Re: (erielack) New EL and Erie prototypes!!!!

[STEVEZ10_@_aol.com]

Wow!!
 
This is just amazing!!!! I never thought that something like this  would 
come to fruition!!
 
Thanks for all your efforts Paul!!!!
 
Steve
 
 


In a message dated 2/16/2012 1:14:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
paultup_@_comcast.net writes:


Full  disclosure: I provided the EL and Erie artwork to them for this
project. :)  


Norfolk Southern to debut heritage fleet

Published:  February 16, 2012

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 predecessor  railroads 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 (blue)
. Penn Central
. Pennsylvania (Tuscan Red)
.  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. 

(From Trains  Newswire)

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