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[quote user="Guilford Guy"][quote user="ns3010"]On all NS units, the heritage is painted under the number. For example, if a unit's original heritage was the Pennsy, below the number, it would say "PRR". A Southern heritage unit is labeled "SOU". [/quote] Are you sure?I know the PRR was applied on equipment given to NS, and NYC applied to equipment given to CSX when Big Blue was divided. This year, all equipment built for those original roads would be 40 years old. This means all original equipment will need to be rebuilt to postpone their lives, and the locomotives at 40 years old would probably be sidelined. [/quote] Yeah, the PRR is for ex-Conrail units because otherwise the CR numbering scheme would clash with the NS scheme, and there would be multiples of one number. Same with NYC for CSX. It's interesting to see a NYC boxcar roll past in 2009!I highly doubt there are any locos from NS predecessors left on NS, except for possibly the old high-hood SD40-2s (are they still active?) and a couple others.
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