Quick Q for the Norfolk Southern experts

[primavw]

Hey everyone. Does anyone know if NS still has any Conrail patched units with the CR paint scheme still on the roster or have they all be re-painted to date? Thanks!

[flight2000]

Chris Toth does a very good job keeping up with the NS roster.  According to him, there is 1 left...it's a C40-8 #8312.

http://www.nsdash9.com/crrepaints.html

Cheers,
Brian

[primavw]

it's a C40-8 #8312.

Aw shucks. Looks like #8312 is in the midst of a Dash 8.5 upgrade in Altoona. I was hoping to take a crack at doing a patched ex-CR unit for my fleet. I guess I missed the bus...

[bnsfdash8]

You could simply pull your time frame back 2-3 years and model one, that's what I did for the 4 CR patched units I did.

[primavw]

Yeah I suppose there is nothing keeping me from that

[packers#1]

Yeah I suppose there is nothing keeping me from that

Time is so fluid that it probably won't affect much else if you just widen the window by a few years to have a few ex-CR units on the roster

[Rich_S]

Chris Toth's web site is a great reference.  From my own personal experience, it's been about 4 years since I've seen a patched Conrail unit here on the Pittsburgh division. The only patched units now are the SD40-2's that NS just purchased with the graffiti numbers   

https://www.flickr.com/photos/110006054@N04/12004642913/

http://www.railpictures.ca/upload/a-new-addition-and-no-doubt-pride-of-the-fleet-leads-this-daily-transfer-from-the-ns-in-buffalo-to-the-cn-in-fort-erie-i-cant-believe-that-of-all-the-class-1s-ns-would-allow-hand-spray-painte