Norfolk Southern Heritage Units.

Windseeker1 wrote:Been a while since a new unvieling. Family portrait day is drawing near with quite a few to go. Looking forward to the Lackawanna unit myself.

The Wabash unit should come out this week, and maybe another... Patience is a virtue!

LV redo has been released and the Monogahela is in the booth.

LV redo photo: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=400320

im really looking forward to the Illinois Terminal one, that bright green is just something incredible.... i may be the only one but i like the out there schemes and colors

So what is NS doing with the extra gray, maroon and yellow paint???? I'm sure there will be some leftover after the DL&W engine is complete!

Why did NS decide to alter the LV paint scheme? Something not done correctly?

terminalfanatic wrote:Why did NS decide to alter the LV paint scheme? Something not done correctly?

basically, yes..
Nearly all of the Heritage units so far have been met with universal acclaim, (as they should! because they are amazing!)
but the LV unit, as originally painted, left a lot of LV fans scratching their heads..
everyone liked it fine, but there was a universal feeling that "well, its good, but it could be better"..
(some people suggest that people "complained" about it..as a LV fan, who is tuned into EVERY LV railfan forum in existence,
I would like to clear up that misconception..No one "complained"..no one said it was "bad"..Everyone just said "a few changes, and it would be much better".
there is a difference between "complaining" and "constructive criticism"..)
For example, the original version had a LV diamond bordered in yellow..which never appeared on a LV unit,
And for this particular scheme, the handrails were always orange..

NS has said all along that they desire to make these schemes "as accurate as possible", so, to their credit, they listened to what LV fans and historians had to say,
and decided to bring the LV unit back to the paint shop for some tweaking!
And the result is MUCH better! I think everyone will be satisfied now!
They added the stripes to the nose and pilot, made a "proper" LV diamond on the nose,
painted the handrails orange, and re-did the flag on the side of the nose, which looks much better.

A major issue with the LV unit in particular is that the particular scheme chosen (the LV's Alco C628 scheme in Red)
doesn't really translate perfectly to a modern wide-cab..but they pulled it off!
I was originally against the stripes on the nose..I thought it wouldn't look good, but now that I see the unit, I take that back!
it looks fabulous!
The LV unit is now just as amazing as the rest of them..it just needed a few tweaks to make it better..
thanks NS!

Scot

Well said, Scot!

Here's another shot of the LV unit with the new nose treatment:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=400359


And here's a "before" shot for comparison:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=397059

scottychaos wrote:

terminalfanatic wrote:Why did NS decide to alter the LV paint scheme? Something not done correctly?

basically, yes..
Nearly all of the Heritage units so far have been met with universal acclaim, (as they should! because they are amazing!)
but the LV unit, as originally painted, left a lot of LV fans scratching their heads..
everyone liked it fine, but there was a universal feeling that "well, its good, but it could be better"..
(some people suggest that people "complained" about it..as a LV fan, who is tuned into EVERY LV railfan forum in existence,
I would like to clear up that misconception..No one "complained"..no one said it was "bad"..Everyone just said "a few changes, and it would be much better".
there is a difference between "complaining" and "constructive criticism"..)
For example, the original version had a LV diamond bordered in yellow..which never appeared on a LV unit,
And for this particular scheme, the handrails were always orange..

NS has said all along that they desire to make these schemes "as accurate as possible", so, to their credit, they listened to what LV fans and historians had to say,
and decided to bring the LV unit back to the paint shop for some tweaking!
And the result is MUCH better! I think everyone will be satisfied now!
They added the stripes to the nose and pilot, made a "proper" LV diamond on the nose,
painted the handrails orange, and re-did the flag on the side of the nose, which looks much better.

A major issue with the LV unit in particular is that the particular scheme chosen (the LV's Alco C628 scheme in Red)
doesn't really translate perfectly to a modern wide-cab..but they pulled it off!
I was originally against the stripes on the nose..I thought it wouldn't look good, but now that I see the unit, I take that back!
it looks fabulous!
The LV unit is now just as amazing as the rest of them..it just needed a few tweaks to make it better..
thanks NS!

Scot

Yup, agree with you there as always!! Great job NS!!

NOW, I have some money in my pocket to entice someone, ANYONE to do a Erie-Lackawanna Railway heritage unit!!
And.............. enough with the "its too similar to the DL&W painted unit" as a Yellow and Black painted EL could be done..... It was originally planned, so it should not have been dropped like the other railroads that were on the list were!!!

the changes made to the LV does make a huge difference

i wonder if NS plans on maybe doing some thing other than just black for a paint scheme. these repaints really do show they have some talented painters

Some more from the Norfolk Southern facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/#!/norfolksouthern

And the latest:

Simply Beautiful!!

Thanks for posting Jeff!

My pleasure Steve, but thanks go to NS for putting them on Facebook, where I download and then upload. All credit to them.

Here's the business train off that same site; an F unit qualifies as heritage, right?

Monongahela heritage unit unveiled: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=400702

(It's a Super-7 on steroids!)