CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

[Saturnalia]

7376 is the C&O Heritage unit. Features the C&O for progress logo.

[MQT1223]

7376 is the C&O Heritage unit. Features the C&O for progress logo.

Another GE unit... Any EMD repaints gonna get Heritage stickers?

[CSX_CO]

7376 is the C&O Heritage unit. Features the C&O for progress logo.

Another GE unit... Any EMD repaints gonna get Heritage stickers?

Seeing as Waycross is the system heavy repair shop for GE's...and they're putting stickers on the stuff Waycross is putting out...odds probably aren't in your favor.

[Saturnalia]

ET44AHs up to 3271 were spotted on the Erie Test track.

[trainspot]

Looks like some more ET44's came, 3281, 3287 here:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4307419

[MQT1223]

CSX #366 has Chessie Stickers on her nose.

I know that obviously these units are getting negative views due to the lack of effort for showing heritage, but this to me is an interesting sight as to what CSX considers "Heritage".

We have L&N, C&O, SCL, and now Chessie; there are six more units suppose to come out with stickers if I remember correctly. I'm gonna say that B&O and WM are definitely in due to the Chessie heritage. How far down the line do you go? Does PM have a sticker, does Clinchfield have a sticker? Does Family Lines have a sticker? Do you avoid something as recent as the RF&P, merged in the 1990's? Do you include a road that you've practically abandoned out of existence like the Monon? Where is "Heritage" drawn?

[Saturnalia]

I guess we will see!

[iKJames]

CSX said "at least 10", and B&O has already been confirmed

[Saturnalia]

B&O has already been confirmed

I think this is pretty much a given...like the NS doing their program with a SOU unit

September update will be out tomorrow!

[MQT1223]

If you think the CSX "Heritage" units are crap leaving out the B&O is one mistake the company couldn't live down. The first railroad in the US a part of your heritage and you ignore it? Right...

iKJames, "at least 10". That opens the doors quite a bit. I guess it depends on which fallen flags make the most money for CSX. This could add the RF&P, C&EI, ACL, SAL, NC&StL, Monon, Georgia, Clinchfield, Family Lines, PM and P&LE. Of course you throw in Conrail and all of those roads, but I believe NS holds the rights for those. Some of these railroads like the NC&Stl and the PM are not modeled very much and have a good chance of not seeing a sticker on a unit. Others however are modeled quite a bit. I would say at least 10 but no more then 15 "Heritage" units.

[Saturnalia]

If you think the CSX "Heritage" units are crap leaving out the B&O is one mistake the company couldn't live down. The first railroad in the US a part of your heritage and you ignore it? Right...

iKJames, "at least 10". That opens the doors quite a bit. I guess it depends on which fallen flags make the most money for CSX. This could add the RF&P, C&EI, ACL, SAL, NC&StL, Monon, Georgia, Clinchfield, Family Lines, PM and P&LE. Of course you throw in Conrail and all of those roads, but I believe NS holds the rights for those. Some of these railroads like the NC&Stl and the PM are not modeled very much and have a good chance of not seeing a sticker on a unit. Others however are modeled quite a bit. I would say at least 10 but no more then 15 "Heritage" units.

I'd speculate the line to be right about where the PM is...regional carrier that was a HUGE addition to the C&O - but then the C&O is less than a third of the CSX system. Anything smaller is likely out.

But again, we shall see.

[CSX_CO]

Do you include a road that you've practically abandoned out of existence like the Monon?

Monon hasn't been 'practically abandoned out of existence'. Still in place from the connection on the GTW at Dyer, to Monon. Portion east of Monon is up for abandonment to the end of track, but last I heard it was stalled as a shipper was throwing a fit. Line is in from Medaryville, IN to Cloverdale, IN. Yeah, its gone from Cloverdale south, but still a healthy chunk remains. Still technically in from Bedford to New Albany, but hasn't seen a train in years, and CSX has been given permission to pull the sidings, suspend the signal system, etc. Either way, given the overall historical length of the line, and how redundant it has been since the mergers started, 30 to 40% of its original length probably remains?

[Saturnalia]

Do you include a road that you've practically abandoned out of existence like the Monon?

Monon hasn't been 'practically abandoned out of existence'. Still in place from the connection on the GTW at Dyer, to Monon. Portion east of Monon is up for abandonment to the end of track, but last I heard it was stalled as a shipper was throwing a fit. Line is in from Medaryville, IN to Cloverdale, IN. Yeah, its gone from Cloverdale south, but still a healthy chunk remains. Still technically in from Bedford to New Albany, but hasn't seen a train in years, and CSX has been given permission to pull the sidings, suspend the signal system, etc. Either way, given the overall historical length of the line, and how redundant it has been since the mergers started, 30 to 40% of its original length probably remains?

Well if one wants to look at it, a significant length of the Pere Marquette has been abandoned. Midland-Baldwin, most of the tracks north of Baldwin/Manistee, north of Muskegon, the branch from New Buffalo, the line from Elmdale to Saginaw, and even more in the thumb. Add in the hundreds of miles spun off to shortlines, and really the CSX only operates a small fraction of what was once the Pere Marquette.

Really, the Detroit and Plymouth Subs are 150 miles, GRS/GRT are 140, Fremont is 10 and the Saginaw Sub is 100. That's only 400 miles under CSX. That's only about half the remaining PM trackage.

[Saturnalia]

CSX Locomotive Roster Update Sep 2015

YN2 Repaints:
366 CW44AC Chessie System Heritage Emblem
686 CW60AC
5957 B20-8
7376 C40-8W C&O Heritage Emblem
7548 C40-8
7567 C40-8
7882 C40-8W
Now 911 YN2

YN3 Repaints:
1119 SW1500
1123 SW1500
1504 GP15T
1559 GP15-1
2300 RDSLUG
2802 GP38-2
4529 SD70MAC
4721 SD70MAC
6912 GP40-2
8468 SD40-2
Now 2579 YN3

New Units:
-3252-3299: New ET44AHs.
Now 50 ET44AH

Rebuilds:
Number, Rblt Date, New Paint, Old No, Old Model, 1st Built, Fmr Paint

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GP40-3 9-15.png (3.38 KiB) Viewed 3801 times

Now 30 GP38-3; 251 GP38-2
Now 81 SD40-3; 361 SD40-2
Now 26 GP40-3; 365 GP40-2

Retirements
-4542 SD70MAC. Wrecked
Now 202 SD70MAC

New Paint totals (pct), change:
YN3B: 871 (19.91%), +78
YN3: 2579 (58.95%), -21
YN2: 911 (20.82%), -10
YN1: 1 (0.02%), no change
CR: 1 (0.02%), no change
Ex-NS “Hornet”: 12 (0.28%), no change

Average Fleet Build Date*: 1993.65 (+0.35)
Total Units on Roster: 4375, +47

*Build dates use whole years on the roster. Actual number may vary up to a half year

[MQT1223]

CSX Locomotive Roster Update Sep 2015

YN2 Repaints:
366 CW44AC Chessie System Heritage Emblem
686 CW60AC
5957 B20-8
7376 C40-8W C&O Heritage Emblem
7548 C40-8
7567 C40-8
7882 C40-8W
Now 911 YN2

YN3 Repaints:
1119 SW1500
1123 SW1500
1504 GP15T
1559 GP15-1
2300 RDSLUG
2802 GP38-2
4529 SD70MAC
4721 SD70MAC
6912 GP40-2
8468 SD40-2
Now 2579 YN3

New Units:
-3252-3299: New ET44AHs.
Now 50 ET44AH

Rebuilds:
Number, Rblt Date, New Paint, Old No, Old Model, 1st Built, Fmr Paint

GP38-3 9-15.png

SD40-3 9-15.png

GP40-3 9-15.png

Now 30 GP38-3; 251 GP38-2
Now 81 SD40-3; 361 SD40-2
Now 26 GP40-3; 365 GP40-2

Retirements
-4542 SD70MAC. Wrecked
Now 202 SD70MAC

New Paint totals (pct), change:
YN3B: 871 (19.91%), +78
YN3: 2579 (58.95%), -21
YN2: 911 (20.82%), -10
YN1: 1 (0.02%), no change
CR: 1 (0.02%), no change
Ex-NS “Hornet”: 12 (0.28%), no change

Average Fleet Build Date*: 1993.65 (+0.35)
Total Units on Roster: 4375, +47

*Build dates use whole years on the roster. Actual number may vary up to a half year

There is an active B20-8 on CSX still? Wow.

[Saturnalia]

There is an active B20-8 on CSX still? Wow.

MQT1223 unnecessarily quotes an entire update? Wow.

There are 47 B40/20-8s still on the roster. Most are active.

[MQT1223]

There is an active B20-8 on CSX still? Wow.

MQT1223 unnecessarily quotes an entire update? Wow.

There are 47 B40/20-8s still on the roster. Most are active.

I'll quote anything I want thanks to the 1st Amendment.

[Typhoon]

There is an active B20-8 on CSX still? Wow.

MQT1223 unnecessarily quotes an entire update? Wow.

There are 47 B40/20-8s still on the roster. Most are active.

I'll quote anything I want thanks to the 1st Amendment.

SIgh....It is amazing how many people do not understand what the 1st amendment protects you from.

[Standard Railfan]

SIgh....It is amazing how many people do not understand what the 1st amendment protects you from.

Amazing may be an understatement of great proportion.

BTW MQT1223, you have very few rights on this board. Membership is a privilege. Much like driving an automobile in the State of Michigan.

[CSX_CO]

We had to memorize the amendments, and draw a random number out of a hat and tell the teacher. I guess they don't require that kind of learning any more...