NS Heritage Fleet Thread

[MSchwiebert]

While not having the "wow" factor compared to the others - Penn Central is by far the most historically significant livery out of them all. Think about how different things would have been had PC worked - C&O and N&W were looking to merge out of self defense for example, obviously Conrail would have not occured etc. On a macro view, if PC would have succeeded, how much longer (if at all) would it have taken to see the need for the deregulation of the industry?

[sd70accsxt700]

And here's NS's page with all of the heritage units and a picture of each one completed, except for the Illinois Terminal that was just released: http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/ ... comotives/

Sorry Z it is missing the DLW unit also. Just two ahead of the IT unit.

[AC60CW]

Wow, the IT unit is sweet looking. Kind of hard to pick a favorite though. IT is in the top three for me. With NYC and original NS in the top three as well.

[CSXIndyLine]

Does anyone know when they are being pulled from Muncie, and if so, is there a time frame?

[sd70accsxt700]

According to the NS Heratige Yahoo groupe, there is a NS engineer on there that works the local that switches EMD, and he said tommrow they are supposed to pick up all the units there, in including the DLW unit.

[atrainguy60]

Here is the Lackawana one:
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/401871/

The last heritage engine.

[AC60CW]

Love the \RADIO/ detail on the cab side.

[Saturnalia]

Love the \RADIO/ detail on the cab side.

Me too. What's the history behind that?

Also, Poll open in Railfanning Info

[AC60CW]

There was a time when being "radio equipped" was the cutting edge technology. They were able to contact trains directly in case of changes to orders. So if they needed to stop and pick up something at the last minute. They could do so. This gave railroad as well as many other industries the dispatching abilities...instead of having to wait for them to check in or finish a route. You would see the graphic "radio equipped"was on many thing during this time.

[sd70accsxt700]

[Robertrains]

GREAT JOB NORFOLK SOUTHERN (every single "Heritage Unit" is great)!!!!

[Ypsi]

Agee from TRAINS news wire

[12Bridge]

They are going to need a fleet of vac trucks to keep the foam under control. As cool as it is, im not looking forward to every forum I visit being flooded with 1000 of the same photos of this event for the next 2 weeks.

[railohio]

And more photos from Spencer:

http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20News/N ... nning.aspx

[aloneinbigrapids]

Bringing this thread back from the dead, NS is adding another heritage unit to the roster, I’m personally hoping for a D&H unit. What do y’all think

[Erroneous Monk]

TAG ALL THE WAY BABBBYYY

[CSXT9040]

Bringing this thread back from the dead, NS is adding another heritage unit to the roster, I’m personally hoping for a D&H unit. What do y’all think

D&H definitely

[GP30M4216]

Bringing this thread back from the dead, NS is adding another heritage unit to the roster, I’m personally hoping for a D&H unit. What do y’all think?

NS lied! TAG did come back, but now D&H is here, too! Per various pictographs on thefacebook, NS SD70ACe #1080 is about to roll from Altoona in the D&H Guilford paint scheme….

…ok just kidding, it’s the D&H iconic blue and silver lightning scheme. Variations of this livery have graced big Alcos, geeps, sharks, PAs, early GEs, and now an ACe. It looks pretty dang good!

EDIT, 1080 is westbound from Altoona on the morning of June 6. Virtual Railfan screenshot:

Some photos and discussion of its first assignment here: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... ocomotive/

And, since somehow it escaped us RRFan forumites, here is an article and great photo of the TAG engine NS 4851 - another stellar paint scheme!

https://railfan.com/ns-debuts-first-new ... -12-years/

[penn central]

Now all we need is a New Haven heritage unit from the McGinnis Era i looked it up the NS through its Pan Am Southern subsidiary owns some ex NH trackage, But CSX owns the most they own and operate what's left of the once massive Cedar Hill Yard the spirituel heart of the New Haven C'mon CSX or NS.

[SD80MAC]

It is a little surprising that CSX or NS haven't done a New Haven, I wonder if that has something to do with CDOT?