WAYCROSS, Ga. — CSX Transportation CEO Joe Hinrichs has debuted railroad’s latest heritage locomotive, this one honoring the Family Lines System, in a post on his LinkedIn account.
It is the 11th locomotive in the CSX series, and like the others combines the current CSX scheme at the front of the locomotive with the predecessor scheme on the long hood.
“This celebrates a time when Seaboard Coast Line, Clinchfield, and L&N rail lines all came together from 1972-1982, eventually becoming Seaboard System before CSX became a reality,” Hinrichs wrote. “Another great job by our team in Waycross, Ga [where the locomotive was painted]. We enjoy celebrating our past while creating the future together as ONE CSX team! Thanks everyone.”
The Family Lines unit follows February’s unveiling of a locomotive honoring the Richmond, Fredricksburg & Potomac. Others have honored the Baltimore & Ohio, Chessie System, Seaboard System, Conrail, Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line, New York Central, and Monon.
