CSX Heritage Units?

BNSF FAN Jun 11, 2023

  1. BNSF FAN

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    Anyone caught the B&O heritage unit yet?

    Just saw this about the Chessie unit being completed.
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  2. Kurt Moose

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    Wowsers, woulda' look at that-Chessie's back!!

    Me-oooooow!!:D
     
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  3. Hardcoaler

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    I don't fancy the standard paint CSX cab on these, but they're still a welcome sight, even if stylized. In this case, the Chessie System lettering should be much larger, but that would get expensive. [11/27/1981, Cumberland, MD]

    1981-11-27 002 Cumberland MD - for upload.jpg
     
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  4. BNSF FAN

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    Saw yesterday that the Seaboard System unit is on the loose. Word is it rolled through the ATL a little after dark:30 last night
     
  5. Hardcoaler

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    I hope to see one sometime. A number of fans are upset over the stylized paint, but these are a giant step beyond CSX's silly "sticker" units with tiny heralds pasted on them.

    For legacy's sake, here's U-36B 5776 at Montgomery, AL, April 1986. The SBD was a good railroad. I worked for a large shipper at the time and we had excellent local sales support, good car supply and reliable service. They began to rival NS in these things and that's high praise.

    1986-04 LOCO SBD 5776 Montgomery AL - for upload.jpg
     
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  6. BoxcabE50

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    It would be interesting to see something favoring ACL, or SAL colors.
     
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  7. Hardcoaler

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    Agreed! (y) I've not seen a list of what's planned, but they could consider A&WP, ACL, B&O (done), C&O, Chessie (done), CC&O, CR, GARR, L&N, Monon,
    NC&St.L, NYC, NYNH&H, PM, P&N, P&LE, RF&P, SBD (done), SCL, WM, WRofA and SAL.
     
  8. BoxcabE50

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    Wow. That is quite a list of possibilities!
     
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  9. mmi16

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    A 'bootleg' Chessie unit
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    The official Chessie unit
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    The official Seaboard unit
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    The official C&O unit
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    Very nice!
     
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  11. Kurt Moose

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    Someone did a really nice job on that "bootleg" one, I saw a Youtube video of it, pretty clean!
     
  12. BnOEngrRick

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    Don't forget the Conrail heritage that's out, and the L&N is up next.
     
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  14. Hardcoaler

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    L&N is out of the paint shop and on the road, the 6th by CSX. The L&N was chartered in 1850, hence the unit's number.

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  15. Hardcoaler

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    The ACL unit just arrived from the paint shop at Waycross. So far we have B&O, Chessie System, SBD, CR, C&O, L&N and ACL. [CSX picture]

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    It will be interesting to see what scheme is applied to the SAL unit when it comes out.
     
  17. BnOEngrRick

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    Someone bootlegged the RF&P scheme on the nose of an ex-RF&P GP40-2.
     
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    Without pictures it didn't happen.:LOL:
     
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    Found it

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  20. Hardcoaler

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    Same sort of theme as with the CSX 6914 with the railfan-added Chessie front hood, as posted here by @BNSF FAN several months ago, although the RF&P attempt gets additional style points for its modern, blended adaptation. ;)
     
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