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CSX unveils Atlantic Coast Line heritage locomotive

 

By | November 27, 2023

 

The unit, No. 1871, is the seventh locomotive in the railroad’s growing heritage fleet

 

CSX’s seventh heritage locomotive is a salute to Atlantic Coast Line. CSX

 

A tribute to Atlantic Coast Line is the latest heritage locomotive to emerge from CSX’s paint shop in Waycross, Ga.

 

CEO Joe Hinrichs posted photos of the locomotive on his LinkedIn account this afternoon.

 

“Here’s the new CSX Atlantic Coast Line Heritage Locomotive fresh out of the paint shop in Waycross, Georgia,” Hinrichs wrote. “We had a pause in new heritage locomotives as we worked on other projects (like the CSX Holiday Express cars which just hit the rails this week and the new CSX Santa Train car). Several more exciting heritage locomotives to come in the near future. Enjoy!”

 

 

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CSX’s eighth heritage locomotive honors the New York Central

 

January 3, 2024

 

No. 1853 spent 22 days in the paint shop at Waycross, Ga.

 

CSX’s New York Central heritage locomotive basks in the sun outside the railroad’s Waycross, Ga., paint shop. CSX

 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX’s eighth heritage locomotive is a salute to the New York Central.

 

The ES44AH, which carries No. 1853 for the Central’s founding year, made its debut today. It took the Waycross, Ga., paint shop crew 22 days to adorn the locomotive with the Central’s classic lightning stripe scheme.

 

(113) CSX Heritage: Locomotive 1853 Honoring the New York Central Railroad - YouTube

 

 

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The latest CSX heritage locomotive: Western Maryland

 

By Bill Stephens | April 4, 2024

 

The Western Maryland unit is the 12th heritage locomotive to emerge from the CSX paint shop in Waycross, Ga.

 

CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs released photos of the railroad’s Western Maryland heritage locomotive on April 4, 2024, after it emerged from the paint shop in Waycross, Ga. CSX

 

CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs today released the first photos of the railroad’s Western Maryland heritage locomotive.

 

The unit, No. 1852 in honor of the Western Maryland’s founding year, was rolled out of the paint shop in Waycross, Ga., and into the sun. It includes the railroad’s fireball logo.

 

 

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