Watch: CSX Pays Tribute to Predecessor L&N
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The L&N heritage paint scheme was designed and applied at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Ga. (Screen-grab courtesy of CSX)
CSX ES44AH No. 1850, in Louisville & Nashville (L&N) colors, is the sixth in a series of heritage locomotives to roll out of CSX’s Waycross Locomotive Shop in Georgia as a way of “reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad” and sharing it with the public.
Like CSX’s first unit painted in a heritage scheme, ES44AH No. 1827 that honors the Baltimore & Ohio, the livery features a “hybrid design,” starting on the cab with the Class I’s colors and transitioning to the L&N’s iconic logo and paint scheme.
Chartered by the state of Kentucky in 1850, L&N “grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland,” CSX said. It was fully absorbed in 1982 by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX.
CSX previously unveiled units commemorating Chesapeake & Ohio, Conrail, Chessie System and Seaboard System. The L&N unit will join the other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network.
