Check out the new paint job on the "1973" CSX unit. Pretty cool. Hope some of us will be lucky enough to see it in action.
https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/csx-unveils-locomotive-1973-honoring-chessie-system-heritage/
Pretty cool?
I'll say.
What a neat video and an awesome paint job.
Simply fantastic.
Rich
Alton Junction
#1827, the year the B&O was formed
perhaps a trend
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
gregc #1827, the year the B&O was formed perhaps a trend
I do remember hearing at a Memorial day picnic that CSX is going to do this in it's predecessor paint schemes. Time will tell.
See the post over on the Trains forum. There are apparently going to be 25, with different roadnames (including MKT!).
Secondhand via Leo Ames, and with some light editing, they are:
There is a note about the Baltimore and Ohio unit. Note that the hood is BandO blue, but the cab stayed in Enchantment or whatever CSX calls their standard color. Apparently this was an expedient thing, to get the locomotive done for an event, but the 'powers that be' liked it that way, and I suspect since this appears true for the Chessie unit as well that all the 'other' schemes will likewise have standard blue cabs. I'm not complaining!
PERE MARQUETTE
???
Hmmmmm. This one should be interesting, considering.
PMR
PM RailfanHmmmmm. This one should be interesting
Thank you Overmod, that was very considerate of you.
Any forecast on first manufacturer of these CSX heritage units in HO and/or N scales?
Dave
USAF (Retired)
MKT as in Misouri-Kansas-Texas ???????
WPACheck out the new paint job on the "1973" CSX unit.
I was in Cleveland on the day that the Chessie System paint was unveiled:
1977_GP40 by Edmund, on Flickr
Chessie go-go boots and hot pants? Yep, that's the way it was...
Now I've lived long enough to see the 'heritage' recreation of the historic moment.
Cheers, Ed
I got to see the original Chessie units at the EMD 50th anniversary open house on 9/9/72. I never dreamed that I would someday be running GM50 and others into Clark Avenue and Collinwood yards.
The heritage units are nice but I would prefer to see them done in a full original scheme rather than the blend.
Mark Vinski
The Seaboard System unit is out!
MKT has already been done by UP. And C&EI was a part of MoPac-acquired by UP.
Kind of ironic they are leaving out the Pennsy for a heritage unit. Right now the trackage CSX uses to get into Frankfort, Indiana is the former Pennsy line. CSX abandoned and removed the Monon line in the early 90's.
Good Luck, Morpar
I wasn't disappointed in the chessie locomotive. The Chessie name and logo are to small. I didn't see the unique number font on locomotive. Is it in the back because they didn't show us?
If the N Scale models are the same having one ES44 body shell. I wouldn't be getting them. When you UP, BNSF, CP body shell on Eastern roads which are different. Makes them lazy repaints.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
ripvanwnkl Any forecast on first manufacturer of these CSX heritage units in HO and/or N scales?
First choice - Scaletrains.com Second choice - Athearn
Most of the formally PRR is under NS ownership now (and PRR ws done by NS)
Second Chessie Heritage Unit
“VANDAL” Paints Heritage Locomotive? - YouTube
mvlandsw) Good video, but way too many commercials. Had to grab the video and watch it in my own software (commercial free!).
Im pretty sure though this unit wasnt vandalled. Lowes Nor Walmart sell Vermillion, Midnight blue, etc. And vandals arent smart enough to know about Chessie, the logo, OR the correct colors. They spray paint for a living, come on!
Being this unit is in Ga, its safe to presume this is the test unit for the paint mixes for the now seen Chessie Heritage unit. It was also painted in Ga. CSX had to contact outside sources because they were too lame to save important information such as this.
Lastly, I dont know one vandal (i dont know any for that matter!) who actually has the ability to mask off the windows, cat logo, and the rest. get the job done (the layers!!), and dried off (in outdoor weather) and look that good.
Naw naw, this was done by CSX, thats over two days work easily by a regular employee. Youd need a flash mob of vandals from L.A. to come out to the right coast and paint that in a night without being caught.
Something fishy going on here!
Aint buying it!
PM Railfan Good video, but way too many commercials. Had to grab the video and watch it in my own software (commercial free!).
Good video, but way too many commercials. Had to grab the video and watch it in my own software (commercial free!).
Ad blockers work on YouTube.
AEP528 PM Railfan Good video, but way too many commercials. Had to grab the video and watch it in my own software (commercial free!). Ad blockers work on YouTube.
If they did, I wouldnt have had to use my own. Dont be misled, google knows all about ad-blockers, and exactly how to defeat them, too.
PM Railfan AEP528 PM Railfan Good video, but way too many commercials. Had to grab the video and watch it in my own software (commercial free!). Ad blockers work on YouTube. If they did, I wouldnt have had to use my own. Dont be misled, google knows all about ad-blockers, and exactly how to defeat them, too.
You really need to stop posting flat out wrong computer information. Ad blockers work on YouTube (for now, I'll admit).
Don't complain about ads on a free-to-you service. If you don't want ads on YouTube, then pay for YouTube. The published content world is and always has been supported by advertising.
PM RailfanNaw naw, this was done by CSX, thats over two days work easily by a regular employee. Youd need a flash mob of vandals from L.A. to come out to the right coast and paint that in a night without being caught.
Have you seen how fast some people can paint a mural on a wall/railcar with spray cans? Painting the nose of an engine would be child's play for a graffiti artist that also was a railfan.
Anyone remember the guys that painted 2 sides of the CB&Q engine at a scrapyard before it was torn apart?
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PM RailfanLowes Nor Walmart sell Vermillion, Midnight blue, etc.
Good thing that skilled graffiti artists don't use those. Amateur teenagers grab cans of Krylon. Guys that know what they're doing are using artists brands that come in huge arrays of colors.
Hmmmm Railfan vandals? Not words Id like to see in the same sentence.
On the other hand, Id rather see a bunch of heritage units done by them, than all the crap you see on the cars!
Pretty sure the railroads wont mind, free paint on their metal surface as long as its publically correct. They'd be more worried about the safety issue.
As Railfans though, without permission, thats crossing the line!
OT #Youtube I use Easy Youtube Download Video Express with Firefox. It downloads with no ads. I use VLC to watch it and can adjust the playback speed.
AFAIK there is no comparable app for Chrome if you are not willing to pay for Premium.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
That Youtuber has been spreading this story that a highly-skilled "vandal" found a CSX engine and carefully masked off the windows and other parts, painted it using rare paint colors not available in spray cans (see CSX video below) - so presumably they had a portable airgun and compressor - and did it all in the dark in a railyard with no one catching them doing it until after it had all dried.
NONSENSE!
More logical, given that this happened about the same time CSX debuted their Chessie System heritage unit, is that CSX used this engine as a test. They painted the nose in the heritage scheme, then decided to go the other way and paint one with the nose CSX and the rear part heritage, and decided to go with the latter version on the Chessie and subsequent heritage units.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fdOk-CRR0&t=4s
wjstixMore logical, given that this happened about the same time CSX debuted their Chessie System heritage unit, is that CSX used this engine as a test. They painted the nose in the heritage scheme, then decided to go the other way and paint one with the nose CSX and the rear part heritage, and decided to go with the latter version on the Chessie and subsequent heritage units.
Take a look at some of the close up photos/videos.
The chessie logo looks to be a vinyl decal, the lines are as straight as a drunk man walking, there's a ton of overspray, the decals were masked off (new ones weren't applied), and the handbrake housing was half-done. It's easy enough to get custom colors (that are close enough to chessie colors).
This was not done on any official level. The RRs have paint shops for a reason. I think this was a planned thing (many places have engines that may get parked in outlying spots for a day or 2) done by railfan/taggers that were bored or edgy, or whatever.
There's no shortage of places a locomotive gets dumped off at quitting time on Friday afternoon and no one will come looking for it until Monday morning. Plenty of time to work.