Big Announcement from Southern Railway

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Smoke

Smoke

Southern Railway lives on
Southern Railway announces it's first Operation Lifesaver Locomotive.

Today Southern Railway unveiled it's firts ever Operation Lifesaver Locomotive, SD70MAC #7162. "#7162 has been waiting in the wings till the right moment to unveil" Said Southern Railway president Andrew Earnest. "With all the financial hardships some railroads may be tempted to drop some safety to save on the budget. Southern Railway is still devoted to safety even when the economy isn't booming." Mr. Earnest closed out his speech with this: "Not only does Southern serve the Souh, Southern Serves the south with safety." Not only did this draw a thunderous applause, it was the beginning of a new Southern Railway slogan:

Southern Serves the South with Safety!!

So without furthur adou I present you Southern Railway SD70MAC #7162.


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joem5127 said:
Makes Me wish NS would do a heritage series like UP has done. Southern, Nickle Plate, Wabash, N&W.
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Yeah, an NKP Heritage locomotive! I pay some bucks for a model of one of those...if we could convince NS to follow UP's lead.
 
dont know about the Nickle Plate, but i have seen this sou engine in Atlanta before. it was actually in service. it was about 5 or 6 years ago. i saw it more than once and even have a photo of it somewhere. it was switching auto racks between the now closed ford plant in hapeville, and the east point classification yard. is this a GP30? it may not have been this particular one, but i doubt NS would scheme more than one like this. the closest you get from them in the way of heritige is a little reminder of who the original owner was under the number plate.

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Airslide said:
dont know about the Nickle Plate, but i have seen this sou engine in Atlanta before. it was actually in service. it was about 5 or 6 years ago. i saw it more than once and even have a photo of it somewhere. it was switching auto racks between the now closed ford plant in hapeville, and the east point classification yard. is this a GP30? it may not have been this particular one, but i doubt NS would scheme more than one like this. the closest you get from them in the way of heritige is a little reminder of who the original owner was under the number plate.

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NS 4610 is a GP59. I am actually painting one of those right now. In fact I even have a paint chip from when they repainted it a couple years ago.

-Andrew
 


Smoke said:
NS 4610 is a GP59. I am actually painting one of those right now. In fact I even have a paint chip from when they repainted it a couple years ago.

-Andrew
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im interested in the photos of the finished product. I have several inoperable engines. maybe repaint one like this as a yard ornament.
 
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