Norfolk Southern is honoring its predecessor railroads during 2012, its 30th anniversary year, by painting 20 new locomotives in commemorative schemes that reflect the heritage of those predecessors.

Each paint scheme will be modified to fit contemporary locomotives while staying as true as possible to the original designs. Norfolk Southern employees in Altoona, Pa., and Chattanooga, Tenn., will paint GE ES44AC locomotives, while the EMD SD70ACe units will be painted at Progress Rail Services’ facility in Muncie, Ind. The heritage locomotives will be used to haul freight across Norfolk Southern’s 20,000-mile, 22-state network.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western was created in 1849 to connect the rich anthracite coalfields of the Lackawanna Valley of Pennsylvania to northern New Jersey. A hurricane in 1955 knocked the railroad out of operation for a month, with the resulting financial difficulties forcing it to merge with the Erie Railroad in 1960 to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad..

DL&W / NS Heritate SD70ACe #TBA, w/ new EMD antenna 

Factory painted, lettered, lights, ditch lights

Model Details:

• Licensing: EMD
Model Painted: Yes
DCC: DCC Plug N Play
Model Lettering: Yes
Directional Lighting: Yes
Ditch Lights: Yes
 Motor Type: Pittman
Couplers: Kadee #805