CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

[TrainWatcher]

CSXT B20-8s 5957 and 5954 have been confirmed SOLD to Western Rail, Inc. Per their FB page today

[patrick]

8318, 8331, 8349, 8362, 8394, 8415
8800, 8802, 8803, 8834, 8838, 8841, 8843, 8860, 8862, 8865, 8868
8874, 8875, 8876 sold to NRE.


and per IRM's FB page. CNW units ONLY stored still.

[Saturnalia]

8318, 8331, 8349, 8362, 8394, 8415
8800, 8802, 8803, 8834, 8838, 8841, 8843, 8860, 8862, 8865, 8868
8874, 8875, 8876 sold to NRE.

Working on confirmation, but this lines up with numerous recent reports and sightings.

This would remove 5 (a quarter) of the remaining YN2 SD40-2s, as well as the last YN1 and CR units from the roster.

[MQT1223]

C&NW Dash 9's were not donated. Rumor is just that, a rumor.

[Saturnalia]

We are now willing to confirm:

CSX 8865, the last Conrail Paint example on the roster, has been retired, sold to NRE

CSX 8318, the last YN1 paint example on the roster, has been retired, sold to NRE

CSX 4617, the last SD40 on the roster, has been retired.

Here's what YN1 looked like, for those young tikes out there

Photo from 2007, but our very own CNW8835

[Saturnalia]

Along with those noted above, here is the full 20-unit batch that has now been retired and sold at auction to NRE.

8318 YN1
8331 YN3
8349 YN3
8362 YN2
8394 YN3
8415 YN2
8800 YN3
8803 YN3
8834 YN3
8838 YN3
8841 YN3
8843 YN3
8860 YN3
8862 YN2
8865 CR
8868 YN3
8874 YN3
8875 YN2
8876 YN2

[MQT1223]

Along with those noted above, here is the full 20-unit batch that has now been retired and sold at auction to NRE.

8318 YN1
8331 YN3
8349 YN3
8362 YN2
8394 YN3
8415 YN2
8800 YN3
8803 YN3
8834 YN3
8838 YN3
8841 YN3
8843 YN3
8860 YN3
8862 YN2
8865 CR
8868 YN3
8874 YN3
8875 YN2
8876 YN2

Well, looks like there will be one last chance to catch a patched Conrail unit and a YN1 unit when they go to NRE... may the foam be with you.

[trainspot]

And this addition to the SD40-2 sale to NRE:
Three additional CSX SD40-2s were part of the same auction -- CSX 8321 and 8810 went to IBCX, and 8113 was not sold as it did not get any bids

[Saturnalia]

And this addition to the SD40-2 sale to NRE:
Three additional CSX SD40-2s were part of the same auction -- CSX 8321 and 8810 went to IBCX, and 8113 was not sold as it did not get any bids

8321 and 8810 were previously retired.

[TrainWatcher]

CSX 4617 confirmed donated to Clifton Forge. Plan to be announced in Early October on it's restoration.

[Ypsi]

CSX 4617 confirmed donated to Clifton Forge. Plan to be announced in Early October on it's restoration.

Did some photo research on this unit, didn't know it or anything wore "C&O" on its long hood until 2008! Very neat

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1312361

[MQT1223]

CSX 4617 confirmed donated to Clifton Forge. Plan to be announced in Early October on it's restoration.

Did some photo research on this unit, didn't know it or anything wore "C&O" on its long hood until 2008! Very neat

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1312361

How it escaped the paint booth for so long remains a mystery.

[CSX_CO]

CSX 4617 confirmed donated to Clifton Forge. Plan to be announced in Early October on it's restoration.

Did some photo research on this unit, didn't know it or anything wore "C&O" on its long hood until 2008! Very neat

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1312361

How it escaped the paint booth for so long remains a mystery.

Relegated to work train service. That's why it didn't get painted. Back then work train service was the last stop before retirement.

[TrainWatcher]

4617 was caught leading Q327 up here in Detroit right after it's repaint in 2008, I forgot where I had seen the photo. The railfan rumor around was that Waycross painted 4617 in "retaliation" for Huntington painting CSX/SBD 2667 (which spent much of it's end of SBD paint life here on Plymouth locals). Glad it is going to a good home and will probably see a fresh coat of C&O blue soon.

[MQT1223]

4617 was caught leading Q327 up here in Detroit right after it's repaint in 2008, I forgot where I had seen the photo. The railfan rumor around was that Waycross painted 4617 in "retaliation" for Huntington painting CSX/SBD 2667 (which spent much of it's end of SBD paint life here on Plymouth locals). Glad it is going to a good home and will probably see a fresh coat of C&O blue soon.

Now this is new to me...

[TrainWatcher]

4617 was caught leading Q327 up here in Detroit right after it's repaint in 2008, I forgot where I had seen the photo. The railfan rumor around was that Waycross painted 4617 in "retaliation" for Huntington painting CSX/SBD 2667 (which spent much of it's end of SBD paint life here on Plymouth locals). Glad it is going to a good home and will probably see a fresh coat of C&O blue soon.

Now this is new to me...

Yeah, the few of us who fanned Plymouth back in the "busy days" before the traffic turned to crap in 2008/2009, myself, Racer, CAT345, we got to see some of the last of the cool stuff out here in operation.

[Racer]

The SBD painted unit was assigned to D739 for the longest time. This was back when D739 was still based out of Wixom right before and after the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant closed. I remember catching that locomotive setting off cars to the MAL in Wixom in the evening, then making a run-around in Lincoln Yard to shove lumber cars to Iverson Lumber in Milford. 739 often used a Chessie caboose for the shove moves to Milford and that same bay window caboose is sitting in the back of Lincoln Yard where Transflo was and is rotting away as we speak. Shortly after shoving through Wixom, I would go to Walled Lake and catch the dinner train running on the MAL towards the CSX interchange. Was such a good time period, all of that is gone and I miss it. Very early 2011 was the beginning of the decline in trains that was seen through Plymouth in the late 2000s.

Regarding 4617, it came up on a GR-destined ballast train back in summer of 2008, but was cut off just south of Plymouth and never made it north of Wayne, in C&O paint at least.

[trainspot]

7692 has been repainted, and 3400 observed at GE-Ft.Worth, will head out for emission testing.

[Saturnalia]

Some major news:

First, the C40-8s going to LTEX are not sold to LTEX. They're going there for storage. We can confirm, that the entire former C40-8 fleet has been sold back to GE. They'll likely be remanufactured and resold, though to whom is obviously a good question.

Meanwhile, get ready for CSX to enter the DC to AC rebuild era. A batch of C40-8Ws have been shipped to Erie, for conversion. Not sure what they'll be called yet (AC44AM, perhaps?), but chances are they'll be a lot like the NS conversions.

Full monthly update coming in the next couple days.

[Saturnalia]

CSX Locomotive Roster Update September 2016

YN2 Repaints:
57 CW44AC
7692 C40-8W
8856 SD40-2
Now 729 YN2

YN3 Repaints:
4729 SD70AC
4824 SD70AC
8212 SD40-2
Now 2322 YN3

New Units:
3400 - ET44AH; Built by GE Fort Worth
Now 170 ET44AH

Rebuilds:

Now 57 GP38-3; 225 GP38-2
Now 55 GP40-3; 343 GP40-2; 39 GP38-2S

Retirements
4294 GP39
4298 GP39
4617 SD40 Donated to C&OHS; Last SD40
8318 SD40-2 Sold to NRE; Last YN1
8331 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8349 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8362 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8394 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8415 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8800 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8803 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8834 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8838 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8841 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8843 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8860 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8862 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8865 SD40-2 Sold to NRE; Last CR Paint
8868 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8874 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8875 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
8876 SD40-2 Sold to NRE
Now 0 GP39
Now 0 SD40
Now 275 SD40-2

New Current Paint totals (pct), change:
YN3B: 1214 (28.46%), +17
YN3: 2322 (54.44%), -27
YN2: 729 (17.09%), -8
YN1: 0 (0.00%), -1 *END OF YN1 ERA*
CR: 0 (0.00%), -1 *END OF CR ERA*

Built for totals (pct), change:
CSX Transportation: 2841 (66.61%) +5
Seaboard System: 524 (12.29%) -5
Conrail: 448 (10.50%) -13
Chessie System: 416 (9.75%) -6
Other [not from CSX tree]: 31 (0.73%) no change
Misc Predecessors: 5 (0.12%) -1

Builder totals (pct), change:
General Electric: 2147 (50.34%) +1
Electro-Motive: 1518 (35.59%) -25
CSX in-house: 220 (5.16%) +10
Other: 380 (8.91%) no change

Average Fleet Build Date*: 1995.59 (+0.16)
Total Units on Roster: 4265 (-20)
Total Available Horsepower: 14,629,100 (-58,200)

*Build dates use whole years on the roster. Margin of error +/- 0.25 years