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It appears that Rebuild 4569 & 4533, 4545, 4542, 4546, 4565, 4567, 4535, 4532 (and likely some others) are equipped with DPU
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Okay so I'm finally kicking the dust off the old Excel sheet - cough cough...or do I have COVID?

Anyway, as I'm piecing the changes I missed back together, do we know what rebuilds from the CW44AC and CW44AH got YN3B and which have YN3C? I presume all of the ones reported from 2020, up to 7237, have YN3B, but I'm trying to figure out if any got straight YN3 and which now have YN3C. From what I've found on RRPA, everything beginning with 7238 and up seems to be in straight YN3, with all units tagged on the site from 7238 to and including 7261 being in YN3 only.

Once I can string things back together I'll fire up the compile machine again and get a formalized update out again, and try to get back in the swing of monthly updates.
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7257 mentioned previously is ex 381 and is coming into Michigan on Q326 today. 😁 It has standard YN3 paint. No boxcar, no website. Just lots of clear coat!
Hi Saturnalia, my post here from Nov 6 specifically noted this unit was outshopped with straight YN3. No boxcars and no websites! So at least some of them do fall into the interim phase.

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Have yet to see 2021 rebuild from Fort Worth units, 7014,7017, 7022, & 7025 to verify, but all the rest of the 7000s and 7200s, none got YN3c paint. Except for 7247,7248, and 7254, which did get YN3b paint prior to the change, all the rest got straight YN3. Of the rebuild 4500 series units from Huntington, 4532,4535,4557 & 4561 got straight YN3 paint before the YN3c units took effect. So far, 4565 & 4573 are the only two to lose their YN3b paint. For my personal records only, am specially designating all of the straight "new" YN3 paint units as YN3-2 to always note and remember these were "new" ones and not units painted prior to when YN3b started back in 2012.
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when YN3c started back in 2012.
YN3c wasn’t a thing until this year :lol:
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when YN3c started back in 2012.
YN3c wasn’t a thing until this year :lol:
That's a typo, he means "...when YN3b started back in 2012."

As in, he's keeping track of the "new" straight YN3 units apart from the units painted back when YN3 was the official scheme, before the advent of the Boxcar logo on locomotives.

So if we have a YN3B and YN3C, does that make straight, original YN3 to be YN3A? :lol:
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Have corrected my non typo, but mental error mistake in the YN3c & YN3b thing that David pointed out, but Saturnalia knew what I meant. When the CSX website name started out, it was I who suggested we call these YN3w, "w" for website address. Chessie Forever and another close friend suggested it be YN3c. Much to their chagrin, I talked Bull Sheet moderator Allen Brougham unto making a new name for these and calling them YN3w. It was not until I posted my recent paint roster totals, after seeing someone on this website called them YN3c as well as on other websites too, that SD80Mac pointed out that YN3c would be a better choice, because YN3c comes after YN3b, plus the fact "C" would stand for Com, as in dot com.

Now liking this for the reasons suggested, I contacted Allen Brougham about this. He agreed and is changing them on the Bull Sheet. At least everyone is all on the same page. My son, Chessie Forever, is greatly overjoyed because it he who wanted to call them YN3c, from the day the first unit was so painted.

All this to say, if anyone wants to call the "new" YN3 units prior to the start of YN3c, YN3A, instead of YN3-2 to differentiate the new from the old that I was using I say go for it, as I could be chastised into doing this as well.

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All this to say, if anyone wants to call the "new" YN3 units prior to the start of YN3c, YN3A, instead of YN3-2 to differentiate the new from the old that I was using I say go for it, as I could be chastised into doing this as well.
IMHO it's still YN3, there are no differences. If people want to track the new ones I guess, but it'll be obvious as they're shiney and the old YN3s are not since the last one was rolled out almost 10 years ago now.

But I'm also biased because my spreadsheet has a data field for tracking the year painted - or at least when we discovered them. So I'm all set without having to do anything.

I'd say mark it how you want on your tracker, with a note or whatever, but to me the scheme still is YN3.

PS if anything would be designated "YN3A" it would be everything we always just called "YN3". But I don't care to further muddy the waters lol
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I'd say mark it how you want on your tracker, with a note or whatever, but to me the scheme still is YN3.

And to me as well. As I said it was for my own personal notations on my sheet of every locomotive log sheet where I note the date of the last time I saw each locomotive. You will never see any YN3A or YN3-2 on my paint rosters. It takes close observation, but there is a slight difference on the stencils on the noses and sides of the rebuilds from Fort Worth.... AND, the new YN3c units from Waycross. Unless something changes, there will never be any more than 41 locomotives that would have the distinction of being called YN3-2 or YN3A. The new YN3 and the old YN3 previous to 2012 from Huntington remains the same.

Just sent you my current on roster paint totals as of a few days ago Sat. Am hoping you still have the same email address as the last time I sent you anything.

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CSXT 4565 has DPU Capability

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CSXT 4565 has DPU Capability
I believe I've heard all of the new MACe's have DPU capabilities
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CSXT 4565 has DPU Capability
I believe I've heard all of the new MACe's have DPU capabilities
What would you consider new David? Lolz

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CSXT 4565 has DPU Capability
I believe I've heard all of the new MACe's have DPU capabilities
What would you consider new David? Lolz
This is why I rarely call these things engines, I call them redundancies, brand-new rebuilds.
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I believe I've heard all of the new MACe's have DPU capabilities
What would you consider new David? Lolz
This is why I rarely call these things engines, I call them redundancies, brand-new rebuilds.
I understand that, but most of the SD70AC's are not DPU capable, just the new ones... but where was the cut off?

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I understand that, but most of the SD70AC's are not DPU capable, just the new ones... but where was the cut off?
From what I’ve been told, all of the MACe rebuilds have been made DPU compatible, and the units yet to be rebuilt will acquire it too.
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I understand that, but most of the SD70AC's are not DPU capable, just the new ones... but where was the cut off?
From what I’ve been told, all of the MACe rebuilds have been made DPU compatible, and the units yet to be rebuilt will acquire it too.
Well, 4530 isnt, 4536 isnt, 4570 isnt, etc

4569 & 4533, 4545, 4542, 4546, 4565, 4567, 4535, 4532 are DPU capable

I'm sure the older ones will get it soon, but currently... nope

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Talk wrote:
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I understand that, but most of the SD70AC's are not DPU capable, just the new ones... but where was the cut off?
From what I’ve been told, all of the MACe rebuilds have been made DPU compatible, and the units yet to be rebuilt will acquire it too.
Well, 4530 isnt, 4536 isnt, 4570 isnt, etc

4569 & 4533, 4545, 4542, 4546, 4565, 4567, 4535, 4532 are DPU capable

Well like I said earlier in the year my sources aren’t the best so don’t get mad at me or anything lol
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From what I’ve been told, all of the MACe rebuilds have been made DPU compatible, and the units yet to be rebuilt will acquire it too.
Well, 4530 isnt, 4536 isnt, 4570 isnt, etc

4569 & 4533, 4545, 4542, 4546, 4565, 4567, 4535, 4532 are DPU capable

Well like I said earlier in the year my sources aren’t the best so don’t get mad at me or anything lol
Just saying man, I'm not mad at you lol

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David Collins wrote:
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CSXT 4565 has DPU Capability
I believe I've heard all of the new MACe's have DPU capabilities
Not MACes, 70ACs.

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