SOU 4610 getting painted?

[Tadman]

I've seen rumor on a few other sites that Southern heritage unit 4610 is going to be repainted soon. Any truth to this, and is it going back to corpo black? I love 4610.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictur ... 204610.JPG

[cr9615]

It's stored at JBS awaiting some work including NS black.

[atsf sp]

It is going to be rebuilt and then repainted into the SOU colors.

[SR4501]

It has been repainted into Operation Life-Saver in current NS colors at Altoona. There is a photo out there that I have seen but I will not post it since it is copyrighted by Don Woods.

[161pw165]

A real shame - I liked it in the Southern colors. Now it's just another non-descript NS unit - Operation Lifesaver lettering or not.

[MEC407]

That's a shame. Will NS ever do another heritage unit?

[NErailfan]

Yes they will!

READ: http://trn.trains.com/en/Railroad%20New ... fleet.aspx

[litz]

You have to be a TRAINS magazine subscriber to read the newswire (I think) ....

It starts off :

NORFOLK, Va. — To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Norfolk & Western/Southern merger in 1982, Norfolk Southern plans to honor many of the railroads that make up the present day NS system.

and goes on to note that it will be 18 units painted (SD70s and ES44s) in as close to original paint schemes as possible (vs the UP's re-interpretation paint schemes).

'twil be interesting to see, no doubt.

[MEC407]

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=92706

[ns3010]

You have to be a TRAINS magazine subscriber to read the newswire (I think) ....

It starts off :

NORFOLK, Va. — To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Norfolk & Western/Southern merger in 1982, Norfolk Southern plans to honor many of the railroads that make up the present day NS system.

and goes on to note that it will be 18 units painted (SD70s and ES44s) in as close to original paint schemes as possible (vs the UP's re-interpretation paint schemes).

'twil be interesting to see, no doubt.

This is one of the few Newswire stories that they make available to the public. They only do this for larger news stories.