Greetings all,
I ask your forgiveness if this is the wrong place for this but I just found this on the Peoria Rails Yahoo Group. I also put it on the ptototype forum too. I hadn’t seen any mention of this until now. Sorry also if I’m a little excitable about this but recently NC railroading seemed to be kind of quiet.
This would also be an excellent opportunity to gather reference material…Pictures!!! Hopefully the model maanufacturers would attend too.
Any how here it is:
From: Thomas L. Stennis III <tlstennis@…>
Subject: FW: [NorfolkSouthernHeritageUnits] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–NS Family
Portrait
To: “Thomas L. Stennis III” <tlstennis@…>
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 12:41 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2012
Norfolk Southern Heritage locomotives to gather in North Carolina
for July 4 `family portrait’
NORFOLK, VA. – Norfolk Southern’s Heritage locomotives will gather for a
“family portrait” at the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) in Spencer,
N.C., during the Fourth of July week. All 20 locomotives painted in the color
schemes of predecessor railroads will be on display July 3 and 4.
“This is the first and probably only chance we’ll have to get all these
locomotives together in one place at one time,” said Norfolk Southern CEO Wick
Moorman. “We’re proud of the role railroads play in keeping the country’s
economy strong, and July 4 is an opportune time to showcase that heritage of
service and safety.”
“Having these engines gathered together is a phenomenon, not just an event,”
sai