CSX #666

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Why does CSX #666 have the blue lettering without yellow outside lineing on the side of the Engine?

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The guy with the yellow paint was superstitious?

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It’s the Mark of the Beast!

I read about that in some book that was written about 1900 years ago, in the section with the writings from the apostle Fred:

And low, as I say unto thee: Beware of the tranformed creature that was once a cute cat, but would become a large monster. And be aware that this monster will be huge, it will be made up of a number of smaller creatures that it ate, and it will known by many names, and will be marked differently than similar creatures, and it will have a number, and that number will be 666.

Or something to that effect.

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[(-D] A+

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have seen it come through here.conductors and road foreman have had fun with that # but I cant put what they say here.

stay safe

joe

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[tup] to what Mookie said. Take a bow !

Larry’s made me laugh, but zardoz’s is priceless ! That’s a show-stopper - the kind that doesn’t happen but once a year, if even that often. It could be read at any rail-oriented convention (although some might be offended - I’m not). You ghost-writing for Mel Brooks now ?

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I am sure we all know what that number is supposed to represent, whether this particular engine is painted differently because of it I couldn’t guess.

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it suffered an engine fire and had the center portion of the hood repainted and ended up with the then standard blue lettering rather than the yellow outlined by blue. CSX #633 and 667 also recieved this same treatment following engine fires.

Bryan Jones

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I think the other ideas were more fun… [:o)]

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This may be true - but why did it have an engine fire ? A new portal to you-know-where ? Mobile, no less ?

I agree with Larry - the other ideas are more fun. “Back in the day” this would be like a loco with the #13 - a jinx or “hoo-doo”, and the superstitious engine crews would turn it ,or bury it 2 deep back in the loco lash-up, or anything else they could get away with to avoid actually being involved with it. I knew some M-O-W guys who would have been completely spooked by this if they had ever seen it. (“Henry ? George ? Roger ? Stroman ? Where you goin’ to in such a hurry, man ? Put that voodoo stuff away and get back to work !”)

  • Paul North.
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My hotel doesn’t have a 13th floor…but come on people on the 14th, you know where you really are! As quoted by the late stand up Mitch Hedberg.

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I agree with Lary, the other ideas were more fun![(-D] Superstition aside, does this locomotive happen to be a AC6000CW? A man by the name of Clifford Staton, now the president of CSX’s human relations, once a engineer, gave me a postor with CSX locomotive 600 on it . This loco’ is a AC6000CW. So is the loco’ 666 a 6000CW to?

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the other ideas night have been “fun” but the person who started this thread wanted a real answer to his question, not a childish answer.

The fire was likely caused by a ruptured fuel line, a common occurance on GE locomotives.

Bryan Jones

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And you gave him the real answer to his question.

Some levity needs to happen occasionally to keep the forum from reading like an advanced science textbook.

A good mix will keep the forum more interesting for a larger majority of people.

[2c]

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This is what happened here:

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and now me,

Dont be so uptight.

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…the smiley turning into a missile, that’s good stuff!

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Whell Bah Humbug to you… No, just kidding. I agree with the others you have to have some fun on here once in a while! Otherwise it would be like reading a dictonary for 8 hours straight.

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I believe BNSF renumbered ex SF 666 to 599 to avoid this subject. I believe they left the 666 slot void, please correct me if I’m wrong.

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Bryan - if the question had been about engine 7428, it would probably would have been answered and sunk into obscurity.

It was about #666 - about which number many people are superstitious. I’d probably have posted the same thing if it had been engine #13 (which CSX may or may not have, although I’m pretty sure they have them numbered that low - I’ve seen #5).

A little levity never hurt anyone.

Of course, your answer could lead to comments about “toasters,” too…

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But Lary, I was born on the 13th of December In room # 13. I have an Amtrak P40 #13. I don’t think 13 is unlucky! You didn’t offend me any. I like the comment ton the toaster[(-D]!