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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2Date: 03/21/20 09:46 Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: 1Train2Many I posted this yesterday and someone deleted it. Why? We were curious if anyone knows if this engine is being repainted or was it sold? We have never seen a Norfolk Southern without "NS" on the side and it looked like it was covered with paper. Thanks!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/20 09:50 by 1Train2Many.  Date: 03/21/20 09:51 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: md I do recall seeing this last night too and was wonderinfg what the fate of this unit is too. I hope its not being scraped. Was actually thinking what it would have looked like if they painted over the sttripes and left the horse.
Date: 03/21/20 09:55 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: md oh and yeah I know the horse head is black I meant if they kept some white around so you see the horse, actually woukld have looked pretty nice I bet.
Date: 03/21/20 09:58 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: birdman According to Chris Toth's NS roster website, 2873 is no longer on the NS roster. I have no idea what it's future may hold.
Date: 03/21/20 10:09 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: SOU3921 Typically, when they are sold the NS on the sides is marked over. 2873 has been off the roster for several years. I guess they have decided not to rebuild it into something else.
Date: 03/21/20 10:15 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: NSDash9 The 2873 was retired by NS in November 2015, then sold by auction to LTE Rail Services (LTEX) in 12-2017. It eventually found its way to the Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad. Unknown where its headed now.
Chris Toth NSDash9.com Date: 03/21/20 11:27 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: boejoe Where was photo taken?
Date: 03/21/20 11:38 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: 1Train2Many We took this photo in the Enola, PA freight yard yesterday afternoon (3/20/20).
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/20 11:57 by 1Train2Many. Date: 03/21/20 11:52 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: HotWater 1Train2Many Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > We took this photo in the Enola, PA freight yard > yesterday afternoon (3/21/20). For what it's worth, TODAY is 3/21/20, and YESTERDAY was 3/20/20. Date: 03/21/20 11:57 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: 1Train2Many Whoops! Thanks!
Date: 03/21/20 16:14 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: ctillnc One of the last GP38ACs delivered to Southern in late 1971. Three months later, the 5000-series GP38-2s started arriving.
Date: 03/21/20 16:37 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: baltimore The mystery continues. I was the first to reply that I had seen this post . Now my reply is missing or deleted.
Baltimore Date: 03/21/20 22:02 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: pdt What mystery.
Retired by NS and sold to LTE. Then to Etown Industrial, which apparently is not operating these days. So it is back to LTE, or whereever the next lease or sale is. This is how NS typically blanks out their logo when they sell an engine. As for repainting...is there a paint shop at Enola? I dont think so, so the "repainting" question is prob moot. Its prob just an LTE leassor, or Etoen industrial sold it to someone, if they owned it. Elizabethtown is across the river from enola. Date: 03/22/20 05:33 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: scraphauler Etown still operating. They owned and sold it to someone out west - headed to BNSF at Chicago.
Posted from iPhone Date: 03/22/20 08:58 Re: Sold or Being Repainted NS, Take 2 Author: 1Train2Many Thank you for all of your replies! Also, there is no paint shop in Enola, PA. I thought maybe they would send it to Altoona for re-painting. Now I will keep my eye out for it on different live cams traveling west.
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