CSX Transportation CEO Joe Hinrichs showed off the railroad’s second heritage locomotive today on LinkedIn: ES44AH No. 1973, a salute to the Chessie System.
“The Chessie Cat is back! Here is the CSX Chessie System locomotive #1973,” Hinrichs wrote. “Enjoy! Great job again by our Waycross team.”
The locomotive was painted at CSX’s Waycross, Ga., shop and recognizes Chessie System’s founding year.
The first heritage locomotive, unveiled last month, was Baltimore & Ohio unit No. 1827. CSX’s heritage locomotives feature the current CSX livery on the nose and cab, which then fades into the historic livery on the long hood.
