JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The 18th heritage locomotive in the CSX fleet is No. 1900, a tribute to predecessor Seaboard Air Line.
CEO Joe Hinrichs unveiled the locomotive today in a post on LinkedIn.
“This railroad played a significant role in what is now CSX (Chessie Seaboard X) — especially our strength across the Southeastern United States,” Hinrichs wrote. “Another great job by our ONE CSX team in Waycross, Ga. Love the logo on the backside … ‘Through The Heart of the South.’”
The locomotive wears SAL’s so-called citrus passenger livery.
The 1900 joins others in the railroad’s growing heritage fleet, which includes locomotives honoring the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad; Georgia Railroad; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie; Family Lines; Pere Marquette; Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac; Baltimore & Ohio; Chessie System; Seaboard System; Conrail; Chesapeake & Ohio; Louisville & Nashville; Atlantic Coast Line; New York Central; Monon; Western Maryland; and Seaboard Coast Line.
All of the units have been painted at CSX’s shop in Waycross, Ga.
