Norfolk Southern to debut heritage fleet

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FYI: From Trains News Wire. I highlighted the N&W and VGN!

- Roger Link


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>   Norfolk Southern to debut heritage fleet

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> 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. 

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> 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: 

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> . Central of Georgia

> . Conrail

> . Erie

> . Erie Lackawanna

> . Lehigh Valley (red)

> . New Haven (not definite yet)

> . New York Central

> . Nickel Plate Road

> . Norfolk & Western (blue)

> . Penn Central

> . Pennsylvania (Tuscan Red)

> . Pittsburgh & West Virginia

> . Reading

> . Savannah & Atlanta

> . Southern

> . Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia

> . Virginian

> . Wabash

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> 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.  

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