NS heritage units

[ATSF3814]

Aw that's too bad

Though I would like to point out that not all the NS heritage units will be ES44ACs. 10 will SD70ACes and 8 will be ES44ACs:

http://trn.trains.com/en/Railroad%20News/News%20Wire/2012/02/Norfolk%20Southern%20to%20debut%20heritage%20fleet.aspx#.Tz0_VUalB5U.facebook

[ATSF3814]

Well here's what the article says:

NORFOLK, Va. - To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Norfolk & Western/Southern merger in 1982, Norfolk Southern plans to honor many of the railroads that make up the present day NS system. As Union Pacific did a half-decade ago, NS plans to create a fleet of heritage locomotives, though NS's plans are bigger: 18 units honoring a wide variety of predecessor roads.

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. While EMD will paint all 10 heritage units in-house, NS forces will paint the eight GEs. The railroad's Altoona, Pa., shop will paint five, while the Chattanooga, Tenn., shop will handle three heritage units.

The 18 predecessors selected for heritage paint are:

Central of Georgia
Conrail
Erie
Erie Lackawanna
Leigh Valley (red)
New Haven (not definite yet)
New York Central
Nickel Plate Road
Norfolk & Western
Penn Central
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg & West Virginia
Reading
Savanna & Atlanta
Southern
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
Virginian
Wabash

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.

Unfortunately it doesn't tell you which paint schemes will be applied to which locomotives.

[Rich_S]

Here is the official list.

Central of Georgia Railway (GE)
Central Railroad of New Jersey (EMD)
Conrail (GE)
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (EMD)
Erie Railroad (EMD)
Illinois Terminal Railroad (EMD)
Interstate Railroad (GE)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (GE)
New York Central Railroad (EMD)
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (GE) Commonly referred to as the Nickel Plate Road
Norfolk Southern Railway (EMD) not to be confused with todays Norfolk Southern. The original NS was a line serving southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina, chartered in 1883 and acquired by Southern Railway in 1974.
Norfolk & Western Railway (GE)
Pennsylvania Railroad (GE)
Penn Central(EMD)
Reading Company (EMD)
Savannah & Atlanta Railway (EMD)
Southern Railway (GE)
Virginian Railway (EMD)
Wabash Railroad (EMD)

Here is an artist rediction of the paint schemes http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Media/images/heritage_images.html

Regards,
Rich S.

[NS9030]

Someone should do the ES44AC with a high headlight first? Lol

[Csxgp38-2]

The original NS was awesome, some good artifacts from them at the NC Transportation Museum.