CSX
SD40-2 locomotives
CSX still at least nominally rosters 400 SD40-2s, but age and the
economic decline have meant that many of these have been gone for some
time. A substantial number had actually began life as SD40s and were
later rebuilt to Dash-2 standard. Although the SD40-2 was almost
ubiquitous in its day, CSX predecessor Baltimore & Ohio only
bought
20 examples, and the C&O skipped the model entirely (although
they
did buy SD40s). CSX would inherit over 220 examples from the
L&N/Family Lines/SCL. Some units have been de-rated to SD38-2S
standard for use with MT-6
slugs.
CSX
8091 started out life as SCL 8091 in the summer of 1980.
CSX 8388 was originally Chesapeake & Ohio SD40 #7529, bought in
the
spring of 1971 and retaining that number during her time in Chessie
System colors. Seen here heading eastbound towards Pittsburgh, leading
former Conrail SD60I #8743..
CSX 8850 trailing C40-8W
#7720; despite its age, this unit has been repainted into Dark
Future. 8850 was originally a Conrail locomotive - SD40-2s were among
the first new power bought by Conrail to replace the worn out and
obsolete locomotives inherited from the Penn Central, Reading, and
Erie-Lackawanna.
CSX 8063
CSX
8481 started out
life in the late 1960s as an SD45 for the
Pennsylvania RR (6218) and went on to serve with PC and Conrail
before
ending up with CSX, having been rebuilt to SD40-2 standard, losing the
classic SD45 flared radiators..
CSX 8437 in the early blue-grey scheme. This is another pre-Dash 2 unit
brought up to SD40-2 specs, in this case originating from the Western
Maryland.
March 16, 2010 was a busy day for SD40-2s on the Pittsburgh
Subdivision, as behind a pair of GEs were CSX 8485 (which had been
built as an SD45 for the PRR) TORC 996 ( ex CSX 8200, ex L&N
3572),
CSX 8023 (ex Seaboard) and CSX 8450 (ex NREX, ex Union
Pacific)
CSX & TORC SD40-2s heading eastbound towards Pittsburgh
