Surprise

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I never thought about it you guys are right.  The business train is in the excursion era tuscan colors.  It came through here a couple days ago with shiny new rebuilt geeps pulling it headed toward Bristol as a matter of fact.  It made me proud to tell my kids "I used to ride a train like that behind 611!"  And, that was the untimate tribute to the N&W in its day.
   
  Is the Southern lettered GP59 #4610 still around?
   
  Ben Blevins
  

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
      Moreman is an old Southern man, came up under Claytor's wing. Is that reason enough to explain why more Southern stuff? 
  As for no N&W schemes? The main paint shop for years was Chattanooga (ex-Southern shop) and when the Southern 100th anniversary rolled around they weren't about to let it go un-noticed. When N&W's big birthday rolled around not to long ago there just wasn't a push from the right areas to get anything done. I know there was one last year for a Virginian but I guess that fell through as well.
  And as for N&W tribute......have you seen the NS Office Car Fleet recently? The only car left in Southern colors is Marco Polo in Washington D.C.
   
  Maybe one day we'll see an N&W engine, I'd like to see a Tuscan SD40 or -2 or maybe bring back one of the skunks since they are all still around.
   
  Jason Greene
Gainesville, GA
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  Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:19 AM
  Subject: Re: Surprise
  

  Wow!  That's really nice.  (although I'm not really a fan of the Southern Ry.)
   
  Why is it they pay homage to Southern with old paint schemes but they've yet to reletter a locomotive in some sort of N&W scheme?
   
  I know they wouldn't want to rehabilitate a couple of GP 9's for the business train for obvious reasons, but a tuscan red SD70 or EVO would look pretty sharp in my opinion.  Also, in all fairness, I think they should have three heritage sets.  With Southern and N&W, how about a Pennsylvania scheme as well?  (or my personal favorite, Penn Central!)
   
  Ben Blevins
  

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
          I guess you are speaking of the new Fs that NS just purchased from the KCS?
   
  They picked up the 4 (A-B-B-A) set that had been used on the St. Louis Dinner Train. The plan is (From Wick Moreman's mouth) is to paint the set in the Southern's Black Tuxedo Scheme and used on OCS trains.
   
   
  Jason Greene
Gainesville, GA
    ----- Original Message ----- 
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  To: N&WMailing List 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:54 AM
  Subject: Surprise
  

  I haven't seen anything posted here, but, coming down the road last night I passed something unusual. I understand that Wick Moorman has a surprise for you.
  Jimmy Lisle
    
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