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Re: (erielack) New EL and Erie prototypes!!!!
This goes above and beyond cool.
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On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:14 PM, "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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