CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs today released the first photos of the railroad’s Western Maryland heritage locomotive.
The unit, No. 1852 in honor of the Western Maryland’s founding year, was rolled out of the paint shop in Waycross, Ga., and into the sun. It includes the railroad’s fireball logo.
“Here is the latest Heritage Locomotive from our talented ONE CSX team in Waycross, Ga.,” Hinrichs wrote on LinkedIn. “The Western Maryland Railroad was started in 1852 in Baltimore, Maryland, and eventually became part of the Chessie System which then became CSX. Great history of coal and freight service in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Enjoy.”
The CSX heritage fleet has now grown to a dozen units representing predecessor lines. Among them: Family Lines; Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac; Baltimore & Ohio; Chessie System; Seaboard System; Conrail; Chesapeake & Ohio; Louisville & Nashville; Atlantic Coast Line; New York Central; and Monon.
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