IORY SD50 Leads Train onto CSX Trackage at XN Interlocking at South Leipsic, OH

 

I&O Train Enters CSX Tracks at XN JCT.

 

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

IORY SD50 at XN Interlocking, South Leipsic, OH Sep, 2019

 

CSX GEVO/Tier 4 at Deshler, OH 9/26/19

CTA’s Yellow Line remains shut down after collision

By | November 27, 2023

No estimate yet offered for resumption of service

The CTA’s Yellow Line remains shut down after this Nov. 16 collision. Chicago Fire Department via X/Twitter

CHICAGO — The Chicago Transit Authority’s Yellow Line remains shut down today (Monday, Nov. 27) as the Thanksgiving holiday period ends, some 11 days after the Nov. 16 collision between a Yellow Line train and a snowplow that injured 38 people.

WLS-TV reports that the CTA has not offered any estimate when the line will reopen and did not respond to a request for comment. A notice on the CTA website simply says that service “continues to be temporarily suspended following a recent incident at Howard” and that shuttle bus service is available.

The National Transportation Safety Board had estimated the line could be closed for up to five days while it conducted its investigation. The NTSB has said a design problem with the braking system played a part in the incident [see “NTSB chair says ‘design problem’ …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 18, 2023].

The Yellow Line, previously known as the Skokie Swift, is a three-station, 4.7-mile branch of the L system handling about 1,500 passengers per day.

 

LONE SIGNAL AT FORMER CLOVERLEAF CROSSING AT VAN WERT, OH