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Post by riggelweg on May 23, 2012 17:54:07 GMT -8
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Post by pappy on May 24, 2012 1:26:33 GMT -8
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Post by catt on May 24, 2012 8:04:06 GMT -8
I have to admit I am glad my choice of prototype to model is CSX.
I would darn sure be broke if I was modeling NS.I have yet to see one of their heritage units that I don't like. ;D
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Post by calzephyr on May 24, 2012 9:00:51 GMT -8
I have to admit I am glad my choice of prototype to model is CSX. I would darn sure be broke if I was modeling NS.I have yet to see one of their heritage units that I don't like. ;D They are very nice and this is a major effort for the NS to get the units out quickly. The UP seemed to make a Grand show of each new unit as they came out unlike the NS which just received the units, painted them and put them on the road. Larry |
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Post by espeenut on May 24, 2012 9:15:55 GMT -8
...unfortunately, the UP units, for all the hoopla that was made over them, don't even remotely compare with what NS has done with their heritage paint schemes. These are truly representative paint jobs, not like the artsy fartsy cobbled together collages that UP calls heritage units...
...as you all know, I'm an Espee freak, but UP's SD70ACe #1996 had virtually no effect on me. It's such a hodgepodge of paint schemes that it ended up looking like nothing the SP ever had. The new Reading units are almost an exact replica of what The Reading used and are probably what they would look like if The Reading still existed today...
cheers,
Lorne Miller
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Post by keystonecrossings on May 25, 2012 2:49:07 GMT -8
That is pretty sharp looking. I'm not a huge fan of what they did for Pennsy, but the Reading unit is excellent.
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Post by rhpd42002 on May 25, 2012 4:00:12 GMT -8
That really is a sharp looking unit. I also agree with Lorne. If there were a hunderd more or so of those units, the Readin would still be in business.   NS is doing a nice job with their heritage units. Other RR's could take a few pages from NS's book on how it should be done!  |
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Post by umtrrauthor on May 29, 2012 9:45:17 GMT -8
I have to admit I am glad my choice of prototype to model is CSX. I would darn sure be broke if I was modeling NS.I have yet to see one of their heritage units that I don't like. ;D I don't model either-- or the present either for that matter-- but I can see the bank being broken here if I'm not careful.  |
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Post by catt on May 31, 2012 4:54:29 GMT -8
George,I don't model NS but I can still feel the tug on my wallet to buy some. ;D
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Post by Brakie on Jun 3, 2012 7:57:05 GMT -8
That is pretty sharp looking. I'm not a huge fan of what they did for Pennsy, but the Reading unit is excellent. Jerry,Being a former PRR brakeman NS did wonders for PRR's 5 stripe scheme. For the NS heritage locomotive be a true PRR freight locomotive it would be grimy back with a hint of yuk! green with oil and grease stains on the walkway..To this day I fully believe PRR freight units came pre weathered from the builder. |
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Post by nhguy on Jun 3, 2012 21:54:43 GMT -8
That is one sharp looking unit. Something Reading would have done if they were still around I believe.
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Post by KIM on Jun 4, 2012 1:13:47 GMT -8
Cheers to NS for these beautiful units.
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Post by nw611 on Jun 4, 2012 2:13:11 GMT -8
My favorite is S&A 1065 in tuxedo paint scheme. Also ERIE 1068 in two tone green is beautiful. Great job, NS. Ciao.
Raffaele Galiano
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Post by riggelweg on Jun 4, 2012 3:40:08 GMT -8
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Post by rhpd42002 on Jun 4, 2012 16:17:21 GMT -8
Very, very nice!! NS really appears to be going all out with their heritage units. |
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Post by nw611 on Jun 5, 2012 0:37:40 GMT -8
Even the sky was impressed and tried to replicate lightning stripes NYC 1066 paint scheme on that night.
Raffaele
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Post by nw611 on Jun 5, 2012 9:18:41 GMT -8
Today NS released VGN 1069 in black and yellow.
Raffaele
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Post by nw611 on Jun 16, 2012 13:57:17 GMT -8
And today Monongahela 8025 (an ES44AC). Photo on Railpictures.net. Ciao.
Raffaele
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Post by riggelweg on Jun 16, 2012 17:01:53 GMT -8
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Post by riggelweg on Jun 16, 2012 17:02:37 GMT -8
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Post by riggelweg on Jun 16, 2012 17:06:59 GMT -8
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Post by rhpd42002 on Jun 18, 2012 16:10:50 GMT -8
I must agree. The nose striping does add a bit of something to the unit. |
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