This evening, my good buddy and NS company photographer captured the first C40-9 (Top Hat as we railfans call them) that has been rebuilt essentially into an ES44AC. NS will be calling them an AC44C6M. None the less, in true NS fashion they feature a D&H tribute scheme to honor the first conversation.... SNAZZZY!
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Now that is AWESOME!!!! I WANT ONE! This has got to be the only special paint scheme I like.
Another very creative tribute paint scheme by NS. However, as a big fan of the D&H, I was selfishly hoping they would use a more prototypical D&H paint scheme similar to what they did with the "original" batch of Heritage units.
Would have to agree with Joe above, this doesn't evoke images of anything 'D&H related' to me at all. Wonder what their inspiration/rationale was....
Looks good, I would love one as well. 
Looks more like a UP take on a heritage unit.
Don't think it has anything to do with D&H. Think it's just showing off the DC to AC upgrade.
Andrew Lawrence posted:Don't think it has anything to do with D&H. Think it's just showing off the DC to AC upgrade.
You may be on to something, Andy! This "lightning stripe" just may be NS's representation of electricity and may have nothing to do with the D&H lightning stripe paint scheme. At least that's what I'm hoping anyway! 
Wow what a photograph
Nice paint job but I agree this may not be a tribute to the D&H because it isn't a "heritage" type paint scheme, just D&H colors.
Cool!
I thought that this paint scheme is the new CP-NS scheme. ��
Yes it may look similar to D&H. But it really doesn't to me. Reminds me of the colors of the Lionel NS Heritage SD70ACe #1982 Product 6-28334. I find the paint scheme ok, but I thought it might be more better if the blue and grey were darker. But either way, NS is doing nice jobs on paint schemes.
A beauty!
The pattern looks like a large version of a horse's mane.
Andrew
I hate to break the news but...... NS has removed all photos of the engine from Railpictures and Facebook. word on the street is CP doesn't like paint scheme.
Actually, from what I've been told it has nothing to do with CP, but a rival railroad that uses a lot of .. and [ ] in their logos...
One would have thought it came from CP based on the colors and D&H overtures, but that's not the case.
The unit is back in the paint shop in Chattanooga for revision.
They used YELLOW numbers on the side of the cab.
would be nice in 0 gauge by mth or in s gauge by lionel
Unfortunately this locomotive is heading back for the paint shop… Even if they do repaint it, it probably won't be black, knowing how NS has been for the past year.
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