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by Pylon
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:55 am
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
Replies: 1391
Views: 1445184

Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

YN2 leaders are pretty common on the ACSES-required lines on the Northeast (in New York on the Hudson Line east of the river, around NYC, and in Massachusetts and southern Maine), as several of the upper 400-series AC4400CW's (which are pretty much the only ACSES PTC-equipped road engines) are still...
by Pylon
Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:39 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
Replies: 1391
Views: 1445184

Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

Yes, and 7380 was a rebuilt former ACSES AC44CW, 480, so it is likely 7382 is another one from that ACSES AC44 number range. Do you know what happened to 7380? It still hasn't shown up as a leader yet on M426/M427 according to the B&A railcam log . I assume it's still under testing? EDIT: apparentl...
by Pylon
Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
Replies: 1391
Views: 1445184

Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

ACSES is the PTC system that the Northeast Corridor and the northeastern passenger railroads (MBTA, Metro-North, Amtrak NEC, NJT, SEPTA, etc.) use. It is more expensive but works at much higher speeds than the I-ETMS PTC that's used in the rest of the country (ACSES is good for 165mph, while I-ETMS ...
by Pylon
Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: Locomotive News
Replies: 18
Views: 7238

Re: Locomotive News

I thought the old C44-9W/AC4400CW cabs were isolated, and the new ones (which were designed for the Evolution locos that have isolated prime movers) were the ones that weren't
by Pylon
Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: Locomotive News
Replies: 18
Views: 7238

Re: Locomotive News

Curious what drives whether the original wide cab is kept or not. E.g. CSX, NS, CP, and CN replaced the original wide cabs on their C44-9W and AC4400CW rebuilds with new ones (which is quite noticeable as the front door moved to the other side). UP kept the original cabs on their AC4400CW and AC6000...
by Pylon
Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: EPA publishes final rule to allow California locomotive emissions regulations to go into effect December 8th
Replies: 3
Views: 1957

EPA publishes final rule to allow California locomotive emissions regulations to go into effect December 8th

From my understanding, this allows California to start imposing fees for using locomotives that aren't Tier 4 or zero-emission. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/08/2023-24513/locomotives-and-locomotive-engines-preemption-of-state-and-local-regulations https://www.progressiverailroad...
by Pylon
Thu May 11, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
Replies: 1391
Views: 1445184

Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

Quick update on 1827: it's being rushed to an event that CSX is having and they didn't have enough time to finish the paint. Once the event is finished, the unit will get the rest of it's B&O colors. This makes no sense though. 1827 (previously 3059 with YN3b) has a full-effort, full gloss YN3c job...
by Pylon
Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX B20-8 Questions
Replies: 5
Views: 3700

Re: CSX B20-8 Questions

Didn't CSX get a bunch of B40-8's back via the Pan Am acquisition? They also said in their STB merger filings that they generally intend to keep Pan Am's 4-axle locomotive fleet.
by Pylon
Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
Replies: 1391
Views: 1445184

Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

Is there a list of CSX locomotives with ACSES PTC installed for operations over trackage owned by northeastern passenger railroads? I know CW44AC from roughly ~465-485 have them installed, along with some 6200-series GP40-2 and 8800-series SD40-2, but turns out SD40E3 #1712 also has ACSES and made a...
by Pylon
Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
Replies: 1391
Views: 1445184

Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread

Perhaps a mistake, but maybe not, but 480 is showing as 7380, not 7280. Late to this, but there's a batch of CW44ACs from roughly 465-485 (don't remember the exact #'s) that are dual-equipped with ACSES PTC and have cutouts in the pilot to clear third rail. 480 is likely one of those, and likely wh...
by Pylon
Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:52 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: G&W Locomotive Roster News
Replies: 66
Views: 95925

Re: G&W Locomotive Roster News

Here's the actual DOJ settlement with the list of 88 locomotives at the bottom:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-relea ... 6/download
by Pylon
Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: G&W Locomotive Roster News
Replies: 66
Views: 95925

Re: G&W Locomotive Roster News

Due to Clean Air Act violations, G&W entered into an agreement with the Justice Department to pay a $1.35 million fine and either upgrade or scrap 88 locomotives, which did not meet emissions requirements when rebuilt. The list of locomotives is in this trains.com article: https://www.trains.com/trn...