Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX Black Hornets Take Flight

I caught CSX X311-02 heading north on the CSX Scottslawn Secondary in Arnold, OH this morning with 6 of the black SD40s that CSX received from NS. Thank you to Ohiorailfan, PowellWye, and NS_8101_Kyle for their updates this morning.

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Boy they waisted a lot of time and money getting those up and running to only send them to Bosie to become SD40-3's !!

ya know ... i like that scheme with the box

NS should take note. The Black CSX scheme looks better than the Black NS scheme. I think it's because there are no 'cat whiskers' on the nose, and the handling of the logo on the long hood is better. IMHO.

JGFuller Wrote:
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> NS should take note. The Black CSX scheme looks
> better than the Black NS scheme. I think it's
> because there are no 'cat whiskers' on the nose,
> and the handling of the logo on the long hood is
> better. IMHO.


CSX has the worst power, worst logo and by far the worst paint sheme(s) of any of the Class 1 RRs

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Not even In Your Humble Opinion, eh?

No not in humble opinion, but in the honest to god truth

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Am still more partial to Blue and Gold, compared with Black. Unless it's IC Black. I'm really partial to Scarlet and Grey!

SlipperyWhenWet Wrote:
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> JGFuller Wrote:
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> -----
> > NS should take note. The Black CSX scheme looks
> > better than the Black NS scheme. I think it's
> > because there are no 'cat whiskers' on the
> nose,
> > and the handling of the logo on the long hood
> is
> > better. IMHO.
>
>
> CSX has the worst power, worst logo and by far the
> worst paint sheme(s) of any of the Class 1 RRs
>
> Posted from Android

Would having the best power, the best logo and the best
paint scheme, earn CSX significantly more money???
 

Is that the 1st 6 black SD40-2's that left of the 2nd 6 black SD40-2's that left? All 12 are now heading west to Idaho.

GRS

It is the last 6 of 12. The first 6 came north overnight last week.

Interesting point. I have been away from the market awhile, are SD40-2's so hard to come by that a straight 40 was a viable option, what with its additional years of use?  Were these upgraded to -2 by NS in the past? 

I am personally glad to see so much of what the class one's are doing to refurbish good second gen units. Glad to see them running for many more years of good service.

bridgeportsub Wrote:
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> Is that the 1st 6 black SD40-2's that left of the
> 2nd 6 black SD40-2's that left? All 12 are now
> heading west to Idaho.
>
> GRS

2nd batch. First batch left Huntington last weekend.

boxcar1954 Wrote:
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> Interesting point. I have been away from the
> market awhile, are SD40-2's so hard to come by
> that a straight 40 was a viable option, what with
> its additional years of use?  Were these upgraded
> to -2 by NS in the past? 

The units were rebuilt to SD40-2 specs by Conrail in 1993.


Chris Toth
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