Lehigh Valley "Heritage Unit"

[scottychaos]

Check it out!
she's a beauty!
http://www.railfan.net/lists/listphoto. ... 2201_2.jpg


some details:
no, 2201 was not actually a LV U23B.
She came from the Providence & Worcester.

Built new as Louisville & Nashville 2770 in 1974.
then Seaboard 2770.
then CSX 3300
then P&W 2211
now FGLK 2201

Finger Lakes Railway wanted to do a LV heritage unit, since they operate a portion of the LV mainline near Geneva, NY.

FGLK chose the early, Cornell Red 3-stripe scheme (which the real LV U-boats never wore) rather than the actual LV 1974 U-boat scheme, because the Sayre Historical Society is getting an actual LV U23B soon, to display in Sayre, PA, and will repaint in the real LV U-boat scheme, and FGLK didnt want to do the actual LV scheme before Sayre had the chance, and "beat them to it"...(I think that was very gracious of FGLK.)
So FGLK chose the earlier LV scheme instead..
First time a unit has been painted in this scheme since probably..1960 or so!
sweet!

Scot

[nydepot]

There are 2 F7A units in NJ painted in the same scheme. They are on the Cape May Seashore Lines and are ex-CNW units.

http://www.jefflubchanskycpa.com/LV578M ... 42-18A.jpg

Charles

[TB Diamond]

Scot: Did you forget Tioga Central Alco RS1 #62? This unit was painted in a modified cornell red/black stripe LVRR scheme in 1988. The Lehigh Valley never had any RS1 units, but the paint job did honor the fact that the TC operated on former LVRR trackage.

[dj_paige]

Does FGLK have any plans to make this beautiful unit available for railfans and photographers, perhaps on LV rails?

[sallenparks]

TC 47 as well they both still have the LV style paint.