First of 12 former NS SD40-2's to be patched and prepared for service on CSX. And yes, the number boards will be changed.
Former MARC 69 has been totally rebuilt from the rail up and painted in a special CSX scheme to match the Geometry Train she will be assigned to. Office car paint was used on the locomotive, wh... (more)
Fresh from the paint shop, Huntington Locomotive Shops load test unit shows off her new YN3 paint. I feel pretty safe saying this will be the only SD45-2 ever painted YN3!
Westbound train 93 passes the wrecked remains of train 92 from the day before. Date is approximate.
Scrappers have torn into 4615. Doesn't take long to cut a locomotive down to fit into a scrap trailer.
9998 and 9999 run around their train of office cars Indiana and Illinois. The F40's made their maiden run today from Huntington to St. Albans and return.
Not much left of 8972. Scrappers have been carefully removing parts that can be reused, the rest will be hauled off by truck. Sad.
Almost done...
The newest retirement, 8976 joins other interesting power in the HLS deadline. Ex-CR 6665.
What's left of 8417 is hauled off by Mansbach Metals for scrap. Locomotive was scrapped on site in about 8 hours.
The two prototype Dash 3 rebuilds were kept captive to the Huntington area for testing. They proved to be successful, were split up and have moved on.
2280 is half blasted in preparation for new YN3 paint.
The newest CSX retirement :-(
802 is fresh from paint, waiting on a new engine.
