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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer?Date: 09/16/17 12:31 Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: railfaneric Good afternoon everyone. I am wondering why the last set of Dash 9s on NS came without being painted? Did GE forget or did they not have time?
Date: 09/16/17 12:53 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: DJ-12 At the time NS was short on power and wanted to put the units directly into service. IIRC, NS utilized their own paint shops to paint them later.
Posted from iPhone Date: 09/16/17 13:17 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: globalethanol the first ones I saw were way back in 2000. Some if not all of the flared 70m`s also came in primer from EMD
NS 457 at Allentown, Pa. 12-26-2000. NS 11J at Emmaus, Pa. 9-5-2005 twl   Date: 09/16/17 13:43 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: Foamductor Several of the early ES40DC's were delivered in primer as well.
Date: 09/16/17 14:21 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: GPutz Several CSXT E40DCs were also delivered in primer. Gerry
Date: 09/16/17 17:39 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: CR6079 GE was having a hard time keeping up with the demand of the class 1's BNSF,NS,CSX were all recieving primered units and running them as such until they could find time to schedule an appointment in the paint booth.
Posted from iPhone Date: 09/16/17 17:43 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: M All NS dash 9`s were delivered in primer
top 9807 in primer bottom fresh painted dash 9s at Chattanooga Tn in 1996   Date: 09/18/17 08:36 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: engineerinvirginia Everything sticks to primer...I remember it didn't take long for those things to become a greasy mess...
Date: 09/18/17 12:54 Re: Why were some of the last Dash 9s on NS delivered in primer? Author: toledopatch M Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > All NS dash 9`s were delivered in primer > I won't dispute that, but if so, then the initial orders weren't -placed in service- in primer, because that started later. With BNSF, I remember seeing new GEs that were fully painted but placed in service with only basic lettering and no heralds when I railfanned around Wenatchee, WA in August 1998. |