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Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed, CSX’s newest heritage locomotive commemorates the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway! The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972. Each of our new heritage locomotives is reinforcing the #ONECSX team’s pride in the history of CSX as we continue to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable and sustainable rai

The sixth locomotive in CSX’s new heritage series is here! Locomotive 1850, designed and painted at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Georgia, honors the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Originally chartered in 1850, the L&N grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland. It was eventually absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX. | CSX