Norfolk Southern - PENNSYLVANIA ES44AC #8102
Greetings!
This morning Norfolk Southern released the sixth of nineteen Heritage Series locomotives...the NS Pennsylvania Railroad ES44AC #8102. The unit is painted in classic PRR Tuscan Red with Gold striping, lettering and road numbers. The fuel tank underframe and truck sideframes are painted in standard NS black. The PRR Keystone is applied on the nose front, rear end and on both sides of the long hood directly behind the cab. Finally all walkway areas and the low nose top are painted in flat anti-skid black.
As with the NW Blue the PRR colors seem to change at every angle that you view the unit and as the light...or lack of light changes. While we were in Altoona with the unit we were not blessed with sunshine and blue skies...and had to accept the cloudy skies that obstructed the sun while on site. Above and below I have attached a number of views for you to check out...you can rest assured we will have the colors that match the prototype on our models when the HO models start to arrive in Spring 2013.
As I create this message we are heading south through Virginia on our way to Chattanooga, TN to photograph the next Heritage unit that we will send images of tomorrow evening. Only three more GEVO units remain to be painted in the Heritage series before we start to see the SD70ACe units painted in ten Heritage paint schemes. We will have a short break in the release announcements until the first SD70ACe units begin to roll out of the Progress Rail Plant in our home town of Muncie. Trust me that we really love all of the travel...but it will be a nice change to travel across town to photograph and capture all of the details of the last 10 units.
Be sure to get your pre-orders in now with your favorite Overland Models Dealer as production will be limited and set about 30 days after all of the NS Heritage ES44AC units are completed.
Overland Models Product Numbers:
HO scale brass model: OMI #AA-2046
N scale brass model: OMI #BA-3017
O scale brass model OMI # yet to be announced
S scale brass model OMI #yet to be announced and please advise if you are interested.
I thank all the folks of Norfolk Southern with special appreciation to the Altoona, PA Norfolk Southern Paint Shop.
Missy and I hope that the NS #8102 with its PRR Heritage paint will be of interest to you and that you will contact your favorite Overland Models Dealer to place your order. You can find a complete price list at http://www.overlandmodels.com/. Look for the price list link on our home page directly below the words BUILT TO INSPIRE and to the left of the large model image on the homepage.
Sincerely,
Brian Marsh
Overland Models, Inc.
bmarsh@overlandmodels.com
765-289-4257 ext 107
In this elevated view I was able to capture the unit just before we departed with some filtered sun on the nose and sides. You can see the front and side mounted PRR Keystone and Pennsylvania lettering, engine compartment placed road numbers and NS sub-lettering. With the the damaged hopper being moved out of the Union Tank shop at the south end of the shop area the white PTC antennas blend into the car body.
In this more traditional roster view the Tuscan red really jumps out against the soupy gray sky that draped over Altoona for the entire morning and part of the afternoon.
Just as we were preparing to leave I captured this image of the right side...notice the small mirror has not yet been applied. Here you can also get a nice view of the PRR nose logo as well.
The rear of the unit features the PRR Keystone and 5-stripes wrapping around the rear of the unit. Also you can see large PRR style road numbers. The image was made prior to the paint shop installing all of the hoses but this allows us to show off the ECP equipment and electrical connections mounted immediately to the right of the coupler.