Railroads & Locomotives Heritage Rail Preservation CSX’s fifth heritage unit, Chesapeake & Ohio No. 1869, makes its debut (updated)

CSX’s fifth heritage unit, Chesapeake & Ohio No. 1869, makes its debut (updated)

By Bill Stephens | August 10, 2023

| Last updated on August 1, 2025


The locomotive wears the classic C&O passenger scheme.

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Diesel with CSX paint on cab and C&O passenger paint scheme on long hood inside shop building
CSX’s new C&O heritage unit inside the Waycross, Ga., shop. CSX

WAYCROSS, Ga. — CSX Transportation took the wraps off its fifth heritage locomotive today, No. 1869 that wears the classic Chesapeake & Ohio passenger scheme, complete with script lettering and the “C&O For Progress” logo.

The locomotive joins units that celebrate the history of the Baltimore & Ohio, Seaboard System, Chessie System, and Conrail.

CSX showed off the locomotive in a video released on its social media channels. On Friday, Aug. 11, it released a photo of the locomotive still inside the Waycross shop.

— Updated Aug. 11 at 9:40 a.m. CDT with additional image.

CSX Transportation’s Chesapeake & Ohio heritage locomotive No. 1869 outside the Waycross, Ga., paint shop. Screenshot from CSX video