WAYCROSS, Ga. — CSX Transportation CEO Joe Hinrichs has debuted railroad’s latest heritage locomotive, this one honoring the Family Lines System, in a post on his LinkedIn account.
It is the 11th locomotive in the CSX series, and like the others combines the current CSX scheme at the front of the locomotive with the predecessor scheme on the long hood.
“This celebrates a time when Seaboard Coast Line, Clinchfield, and L&N rail lines all came together from 1972-1982, eventually becoming Seaboard System before CSX became a reality,” Hinrichs wrote. “Another great job by our team in Waycross, Ga [where the locomotive was painted]. We enjoy celebrating our past while creating the future together as ONE CSX team! Thanks everyone.”
The Family Lines unit follows February’s unveiling of a locomotive honoring the Richmond, Fredricksburg & Potomac. Others have honored the Baltimore & Ohio, Chessie System, Seaboard System, Conrail, Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line, New York Central, and Monon.
The CHESSIE lettering was the size used on switchers and GP 15T’s.
I guess no one at Waycross was able to look up the Road unit version!
Love it!!!
OK,OK, CSX why are you not doing a Seaboard Airline Railroad!!!! I know you can do it, if necessary doing the pale green 1960’s scheme, but please don’t delay any longer, oh and thanks for all the memories on the other locomotives.
John Zwemer,
Saving the best for last? ;))
Yes (Saving the “Best” for last …! !
They have already done a “SEABOARD SYSTEM” painted train…
Dorky or otherwise it’s part of the “family” and we have no regrets
That’s one they could have skipped. Put the Family Lines into the memory hole. It was a dorky livery for a dorkily named railroad alliance. I thought it was an embarrassment.
Be nice if they redid the HO sized lettering on the Chessie unit.
100% Agree. It took me a second look after initially thinking that something wasn’t quite right about Chessie and the lettering. Kitten sized!