Ten EMD’s Complete Norfolk Southern Heritage Fleet


FOUR PHOTOS: CASEY THOMASON/NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.


ED HORM


IN MAY, TEN SD70ACes began to trickle out of the new Electro-Motive Diesel assembly plant in Muncie, Ind., painted in Norfolk Southern predecessor road paint schemes to commemorate the company’s 30th anniversary on June 1. Unfortunately, only four units had been painted by June 1 and just two were re- leased from the plant for service a few days


after that, so we were able to obtain only one in-service photo by this issue’s deadline. At press time, the five re- maining EMD units were to be delivered by the end of June. The EMD’s joined nine General Electric ES44AC’s which had been painted at NS shops in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Altoona, Penn. be-


tween March 15 and April 24. A tenth ES44AC, No. 8025 in Monongahela colors, was a late addition and was to have been painted at Chattanooga in June. First out of Muncie on May 9 was NS No.


1065 wearing Southern Railway “Tuxedo” col- ors and lettered for SR subsidiary Savannah & Atlanta. The S&A was leased by Central of Georgia and both roads were acquired by SR in 1971. No. 1065 does not carry a Southern Rail- way computer check code letter, as does South- ern ES44AC No. 8099K.


20 AUGUST 2012 • RAILFAN.COM


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