JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX’s eighth heritage locomotive is a salute to the New York Central.
The ES44AH, which carries No. 1853 for the Central’s founding year, made its debut today. It took the Waycross, Ga., paint shop crew 22 days to adorn the locomotive with the Central’s classic lightning stripe scheme.
The New York Central locomotive joins units honoring the history of CSX predecessors Baltimore & Ohio, Chessie System, Seaboard System, Conrail, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Louisville & Nashville, and Atlantic Coast Line.
CSX also released a video that explains the painting process.
