Heritage Unit Photos

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Applause to Bruce.  While there may be legitimate nits to pick, the  "big 
picture" is so positive that any such pale into insignificance.
 
Dave Phelps
 
 
In a message dated 4/27/2012 10:08:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Roger wrote:

_railpictures.net_ (http://railpictures.net/)  has many  online images of 
the NS Heritages units.

Here is the blue N&W  lettered unit:


> _http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?road_number=NS%208103_ 

(http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?road_number=NS%208103) 

Here  is the NS original image at Altoona that Larry "enhanced":


> _http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=394626&nseq=15_ 

(http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=394626&nseq=15) 


To add yet another wrinkle to this "fun" discussion of what color is  
"blue" consider yet another factor. Lots of people are now looking at these  
digital images on a variety of computer screens, from older CRTs (if anyone is  
still using those) to a range of flat-screen monitors to even smartphone  
windows. How many have gone to the trouble to actually color-correct their  
monitor to a specific standard? How many of those taking the photos have  
corrected their camera, Photoshop, and monitor to all work together? So what  
someone sees on his camera, then uploads to the web to be viewed across the  
internet probably isn't going to be exactly what the exact color was seen on  
the engine. Heck, it's even been suggested that the professional 
photographer  for NS did some manipulation on his image, so it would seem that all 
bets are  off.


I'm willing to accept that since the paint and other representations of  
these past companies are on engines that didn't exist when those companies  
existed (even the paint formulations didn't exist!), that these are a salute  
to those companies, their employees, and what they accomplished to get 
Norfolk  Southern where it is today. NS could have slapped the logos of these 
past  companies on the side of these new locos or it could have done nothing. 
I'm  not going to whine and pee in someone's cornflakes because I  think the 
blue is the wrong shade or the Southern logo is too low on the nose  or some 
other esoteric detail is "wrong." I'm going to do what I've always  done, 
which is dig into the history of the Norfolk & Western and enjoy  watching 
the trains in the present, no matter what color they might be. The  fact that 
there are Heritage units on the head end is just icing on the  cake.


Bruce in Blacksburg
In the heart of the N&W






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