Heritage unit for CSX, with one of my favorite schemes:
https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CSX-1973-Chessie.jpg
It’s a nice blend of the current and heritage colors.
IIRC, the Chessie U-boats had a much wider vermillion stripe than the EMDs.
As a B&O guy, I wasn’t thrilled when the Chessie paint scheme came on the scene, however, over time and with the transition to CSX - the Chessie scheme grows on one.
I dont know but this scheme dose not look right too me with only 3 quarters of the engine painted Chessie
I like it! I hope it starts a trend for CSX! [bow]
I always thought they should just give up the whole “CSX” thing and change their name to Chessie.
You and me both – but with a better cat instead of the broken dish.
How about Chesapeake System?
The person that broke this news (and has been fairly accurate about the details), said that preliminary plans are for 25 units. Below is a direct paste of the list.
B&O
GARR
B&M
RF&P
NC&STL
AWP
Monon
L&N
WM
NYC
C&O
Katy (I thought this was a UP thing)
ACL
PL&E
C&EI
PM
SAL
Clinchfield
P&NR
SCL
Penn Central
SBD family
Chessie System
CR
PAR (Pan Am Railways)
He did state that the B&O paint was rushed and that the cab and nose was to be finished in B&O colors after an event. But we now know the paint job is the finished deal. But instead of him being incorrect, perhaps a higher up at CSX liked the blend result so much that they’ve simply decided to stick with
Ayer, MA to Portland, ME is ex-B&M. MC does seem like an omission.
NS needs a Katy heritage unit. 69 miles of former Katy trackage makes up part of NS’ Detroit-KC mainline between Moberly and Hannibal, MO.
CSX operates part of EL’s former mainline between Galion and Marion, OH. This was a joint paired single track operation with NYC/Big Four, but controlled by the EL. CSX also operates a small portion of EL’s Marion Yard.
PRR should be included to represent the west end of the St. Louis Line and the fact that CSX owns the former PRR mainline west of Crestline, OH (leased to the CF&E).
Back in the day - B&O and PRR had paired operations in two locations with each carrier owning one track and the pair being operated as double track.
This existed between Newark, OH and Columbus with B&O doing the Train Dispatching. It also existed between Akron, OH and Warwick with the PRR doing the Train Dispatching.
Chessie
I didn’t even notice the absence of the Pennsy in that list. Strange indeed. I wonder if rights issues are behind that if this list proves to be accurate.
A few other small bits and pieces are CSX owned like Woodville to Toledo. All together it must amount to close to 200 miles of former PRR trackage, although some of it like said is out of service or leased out to another operator.
Furthering the CSX connection to the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Pennsy also had trackage rights on a few small pieces of C&O (Toledo to Carleton), B&O (Ravenna to Niles), NYC (Girard Junction to Erie), and C&EI (Terre Haute to Otter Creek Jct). Trackage that CSX as far as I know still owns and operates.
is being numbered 1973 an indicator of birth year?
The B&O locomotive is number 1827, so it’s a good bet, but wait for the others…
Peter
When I was a Train Order Operator, I worked both Niles Jct. and Ravenna off the Extra List. Recall runing PRR trains at Niles Jct when I was working there, don’t recall operating any when I was working Ravenna, however, the tracks to access the PRR were in the interlocking.
UP already did a Katy Heritage unit.
And BNSF’s 25th anniversary “heritage” paint job sucked…just some stickers of defunct RRs on a regular “pumpkin” paintjob.