| Posted by bradley on December 28, 2015 | |
Pretty interesting that a special paint job was applied to note a mechanical change. Usually a railroad would maybe put some sort of code lettering on the cab or something. I gotta say that in this world of AC44 whatevers, NS is at least keeping things interesting. Never know what's going to show up next.
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It's back!
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| Posted by K100DS on December 28, 2015 | |
Why were the nose stripes changed from yellow to white?
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Another spectacular NS paint scheme. I think I see a few hints of D&H in there...
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In such a monotonous world of the same old locomotives it's nice to see NS with a fairly steady stream of interesting paint jobs. I wish CSX would do some so I could see something different locally other than run through power.
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The jagged line moving back from the cab appears to be a horses mane? Very attractive paint scheme, Casey. You sure do get some wonderful shots. I think NS needs to paint more locos like this, or even other colors. This could be FUN! PCA.
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All marketing and branding I suppose. Interesting choice of colors and Weird looking "flames" on the front.
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I actually like this paint scheme a lot. It has a slight Conrail/CSX look to it, but clearly still NS and much more lively than the black. Good job!
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| Posted by Robert on December 29, 2015 | |
I hope to see all Norfolk/Southern locomotives with this brighter, more colorful paint jobs, get away from that old dreary "Black & White".
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Nice paint scheme, good to see GE standard cabs replaced, as they are not very attractive. Hope other railroads might do the same. Keep these coming.
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The blue color reminds me of Conrail blue!
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| Posted by Mike on December 29, 2015 | |
Should be the standard paint job. I like it. A lot.
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Noooo! I hope they're not going to convert the whole C40-9 fleet to wide nose/wide cab units. I don't mind the DC to AC switch, but it'll be a shame to lose the last standard cab units that GE built. The standard cab along with the Hi-Ad trucks on the DASH 9-40C's is a neat combination. NS should change the already wide nose DASH 9-40CW's to AC and just rebuild the C40-9's as is. It's a shame to see all the high-hood units going to short hoods, and now we're going to see the only standard cab DASH 9's disappearing too.
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Honestly I think NS should make this the new standard paint scheme for all equipment.
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That costs more. When I went to GMD in 2007, one of the paint shop people told me that an NS unit to paint took about an hour give or take. When you start applying more colours, the bill and the price goes up. The black paint with white lettering cost at the time only 10 grand. That's what they told me.
Nonetheless very interesting.
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They even painted the wiper arms & blades blue. Pretty impressive!
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Norfolk Southern remodeling some of there Dash 9 units into AC power, I am gonna miss them standard cab dash 9's but I must say that is a kicking paint scheme.
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| Posted by K100DS on January 4, 2016 | |
I realize some railfans are not happy to see standard cabs replaced with safety cabs, but you've got to remember that safety cabs save lives in the event of a head-on collision. Having a "cool" picture or video is all well and good, but the crews deserve a safe place to do their jobs and I think that's more important, don't you?
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Canadian Pacific was offended by this paint scheme.
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| Posted by Mike on January 4, 2016 | |
Reminds me of a hybrid NS-D&H combination. Without CP LOL!
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