CSX hertiage units (At least what they should look like)

Family Lines System paint scheme was utilized from 1974-1982.

Family Lines System paint was utilized from 1974 to 1983

The FLS(GA) paint was utilized on GP16, GP38-2s 6009-6010 and 6051-6052, and GP7 1020 was painted in FLS and was different, it has "GEORGIA" sub letting in the same font as the A&WP/WA GP38-2 sub lettering, and also included the GA logo as well.

Clincfield had F7A 800, GP16 4600-4607, Several GP38s, GP38-2 6000-6006, 6045 [which relettered WofA], SD40-2 8127-8129 and one SD40, and two SD45-2s in Family Lines paint

The Family Lines System paint was utilized on GP38-2 6007-6008 and a GP16. However the GP16, the font of the reporting marks where like the SCL, L&N and CRR,, and no "&," thus "AWP"

The WofA only had three Family Lines System painted engines 1 GP16 with "WA" and the same font as the SCL L&N and CRR. The other two GP38-2s which where relettered from CRR 6046 and SCL 6047. They both utilized the same font seen on the 3007 heritage unit.

Seaboard System paint scheme debute in September 1982 and lasted to April 1986, between 09/82 to 12/82, when a SBD engine was painted, they were sub lettered, because SBD did not officially became a railtoad until January 01, 1983. SBD painted engines in 1982 where sub lettered as follws GP16s starting at 4802 where sub lettered SCL, AWP and WA. One SD35 was sub lettered L&N (in itallics). A speculation the 6051 GP38-2 was sub letterd GA while in SBD paint yet I cannot find a photograph of it.

The last paint scheme utilized, before the introducrion of the Family Lines System paint in 1973, included the "Pulling For You!" slogan.

This was the first SCL paint that was only utilized on about less than a dozen units has the large "SCL" under the window, most had the slanted number version that I could noy duplicated, yet a few had this number font including SD45 2000. Another version of this paint scheme has the large "SCL" under the number instead above it.

This was the last paint style before the 1973 introcution of the Family Lines paint.

This was the second to the last paint scheme before the Family Lines paint, it utilized non itallics lettering, verses its previous paint schemes.

This was the second L&N gray paint scheme that has all itallics lettering.

This was the fiest gray paint sceme L&N utulized, it was utilized on the early GP30s and back as far as the F units. One exception, the SW1500s utilized this nose style rap around.

Georgia paint scheme lasted until 1974 where it gave way to the Family Line System paint.

Clinchfield utilized two paint schemes since diselization, the black scheme was the last one utilized before the Family Lines System paint in 1974.

Clinchfield's first paint utilized at dieselization was this gray scheme, it was inspired by one of its owners, L&N.

The Atlanta and West Point Railroad was the Georgia side of the west point route line. The A&WP black lasted until 1974 at the formation of the Familiy Lines System.

The Western Railway of Alabama (original name was the Montgomery & West Point), was the Alabama side of the west point route. The WofA black paint was retired in 1974 at the formation of the Family Lines System.

This was the last ACL paint that was utilized before the SCL merger.

This was the last SAL paint utilized before the SCL merger. This SAL paint scheme was known as the "Jollly green giants" and "Green honets"

This was the second SAL paint scheme utilized since SAL GP30 purchase around 1963, in this case the logo was used.

This was the paint style (which included the SAL logo), utilized primary on the GP30s.

There was only one GM engine ever painted in this paint (SAL paint), which was SD40 #10, which was only one ever ordered by SAL (GM's owner). And SAL never had any SD40s themselves.

The D&S RR was a subsidary of the SCL and SCL taken over operations on the mid 1970s, all D&S engines (which was 4 GP38-2s) where repainted in Family Lines System paint with SCL sub lettering. One was painted in a BI-centennial paint.

The Monon eailroad paint scheme was the same throught it diselization. The only modern power the Monon had was the U23Bs, it was aquired by the L&N around 1972. Not loo long after the U23B purchase.

RF&P had three style of paint scheme since the GP9s. In this case they added the current corporate logo under the window. This modification was started about a year or two before the CSX take over.

This was a slight modification of the style of RF&P paint scheme, which was the changing of the lettering on the back end of the long hood, from block ltters to the fancy RF&P logo style letters. Also nose lettering was added as well.

This was the first paint used scheme after the high nose Geep era.

The Chessie System paint began in 1973 and ended May 1, 1986 and was the brightest paint scheme ever existed far as class one railroad is concerned.

The Chessie System paint began in 1973 and ended May 1, 1986 and was the brightest paint scheme ever existed far as class one railroad is concerned. C&O was the last of the three Chessie RR to exist. The B&0 merged the WM in 1983 and the C&O merged the B&o in 1985.

The WM wa the smallest of the three Chessie railroad and it was merged into the B&O in 1983. Yet the WM identity still lived on until October 1987 when Chessie officially merged into CSX.

Thus was B&O second paint scheme since the GP30s, and lasted until 1973 when THe CHessie System paint was introduced.

This was a very short lived B&O paint scheme, and was only applied to the GP30s, and B&O quicklyrepainted the Sunburst paint scheme the B&O paint scheme shown on CSX 3033 heritage locomotive. The CSX (B&O painted) GP30m 4253 was repaiited back into the Sunburst scheme for a B&O Historical Sociey Convention and then returned operation on CSX until ites retirement, then it was donaed to the B&O Railroad Museum.

This as the last C&O paint style utilized before the introduction if the Chessie Sysstem paint.

this was thes second to the last paint scheme C&O utilized. It pretty much what CSX utilized as their YN3/YN3B pant scheme today.

The C&O utilized this paint scheme only on the GP30s (like B&O only utilized its Sunburdt on the GP30s), yet after the GP30s C&O went to the paint scheme shown on CSX-C&O heritage 3036.

The Red/white WM paint scheme, also known as the WM circus paint, lasted until the early 1990s as CSXT GP40 6573 (ex-WM 3798)

This is the first CSX paint scheme ever exisated, it was painted on CSXT 6382 (04/15/1986) with the CSX logo only being 28 inches high and a CSX Transportation nose logo, yet this version was quickly repainted with a 40 inch high logo, and eliminated the "Transoprtation" from the noso logo only.

This was the first offiicial paint scheme of CSX (used between May thru September 1986) [After September CSX quickly removed the "TRANSPORTTION" from the locomotoves, except for U30C 7241 which lasted long all they way to its retirement. This paint scheme was the modification of the 6382 "Transportation" paint seen on CSX heritage 3040. All the "Transportation" painted engines where from the SBD side (116, 5508, 5511, 6382, 7241, 8310, 8938, 8961 and 8964) and one from the Chessie side (6344) which was the only one not sub lettered SBD, it was sub lettered B&O, and the only one repainted at a former Chessie shop (Huntington, WV).

This is the second paint scheme of CSX that was modification of the first one, which was introducd in September 1986, these engines displayed B&O, C&O, SBD or WM sublettering until October 1987 when CSX completed the merger and the "CSXT" reporting marks where introduced and the former rosad sublettering was abandoned and replaced with "CSXT;" however, the old road sub letter did survive for many years, and some survived to the engines being repainted or retired.

The 8438 was only one CSX painted engine that ever receive "WM" reporting marks, it was painted somethimg between 09/86 ans 09/87, approximately a year later the "WM"" was painted out (1988). In fact 8438 was the last of the this paint scheme to last on CSX [as #4621] and retired in the late 2000s, It was renumbered 4621 (early 1990s) and with a yellow nose added later.

At the begining if the paint scheme in 09/86 the B&O, C&O, SBD and WM sub letters where in use, until 10/87, when C&O [last remain railroad of the Chessie System] merged to complete CSX [SBD previously became CSX 04/86]. Anyways on 10/87, the 8048 was painted with "CSX" as the sub lettering, instead in this case SBD. The 8048 is the only known engine to have "CSX" purposely painted as part of the paint scheme, all subsequent engines that was paint in thos scheme from 10/87 no longer included any sub lettering, unless a "CSXT" was added later.

This was paint scheme debute in 9/86 and started out including B&O, C&O, SBD and WM reporting marks which ended in 10/87 when the last unit of CSX Railroad, C&O, merged into CSX. One known locomotive 8048 had a "CSX" sub lettering applied in 10/87, yet thereafter no reporting marks where utilized, other than "CSXT" which was applied later on.

This is the third generation of the CSX paint scheme, it was introduced around 11/87. In this generation, both the frame sil and under frame where painted blue. And a small "CSXT" initials where added under the number.

CSX has nine locomotives with Operation Red Block (Which was a program for rehabilitation from narcotics and alcohal), they were painted in 1988. The nine engines represented the nine operations division of CSX. The divisions where painted along the bottom centre of the long hood [not shown]. The numbers and division names that where painted on them are as follows: 2171 Corbin Division, 2697 Florence Division, 2704 Tampa Division, 6387 Mobile Division, 6718 Atlanta Division, 6726 Detroit Division, 6796 Huntington Division, 6818 Chicago Division, 8428 Baltimore Division.

This paint scheme, the fifth design, debute in late 1989 and only lasted until 03/90. Very few engines ever recieved this paint, the C40-8s were that where beimg built at this time, still where delivered in stealth, even in the short period of time his paint was in use, however; the SD40 rebuilds did receive this paint at durring this time. This paint design is the very first where the model designation was included and the use of "CSXT" under the number was no longer applied.

This style was a one of the kind experimental of the Fifth paint sytle. After this was painted in either late August or early September 1989, they decided to paint the hand rails gray instead of yellow and the top of the nose blue instead of gray. CSX rebuilt SD40 8420 is the only engine that ever recieved this experimental paint.

CSX in the mid 1990s decided to dedicated locomotives in Maintenance of Way service. The painted the locomotives in this orange paint. They were U18B (9500-9508), U23B (9550-9555), B23-7 (9556), GP30M (9600), GP38 (9650-9668, 9699), GP40 (9700-9731) and one GP40 (9727 converted to a remote control dummie unit) to RCPHE4 (9119). All units where retired, the last one that existed was the 9119 which is the last one to be retired.

This was the first WM paint scheme utilized at dieselization.