CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

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CSX Locomotive Roster Update As of 01 Aug 2017

All Roster Changes
125 CW44AC YN2 Repaint
2332 RDSLUG YN3 Repaint
4685 SD70M YN2 Repaint
4695 SD70M YN3 Repaint
5459 ES40DC YN3 Repaint
6159 GP40-2 YN3 Repaint
6224 GP40-2 YN3 Repaint
6234 GP38-2S YN3 Repaint
8518 SD50-2 YN3 Repaint
8609 SD50-3 YN3 Repaint

Rebuild Detail:
None

New Current Paint totals (pct), change:
YN3B: 1435 (33.19%), +10
YN3: 2217 (51.28%), -8
YN2: 671 (15.52%), -2

Built for totals, change:
CSX Transportation: 2924
Seaboard System: 506
Conrail: 449
Chessie System: 408
Other [not from CSX tree]: 31
Misc Predecessors: 5

Builder totals, change:
General Electric: 2207
Electro-Motive: 1488
CSX in-house: 235
Other: 393

Average Fleet Build Date*: 1996.17
Total Units on Roster: 4323
Total Available Horsepower: 14,882,900

*Build dates use whole years on the roster. Margin of error +/- 0.25 years
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Below is an updated location update for the remaining EMD units in YN2. It has only 31 members now, having lost the last SD70M last month. Please note that while considered fairly reliable, this information isn't always 100% up-to-date, and keep in mind that locomotives are mobile, they do move around, by definition.

These were checked on August the 8th.

1112 SW1500 - Waycross, GA 12/17/16 (stored)
2735 GP38-2 - Hatch, NJ 8/5/17
2744 GP38-2 - Louisville, KY 8/8/17
2756 GP38-2 - Winchester, VA 8/8/17
2773 GP38-2 - Hamlet, NC 6/5/17 (stored)
2810 GP38-2 - Selkirk, NY 8/8/17
4419 GP40-2 - Philadelphia Falls, PA 8/8/17
4552 SD70AC - Hagueos, GA 8/8/17
4559 SD70AC - Thornton Jct, IL 8/8/17
4561 SD70AC - Waycross, GA 7/13/17 (stored)
4566 SD70AC - Greenwich, OH 8/8/17
6151 GP38-2S - Belle Mead, NJ 7/28/17
6215 GP40-2 – Elizabethport, NJ 8/8/17
6957 GP40-2 - Spring Hill Yard, TN 8/8/17
8247 SD40-2 - Jessup, MD 8/8/17
8426 SD40-2 - Huntington, WV 4/4/17 (stored)
8451 SD40-2 - Hamlett, NC 7/16/17 (stored)
8455 SD40-2 - Avon, IN 8/8/17
8461 SD40-2 – Huntington, WV 6/5/17 (stored)
8471 SD40-2 - Willard, OH 4/21/17 (stored)
8472 SD40-2 - Selkirk, NY 9/23/16 (stored)
8482 SD40-2 - Selkirk, NY 6/15/17 (stored)
8484 SD40-2 - Eagle Rock, VA 8/8/17
8542 SD50-2 - Winston, FL 6/3/17 (stored)
8624 SD50-2 - Winston, FL 7/4/17 (stored)
8726 SD60I - Russell, KY 4/3/17 (stored)
8739 SD60I - Huntington, WV 3/16/17 (stored)
8742 SD60I - Russell, KY 10/10/16 (stored)
8781 SD60M - Russell, KY 5/5/17 (stored)
8787 SD60 - Russell, KY 9/14/16 (stored)
8804 SD40-2 - Ashland, KY 3/8/17 (stored)
8824 SD40-2 - Huntington, WV 5/1/17 (stored)
8863 SD40-2 - Russell, KY 4/21/17 (stored)
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Well, it looks like EHH is storing SD40-2's also, by the looks of that trace. Figures, I haven't seen any at all on the main line trains like I used to. It sucks not seeing very many EMDs on CSX nowadays.
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ThomasACu wrote:Well, it looks like EHH is storing SD40-2's also, by the looks of that trace. Figures, I haven't seen any at all on the main line trains like I used to. It sucks not seeing very many EMDs on CSX nowadays.
Most of the SD40-2s mentioned have been in storage or OOS for some time before Hunter showed up.
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While reading Facebook earlier today, I observed that a journalist company wrote that at least 21 of those had wound up being sold. My theory is that they could be the older dash 8 units with outdated electronics. Does anyone know anything about this, or can shed some light on it?

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csxcw46ah677 wrote:While reading Facebook earlier today, I observed that a journalist company wrote that at least 21 of those had wound up being sold. My theory is that they could be the older dash 8 units with outdated electronics. Does anyone know anything about this, or can shed some light on it?
Most of them are ex Conrail Units, and so it sounds like the Conrail units are either generally in worse shape, or don't have something CSX's own orders did. Yes the electronics are pretty outdated, same as the rest of the locomotive. It should not be understated how fuel inefficient these units are compared to their modern cousins. Look for most Dash8s to be wiped from Class One rosters in the next 5 years.
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Does anyone know about rumors swirling regarding the UP Cold Connect that CSX handles (likely Q090/Q091) going to NS?
Source of origin: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/ ... ?2,4377062

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Dunno just how recently it was painted but ES44DC #5408 was leading Q326 this morning looking fresh and resplendent in YN3b.

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GP30M4216 wrote:Dunno just how recently it was painted but ES44DC #5408 was leading Q326 this morning looking fresh and resplendent in YN3b.
One of now ten 5400s now in YN3b, most painted this year. When 5459 gets painted, the one running around in primer paint that Waycross started to paint but the paint shop was shut down before It was completed, it will make eleven. Other than 5408, 5401,06,07,19,43,49,54,61,71 are also in YN3b. 5461 is the Seaboard System #1 sticker unit.

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Very interesting article published by Reuters today.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-csx- ... SKCN1BW2TO

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Once again this evening, the media did not disappoint. Below, we have another interesting, but not good news CSX article. Honestly, I am having trouble seeing how they're going to survive the EHH era.
https://www.wcbcradio.com/?news=breakin ... cumberland

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CSX 5459, the unit that has been running around for a couple of months in primer paint after the Waycross paint shops were closed down while 5459 was being prepped for painting, has just shown up in fresh YN3b paint on the Folkston Ga. web cam within the last hour.

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A CSX coal train derailed in PA today, around 12:30 Eastern Time.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/ ... 1709270142

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Interesting bit of info. Southern Pacific 745, the sole remaining steam locomotive built in the state of Louisiana, was captured moving on the New Orleans Public Belt today with a CSX AC4400 leading it. Curious as to what CSX tracks they had to traverse as the NOPB has their own steamers.
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CSX Locomotive Roster Update As of 01 Oct 2017

This combined update, covering all changes discovered since 01 August includes the first six in what is expected to be a mass-retirement of the 7300-series C40-8W fleet. These are ex-Conrail units. Additionally we have the traditional rounds of repaints, which appear to be continuing, albeit at a reduced pace in recent months, under EH Harrison’s command of the railroad.

All Roster Changes since 01 August 2017
146 CW44AC YN2 Repaint
367 CW44AC YN2 Repaint
423 CW44AC YN3 Repaint
556 CW44AH YN2 Repaint
586 CW44AH YN3 Repaint
1110 SW1500 YN3 Repaint
2229 RDSLUG YN3 Repaint
4793 SD70AC YN3 Repaint
5329 ES40DC YN3 Repaint
5406 ES40DC YN3 Repaint
7338 C40-8W Retired
7344 C40-8W Retired
7362 C40-8W Retired
7375 C40-8W Retired
7376 C40-8W Retired
7381 C40-8W Retired
7847 C40-8W YN2 Repaint
8136 SD40-2 YN3 Repaint
8407 SD40-2 YN3 Repaint
8845 SD40-2 YN3 Repaint
9047 C40-9W YN2 Repaint

Rebuild Detail:
None

Retirement Detail:
- 7338, C40-8W. Retired and sold to LTEX. YN2
- 7344, C40-8W. Retired and sold to LTEX. YN2
- 7362, C40-8W. Retired and sold to LTEX. YN2
- 7375, C40-8W. Retired and sold to LTEX. YN2
- 7376, C40-8W. Retired and sold to LTEX. YN3B; C&O Heritage Emblem.
- 7381, C40-8W. Retired and sold to LTEX. YN2
Now 357 C40-8W

New Current Paint totals (pct), change:
YN3B: 1447 (33.52%), +12
YN3: 2207 (51.12%), -10
YN2: 663 (15.36%), -8

Built for totals, change:
CSX Transportation: 2924
Seaboard System: 506
Conrail: 443 (-6)
Chessie System: 408
Other [not from CSX tree]: 31
Misc Predecessors: 5

Builder totals, change:
General Electric: 2201 (-6)
Electro-Motive: 1488
CSX in-house: 235
Other: 393

Average Fleet Build Date*: 1996.17
Total Units on Roster: 4317 (-6)
Total Available Horsepower: 14,858,900 (-24000)

*Build dates use whole years on the roster. Margin of error +/- 0.25 years
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So much for the C&O Sticker Unit
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MQT1223 wrote:So much for the C&O Sticker Unit
We were waiting for you to say that. You didn't disappoint.

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BL2-1843 wrote:
MQT1223 wrote:So much for the C&O Sticker Unit
We were waiting for you to say that. You didn't disappoint.
May I ask why?
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MQT1223 wrote:So much for the C&O Sticker Unit
We were waiting for you to say that. You didn't disappoint.[/quote]

May I ask why?[/quote]

Only because when the C&O Sticker Unit was on the retirement list, we were betting you would be the first one to comment on it.

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Here's what we're tracking as possible retirement candidates, as of 01 Oct. Note that we're expecting most if not all of the 7300s to be retired in the near-term, but we've only listed those known to have been moving recently on this list. The remainder includes units known to have been wrecked or have major mechanical maladies.

I apologize the the crunched list, but alas this format doesn't allow "cells" like how this is supposed to be displayed. "NaN" simply means there is no value in the cell.

Current CSX Recommended Retirement / Wrecked List
No. Paint Model HP Builder For Build Yr Status
220 YN2 CW44AC 4400 GE CSX 1996 Wrecked in Florida November 2016
399 YN2 CW44AC 4400 GE CSX 1999 Wrecked head-on in FL 16 Nov 2016
497 YN2 CW44AH 4400 GE CSX 2001 Rollover Wrecked at Hazard, KY Feb-2015
546 YN2 CW44AH 4400 GE CSX 2001 Rollover Wrecked at Hazard, KY Feb-2015
2475 YN3B SD50-2 3000 EMD CR 1983 NaN
4759 YN3 SD70AC 4300 EMD CSX 2004 NaN
4832 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 20 Sep 2015
4838 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 04 Nov 2015
4840 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 27 Dec 2016
4841 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 21 May 2016
4845 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 31 May 2016
4848 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 21 Nov 2016
4850 YN3 SD70AE 4300 EMD CSX 2004 OOS 11 Aug 2015
5000 YN2 CW60AC 4400 GE CSX 2000 Downrated to 4400 horsepower; "Diversity in Motion"; Wrecked 10-28-16
5281 YN3 ES40DC 4000 GE CSX 2005 Wrecked March 2017 - Slides across a street
7300 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7302 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7304 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7307 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7316 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7317 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7319 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1990 NaN
7322 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1991 Wrecked in Florida November 2016
7323 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1991 NaN
7327 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1991 NaN
7336 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1991 NaN
7340 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1991 NaN
7342 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7343 YN3 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7345 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7349 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7354 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7355 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7360 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1993 NaN
7366 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1994 NaN
7367 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1994 NaN
7385 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1994 Reportedly Scrapped
7390 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CR 1994 NaN
7732 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1991 NaN
7733 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1991 NaN
7750 YN3B C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1991 NaN
7763 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1992 NaN
7837 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1992 NaN
7838 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1992 NaN
7844 YN2 C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1992 NaN
7847 YN3B C40-8W 4000 GE CSX 1993 NaN
8046 YN3 SD40-2 3000 EMD SCL 1979 NaN
8478 YN3 SD40-2 3000 MK CSX 1989 Upgraded SD40
8725 YN3 SD60I 3800 EMD CR 1994 OOS 12 Feb 2016
8741 YN3 SD60I 3800 EMD CR 1995 NaN
8742 YN2 SD60I 3800 EMD CR 1995 NaN
8743 YN3 SD60I 3800 EMD CR 1995 NaN
8753 YN3 SD60I 3800 EMD CR 1995 NaN
8765 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8766 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8773 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8776 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8777 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8778 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8779 YN3 SD60M 3800 EMD CR 1993 NaN
8809 YN3 SD40-2 3000 EMD CR 1976 NaN
8824 YN2 SD40-2 3000 EMD CR 1977 NaN
8835 YN3 SD40-2 3000 EMD CR 1978 NaN
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