Monon heritage locomotive emerges from CSX paint shop

By Trains Staff | January 22, 2024

| Last updated on August 1, 2025

The locomotive is the ninth in a series saluting CSX predecessor lines

CSX unveiled its Monon heritage locomotive on Jan. 22, 2024. CSX

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has taken the wraps off of its ninth heritage locomotive at the Waycross, Ga., paint shop:

CSX’s Monon heritage locomotive is numbered 1897 in reference to its founding year. CSX

No. 1897 representing the Monon.

“Here is a sneak peek of our ninth ONE CSX Heritage locomotive … another great job by the team in Waycross,” CEO Joe Hinrichs wrote in a LinkedIn post today.

The Monon — officially the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville beginning in 1897 — linked its namesake cities and operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana.

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