HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A locomotive repainted into Chessie System colors has emerged from CSX Transportation’s Huntington locomotive shops. The B30-7, C&O No. 8272, formerly CSX No. 5554, was spotted outside of the facility’s main ...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/03/20-chessie-system-painted-b30-7-emerges-from-csx-shops-in-west-virginia
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
For some possibly-unintended low comedy, see the thread-non-thread on this subject on RyPN (it may be in 'Railfanning' instead of 'Interchange' by now, or perhaps relegated to the Rypn_deleted Facebook page) which appears to be stating that we shouldn't be talking about this. Apparently some of the employees who did the work proudly mentioned the job on social media and 'jumped the gun' on the official reveal. According to a RyPN source, some of their heads rolled for it. Suspicion is that the situation will only get worse in future under EHH's unique management priorities...
Since this is one of my most-favorite paint schemes, I, personally, am very glad to see this locomotive repainted, and presumably going into preservation.
Why in the wide wide world of sports is this a "Sticky" thread on the "Steam Locomotive" forum?
What a colorful Reef that loco would make!
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BigJimWhy in the wide wide world of sports is this a "Sticky" thread on the "Steam Locomotive" forum? What a colorful Reef that loco would make!
Steam and Preservation
- diesels get 'preserved' too
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BigJim Why in the wide wide world of sports is this a "Sticky" thread on the "Steam Locomotive" forum? What a colorful Reef that loco would make!
Classy move by CSX that I hope isn't ruined like some of the doom and gloom suggests is a possibility. Now if we could just save a C30-7 for a representative six axle unit.
I'd nominate a Burlington Northern unit if it were up to me, if one is still extant in this country. BN bought more six axle Dash 7's than any other US customer and they were a fixture on Powder River Basin coal trains during the early years when that was the brightest spot in American railroading.
One sure would look nice in a museum somewhere near there, coupled to a SD40-2 in Cascade Green with a short string of hoppers behind. Next to the financial collapse of Northeastern railroading and the Staggers Act, this along with perhaps the explosion in intermodal traffic was the biggest American railroading story of the late 1970's and early 1980's.
If money and space were no object, it would make for a heck of a matchup with IRM's U30C, which was also common coal train power on Powder River Basin coal trains in that era.
I thought one of BN's C-30 units was stuffed and mounted somewhere between Newcastle and Gilette WY?
IRM got their hands on a U30C actually.
Redore I thought one of BN's C-30 units was stuffed and mounted somewhere between Newcastle and Gilette WY?
I vaguely recall something like this, now that you mentioned it.
Edit: Nope, it's another U30C.
I thought there were two C-30-7s preserved (both ex-L&N). One is or was on the New Hope and Ivyland.
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