CSX Adds RF&P to Heritage Fleet (UPDATED, 2/16)

CSX No. 1836 is the tenth in a series of heritage locomotives to roll out of the Class I's paint shop in Waycross, Ga. (CSX photo via LinkedIn)

CSX recently revealed its latest heritage locomotive—a tribute to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P)—fresh out of the Class I railroad’s paint shop in Waycross, Ga.

Richmond was the headquarters location for CSX before the Class I moved to Jacksonville.

“Fredericksburg holds a special place for me since we lived there for a couple years in the 1990s and our son was born there,” wrote President and CEO John Hinrichs in a LinkedIn post. “Great job again by our team in Waycross, Ga.”

The locomotive, CSX No. 1836 (recognizing RF&P’s founding year), is the tenth in a series of heritage locomotives to roll out of the shop as a “way of reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad” and sharing it with the public.

CSX previously unveiled units commemorating the Monon Railroad, New York Central, Atlantic Coast Line,  Louisville & Nashville (L&N), Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O), Conrail, Chessie System and Seaboard System.

The RF&P unit will join the other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network that spans 23 states.

“Heritage goes far beyond the paint, the font and the schemes,” said Adam Oakley, CSX Supply Chain Manager, who assisted with the project. “Heritage is the people who make these railroads.”

“Paying homage to American technological and aesthetic prowess of the past inspires our confidence and rightly motivates us to strive for that same excellence in the future. More of this is needed across the board,” said David Di Gregorio, Englewood Cliffs Councilman.

Watch the below video to learn more about the new CSX RF&P heritage locomotive.