how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

There are no real heritage units. They were photoshopped, and the whole roundhouse thing was faked with 1/4 size models on a sound stage. Doesn't count until I see one, and I live on CSX tracks, so even if they were real, I'd never get to see one.</jealousy>

NS 1073 (Penn Central) passed my quarters in Topton going east about 10 hours ago; we get about thirty moves a day through here, but that's my only NS sighting to date.

Actually, it;s probably easier to catch the CP units in D&H paint at my "second home" along the former PRR Sunbury Line, since the D&H units seem to stay close to their would-be home rails.

Today, the Walbash Unit was on the H-74 Local along with a Union Pacific unit on the Portland Secondary. I saw it as it went through Phillipsburg NJ.

Now to 5. After many misses, I finally got the IT unit on 555 tonight.

NKP (x3: Ashtabula; w/ 765 in Bellevue; Painesville)
NS (Painesville)
MGA (Mentor)
CNJ (x2: Ashtabula; Mentor on a power move, never did find out where it came from)
IT (Painesville)

I have only seen 1 Norfolk Southern heritage unit and that was the "Wabash" unit.

I saw the IT and Reading both in one day and I also saw the consist the S&A was on that day but missed the loco.

This puts me up to NKP, IT, READING.

As of yesterday afternoon, I am up to 3 heritage units.

UP 1996 Southern Pacific
NS 1010 Wabash
NS 8102 Pennsylvania

I've seen 3

PRR on H8K in June 2012
PC on 64J in August 2012
NW on 20W in January 2013

Do they show up on the north east corridor
Between New Jersey and Washington D.C.

fl9m2004 wrote:Do they show up on the north east corridor
Between New Jersey and Washington D.C.

I dont think so, they technically could but i dont think they ever did yet. Most accurate tracker of the heritage units are on www.heritageunits.com

I'll have to check it for the Norfolk Southern ones
Thanks

I saw the Conrail engine yesterday while working at NS 55 Yard in Chicago, it came out of the 51 side of the yard and went downtown to Union Station for National Train Day

waldwickrailfan wrote:I've seen 3

PRR on H8K in June 2012
PC on 64J in August 2012
NW on 20W in January 2013

Make that 4 :D

PRR on H8K in June 2012
PC on 64J in August 2012
NW on 20W in January 2013
CR on H8K in May 2013

While i was working last night at NS Colehour yard in Hammond, IN

Interstate on what i believe to be 65R stopped on Chicago West Line at CD 509 heading West, and a few minutes later......

Wabash (train unknown) on Chicago West Line at CD 509 heading east

so in 3 days i have seen 3 heritage units, not to shabby

I now have the PRR unit behind 765. Looks nice.

NKP
NS
MGA
CNJ
IT
PRR