CSX Adds SCL to Heritage Fleet (UPDATED, 5/24)
Written by Carolina Worrell, Senior Editor
Photo Courtesy of CSX via LinkedIn
CSX recently revealed its latest heritage locomotive—a tribute to the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL)—fresh out of the Class I railroad’s paint shop in Waycross, Ga.
SCL was a prominent rail line that operated in the southeastern United States from 1967 until 1983. SCL emerged from the merger of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. In 1986, SCL became part of CSX through a series of mergers and acquisitions that formed one of the largest Class I railroads in North America.
The locomotive, CSX No. 1967 (recognizing SCL’s founding year), is the fourteenth 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 Pere Marquette, Atlantic Coast Line; Louisville & Nashville (L&N); C&O; Conrail; Chessie System; Seaboard System; Monon Railroad; New York Central; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P); Family Lines System; and Western Maryland Railroad.
“Another great job by our ONE CSX team in Waycross, Ga.,” wrote CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs in a LinkedIn post.
“When SCL was an active railroad, it was the eighth largest railroad with almost 10,000 miles across the southern United States,” explained CSX Carman Painter Jason Merritt, one of the team members who worked on the project. “In fact, the ‘S’ in CSX actually stands for Seaboard.”
CSX Carman Painter Tim Music said, “This project was especially meaningful to me because both my late brother and sister retired from CSX and experienced the Seaboard Coastline years. Growing up just 100 feet from the railroad tracks, I vividly recall the black and yellow SCL paint scheme passing by every day.”
CSX Honors Seaboard Coast Line Railroad with Newest Heritage Locomotive from CSX Transportation on Vimeo.
