Chessie wasn't incorporated until 1973. They were just getting a head start on painting locomotives in the new scheme, not unlike the Kodachrome units on the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.
We could still be seeing, among others (and not counting the Conrail split):
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Airline
Louisville & Nashville
Western Maryland
Chesapeake & Ohio
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Pere Marquette
Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast
There are numerous others depending how far out on the limbs and branches of the family tree they want to go.
Did anyone else here get the Facebook Post sent out by Conrail, mocking CSX for their CSX - Conrail heritage unit? It's pretty humorous. It looks like the Conrail logo is backwards as well but I am not an expert.
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/362267749_309245168115804_5773361487377132434_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=N3zJcT2tYQgAX8qR8Sk&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AfA1cvCpeWyujhDc8B5ZF3keVN3-YMq_g2UjKS9q8oLXTA&oe=64C1AAE7
CMStPnP It looks like the Conrail logo is backwards as well but I am not an expert.
It looks like the Conrail logo is backwards as well but I am not an expert.
https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=529993&nseq=37
An "expensive model collector"
n012944 CMStPnP It looks like the Conrail logo is backwards as well but I am not an expert. https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=529993&nseq=37
From that picture it looks like ConRail swung both ways.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACD As a B&O guy, I wasn't thrilled when the Chessie paint scheme came on the scene, however, over time and with the transition to CSX - the Chessie scheme grows on one.
As a B&O guy, I wasn't thrilled when the Chessie paint scheme came on the scene, however, over time and with the transition to CSX - the Chessie scheme grows on one.
I have to admit it hasn't really grown on me. It still seems very garish, especially compared to B&O blue.
The Conrail logo has the C (which is a stylized pair of wheels on track) the same way as Chessie has the broken dish (which is the reverse silhouette of a sleeping kitten complete with the edge of an ear).
Conrail Quality came along much later. I thought it had something to do with leased-out power but never bothered to find out exactly.
Psychot BaltACD As a B&O guy, I wasn't thrilled when the Chessie paint scheme came on the scene, however, over time and with the transition to CSX - the Chessie scheme grows on one. I have to admit it hasn't really grown on me. It still seems very garish, especially compared to B&O blue.
The original B&O Blue, Gray, Black and Gold has always been #1. The all blue period sucked. Chessie was a breath of 'fresh air' and color.
OvermodConrail Quality came along much later. I thought it had something to do with leased-out power but never bothered to find out exactly.
I always thought it was a nod to the concept of "Total Quality Management" that came into vogue in the corporate world around that time.
Leo_Ames Overmod Conrail Quality came along much later. I thought it had something to do with leased-out power but never bothered to find out exactly. I always thought it was a nod to the concept of "Total Quality Management" that came into vogue in the corporate world around that time.
Overmod Conrail Quality came along much later. I thought it had something to do with leased-out power but never bothered to find out exactly.
That was about the same point in time that CSX changed their merchandise train ID's from being R trains for Regular into Q trains for Quality.....ie R137 became Q137.
In the past year or so, CSX has moved on from that system of train identities to another based on L for Local, M for Merchandise, C for Coal and other letters for other types of traffic.
BaltACDIn the past year or so, CSX has moved on from that system of train identities to another based on L for Local, M for Merchandise, C for Coal and other letters for other types of traffic.
So can we call that the "Cookie Monster" system?
#5 is alive ...
No, sponsored by the letters 'C', 'S', 'X' and number 2.
I like the heratige , but hate the paint job
Somebody had a bit of skill and had to work fast to produce this unofficial Chessie The Cat heritage unit:
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/838332/
And of course, this is probably close to what a B&O F40PH-2 would have looked like:
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/773742/
kgbw49Somebody had a bit of skill and had to work fast to produce this unofficial Chessie The Cat heritage unit: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/838332/ And of course, this is probably close to what a B&O F40PH-2 would have looked like: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/773742/
The irony of the the Chessie cat is that it made its debut in the middle of ACL/SAL territory
Second Chessie Heritage Unit
“VANDAL” Paints Heritage Locomotive? - YouTube
Here are a couple I caught recently...
Heritage Units in Cumberland! CSX 1827 B&O and CSX 1973 Chessie - YouTube
Chessie News:
Chessie_news by Edmund, on Flickr
Chessie_news_6 by Edmund, on Flickr
1977_8-72 by Edmund, on Flickr
I was at West Third St. in Cleveland (C&O's HQ) for the official 'unveiling' back on August 30, 1972:
Chessie Hotpants
Regards, Ed
gmpullman - Nice memories. Thanks for sharing.
CSX probably left the spraygun loaded when they shot the 1982, which was leading symbol I015 in Cumberland, yesterday. I think the fade works on the L&N and Seaboard units.
1869 finally made it to Cumberland, and I'm a fan...
CSX 1869 C&O Heritage Unit - YouTube
#1871
It also looks like CSX6394 may have gotten a RF&P nose job by someone
As a concept piece the hi-lo mix works pretty well. They probably should have cut the long hood paint at the cab, but I get trying to symbolize transition.
Since prototypical accuracy isn't really the goal (and all of their "honoring" units), maybe they could mash up a paint scheme for a historical never diesel road. That Big 4 cross would look good.
Or how about the P&E logo on a PC or NYC unit?
1853 released into the wild:
https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/locomotive-honoring-the-new-york-central-railroad-added-to-csx-heritage-series/
My only complaint is that the NYC's lettering standards got lost in the transitions fron NYC to PC to ConRail to CSX.
It's a mashup with an Easter egg. Their Alco FAs had a similar lettering size and placement. The font is called "Grand Central" and is based on the signage at Grand Central Terminal.
22 days to do a paint job.
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