Re: Chattanooga Paint Shop
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Yes the facility is there and the original GE (or was it EMD) Heritage units were painted there.? With increasing EPA compliance costs it made sense to consolidate all of the painting in one place and it was moved to Altoona because of the rebuilding going on there.
On Monday, December 9, 2024 at 11:01:25 PM EST, Warren Stephens <wdstephens@...> wrote:
Do they not have the old Southern Railway Chattanooga paint shop at Citico/DeButts any more? The original four TAG diesels were repainted there. When TAG purchased the 80, they contracted with Southern to paint the other four so they would all look fresh. You can judge the approximate year a picture of the GP7s and the GP18 was taken by the freshness of the paint. Fresh from EMD, they had trust plates. Fresh from Southern¡¯s paint shop, no trust plate. I guess the Chattanooga paint shop fell after the Conrail merger. That overall facility in Altoona must be impressive. The folks in Penn did a mighty fine job.
Warren
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