Eastern Railroad Discussion > Day 1 Vacation in Altoona PA

Hello-

We went to Altoona over the weekend. Day 1 was overcast with sleet. Here are a few trains we saw.


1)Westbound double stack heads out of Altoona.
2)UP SD70AH
3)Helpers pass Alto.

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4) Eastbound coal heads into Rose yard for a recrew.
5) Helper sets heads into switches over at Works.
6) Amtrak ballast car used as a buffer on 67Z.

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7, 8, 9) 65K arrives with 1066 as the leader.

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A westbound double stack and super tele of Southern E8.

Mike

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Very interesting photo series plus one great catch.
SOU #6901 EMD E8A belongs to the SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY MUSEUM in Duluth, GA.
ALLEN

I am still astonished by the various "heritage" paint scheme/font matters that various companies authorize for various reasons. "New York Central"! Remarkable to see this! I find myself thinking that it has something to do with a current NS exec who has a family history of employment with the NYC from back at the beginning of the Cenozoic Era. (hahaha). Seriously: who has this done? I love seeing it, but I just do not comprehend its value such that someone is being employed to do it and that it is not a "glamor" loco for tourist excursions.
Just asking.

---Gerrypaul

Gerrypaul Wrote:
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> I am still astonished by the various "heritage"
> paint scheme/font matters that various companies
> authorize for various reasons. "New York Central"!
> Remarkable to see this! I find myself thinking
> that it has something to do with a current NS exec
> who has a family history of employment with the
> NYC from back at the beginning of the Cenozoic
> Era. (hahaha). Seriously: who has this done? I
> love seeing it, but I just do not comprehend its
> value such that someone is being employed to do it
> and that it is not a "glamor" loco for tourist
> excursions.
> Just asking.
>
> ---Gerrypaul


As part of Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary, in 2012, they took 20 new-build locomotives [10 EMD SD70ACE's & 10 GE ES44AC's] and painted them in the livery of fallen flag railroads that now make up NS's route system. The heritage SD70ACE's are numbered 1065-1074 & the ES44AC's are numbered 8098-8105, adding in one that was already built [8025] & skipping numbers up to 8114, which is the original NS paint scheme/livery.


http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/the-norfolk-southern-story/heritage-locomotives.html



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/18 10:27 by reel_smooth.