SD70MAC's on CSX?

[Anonymous]

This may be a question more appropriately suited for the Garden Railway Forum but I'm betting on getting better info here.
I'm interested in purchasing a USA Trains "G" scale (1:29) model of an SD70MAC. It's available in several road names and colors, one of which is CSX. But here's the question: does CSX operate any SD70MAC's (i.e. lease or own)? If CSX does not, then I'll choose not to select the model in that road name/colors. The manufacturers of models, by the way, are notorious for producing locomotive models in road names that the companies never owned!.

[pmsteamman]

BLColburn, go ahead and run them. CSX 700 series and 4700 series are SD70MACs. The 4700s have the flaired "wings" on the rear of the unit and 700s dont.

[Anonymous]

Pmsteamman, Thanks for the SD70MAC/CSX info. I like those CSX colors and will probably elect to go with them. (If blue, grey, yellow and black look good to me, might you just wonder a little about my taste?...I guess there's no accounting for it.)

[UPTRAIN]

700s came from the cons right? The 4700s are new?

[pmsteamman]

Zach, the lower 700s were CSX the upper 700s are x-cons, and the 4700s are brand new, the paint still stinks on them.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

774-789 are ex-CR 4130-4144. They were ordered by CR to CSX specs along with SD70's built to NS specs just prior to the split. This was a modification of an order that was originally going to be SD80MAC'S.