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After the NS/CSX buyout of Conrail, NS and CSX split everything down the middle including trackage and locomotives. The locomotives that CSX acquired had a NYC reporting mark. <br />NS had a PRR reporting mark. In some instances, the reporting marks identify which locomotives were purchased by which railroad, on the other hand the PRR marks you see are how to identify which locomotives were acquired from Conrail, purchased, or repainted by NS after the buyout of CR. For example, I saw an NS SD70M "Horsehead" engine the other day with PRR marks on it which means it was purchased after the buyout because CR never had any SD70M's. The marks on new engines a lot of times are not from previous owners, sometimes they are but in NS's case the PRR for instance is not a previous owner, think about it why would they put PRR on new SD70M's or Dash9-44CW's since obviously they did not belong to the Pennsylvania RR. They did it to show engines that were acquired or repainted after the CR buyout.
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