CSX unveils Atlantic Coast Line heritage locomotive

By | November 27, 2023

The unit, No. 1871, is the seventh locomotive in the railroad’s growing heritage fleet

CSX’s seventh heritage locomotive is a salute to Atlantic Coast Line

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A tribute to Atlantic Coast Line is the latest heritage locomotive to emerge from CSX’s paint shop in Waycross, Ga.

CEO Joe Hinrichs posted photos of the locomotive on his LinkedIn account this afternoon.

“Here’s the new CSX Atlantic Coast Line Heritage Locomotive fresh out of the paint shop in Waycross, Georgia,” Hinrichs wrote. “We had a pause in new heritage locomotives as we worked on other projects (like the CSX Holiday Express cars which just hit the rails this week and the new CSX Santa Train car). Several more exciting heritage locomotives to come in the near future. Enjoy!”

The locomotive, CSX No. 1871, sports ACL’s classic aluminum and Royal Purple scheme, which was introduced in 1939 on the railroad’s first Electro-Motive E3 passenger locomotives.

It joins CSX locomotives whose long hoods are painted for predecessor lines Baltimore & Ohio, Chessie System, Seaboard System, Conrail, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Louisville & Nashville.

The ACL logo adorns the rear of the CSX heritage locomotive. CSX