The Pennsylvania heritage ES44AC #8102 has been painted at Juniata.
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/395428
When I first saw it I was disturbed by the Keystone in the circle....but then I thought it did remind me of the Sharks on the old Broker on the NY&LB. I found out on the Trains Newswire that the Keystone in the circle was found on the Baldwin passenger and freight Sharks of the Pennsy, so there you are. Is it a minor detail nicely played by an NS historian or just a bit of luck....no, no, dont tell me, let me enjoy it!
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Another fine looking engine!!!
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HOw soo til I can get these in N scale and run them on my Layout is the Question I want to know. But the Price is going to kill me I know. However NS is putting the UP to shame right now with their Heritage Program. How soon til BNSF does something like this or CSX.
Take note, not only of the keystone style and location, but the lettering "Pennsylvania" below the stripes and the unit's number above the them, the inspiration for this unit undoubtably was a Shark.
So far, I think all the heritage units are well thought out and looking good, NS is doing great job with them.
Isn't it just amazine how a 40's era paint scheme works so well on a modern diesel unit? The stylists back in those days really knew their stuff, much better than we (or maybe even they) ever suspected they did. Just magnificent!
And if you can't have a "Shark", this is a pretty good substitute!
Correctness, quality workmanship, pride, and class are timeless. Unfortunately there is not much timelessness in this country.
That is one great looking locomotive! It would be great to see it going around horseshoe curve coupled to the NS 8098 Conrail unit!
In the meantime someone posted a video on youtube of the Southern unit in pusher duty behind a coal train in the WV mountains. These sure are expensive paint jobs to be used in this type of service with all of that coal dust and grime blowing back off all those loaded coal hoppers!
henry6 Correctness, quality workmanship, pride, and class are timeless. Unfortunately there is not much timelessness in this country.
Oh, I don't know. It depends on where you go and what you're looking for. Ever see some of the custom "Kentucky" rifles some present day builders produce? The homebuilt aircraft, or even the street rods? There's still plenty of stunning craftmanship out there. You've just got to get out there and look.
There is a lot of correctness, quality workmanship, pride, and class in this country, however, when consumers are buying on price - everything available comes from outside the country. The old saying, you get what you pay for.
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this unit looks GREAT..
I too would love to see CSX do a heritage line
Yes the unit does look great, better than I thought it would. But, well, just one thing, its just not Brunswick Green!
Tim
Wow, truer words have never been spoken IMHO!
DGLE would have been better. They did paint all those steamers DGLE.
Pete
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Rikers Yard Yes the unit does look great, better than I thought it would. But, well, just one thing, its just not Brunswick Green! Tim
You mean "two parts black, one part green" Brunswick green? Nah, it looks much better in Tuscan Red!
locoi1sa DGLE would have been better. They did paint all those steamers DGLE. Pete
DGLE would be DGLP these days. Enamel went out over 20 years ago.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
Regardless of criticism, that is one fine looking locomotive. I'm waiting for the Wabash.
Much better than the impressionist art that UP did with their heritage locos.
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