GulfRail wrote:and I'm also surprised that NS has decided to do heritage units for the NYC and NH, which are usually considered CSX Predecessors, not Norfolk Southern ones.Agreed..I also usually associate NYC with CSX, not NS..although..the New York Central mainline between New York City/Boston west to Chicago was one intact mainline, belonging to only one railroad, from the NYC to PC to Conrail days..but in the 1999 Conrail split, the NYC mainline was cut in half! CSX runs the NYC acoss NY state and into Ohio, but only as far as Cleveland..NS got the rest of the NYC mainline from Cleveland to Chicago..
So really, NYC heritage "belongs" to both CSX and NS..
Scot
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