont Division instead of going to the museum. Is this true?

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:55 pm
by BillS
Harry Adkins will be licking his chops!

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:19 pm
by NSrailfan6130
Noel wrote:I heard she was gonna work on the Piedmont Division instead of going to the museum. Is this true?

Yea I also heard that to Dejoh, It will be put back into revenue service, primarily assigned to yard and local service along the Piedmont Division.
Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:58 pm
by Noel
NSrailfan6130 wrote:Yea I also heard that to Dejoh, It will be put back into revenue service, primarily assigned to yard and local service along the Piedmont Division.
Sweet. Sounds like I need to buy a camera then. I will be off hunting down this one.

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:18 pm
by NSrailfan6130
"Southern SD40 #3170 idles on a cold Tennessee night in Chattanooga while being prepared for use in revenue service."
~Norfolk Southern Corp. She's a Real beauty

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

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Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:29 pm
by _o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha
Exactly! Southern Railway's "tuxedo" scheme suited the high hood units particularly well.
NSrailfan6130 wrote:"Southern SD40 #3170 idles on a cold Tennessee night in Chattanooga while being prepared for use in revenue service."
~Norfolk Southern Corp. She's a Real beauty

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

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Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:20 pm
by ErikGorbiHamilton
Any one notice that there is no NS reporting marks?
So technically this isn't a heritage unit but a full blood Southern unit.
Thats pretty Cool!
Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:48 pm
by UPSD70ACe
I have that Loco in HO-Scale very nice Diesel Loco.

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

Posted:
Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:10 pm
by NSrailfan6130
BNOV2 wrote:Any one notice that there is no NS reporting marks?
So technically this isn't a heritage unit but a full blood Southern unit.
Thats pretty Cool!
This Gp59 is Norfolk Southern but is marked Southern.

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

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Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:49 pm
by GSkid
Although I like SD40s, I prefer the big porches on the dash 2s. Yep that's right... I'm a porch guy.

Re: NS unveils Southern heritage SD40

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Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:52 pm
by ex-railwayman
Yes, my next door neighbour drives a Porch 911.....
Has this locomotive been replicated in our game, does anyone know please, I haven't seen any Southern units about, but, I may have missed something.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman.