I lived in Orange Park, Fl. back in the late 80's. I remember seeing Chessie and all the others running on the mains behind my Grandpap's house. even got to see the first CSX paint jobs. thank God I was alive back then. I'm 30 now. got to see a bunch of things so far in my life.

I've loved trains since I was tiny... Born in 1986 so my real good memory bank probably begins in 92 or 93...but my head contains glimpses of 89 and 90...i remember seeing Chessie and seaboard system but never any scl or L&N ..maybe I'm chasing my childhood through these old videos lol

God its like watching history, seeing all of the CSX engines in different paint jobs, units that are scrapped and other things that todays younger railfans (such as myself) didnt get to see. Wish i could go back to these days

These are the BEST years to model CSX!! A variety of paint schemes, plenty of choices of hoppers and plenty of schemes!! Drove down to Florida in '88 from Quebec on a family trip and fell in love with SBD/FLS schemes!! I'm modelling CSX's ex-Clinchfield North-end in N-scale and these vids are great!! Even though it's early CSX I'm modelling, I can do SBD, Chessie, L&N, SCL, FLS, B&O, C&O and Clinchfield(in TWO schemes) and it's prototypical!!

@Mumbles19852007

6 жыл бұрын

Tremor1975 yes those were good years for CSX. Now the paint on the motors is depressing.

@hakeemsd70m

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Stillwagner But the CSX Dark Future (YN3) scheme was directly inspired by the old C&O Blue and Yellow. But these old times looked amazing, so many colors and varieties of schemes. I wasn't around in the 70s and 80s but they were great times for railfanning.

The Chessie System would paint the ownership initials on each locomotive (C&O, B&O or WM) they owned. When CSX took over, they painted over some of these when the units were renumbered but left the initials on some of them.

love the car bouncing over the tracks and the little old ute/pick up

A very used looking Seaboard Coast Line SD45-2 and an old C&O GP35. Lots of power on that coal train - 9,600 horses, I think. That lead Chessie SD40 and it's 2nd partner, a Seaboard System SD40,-2, illustrate the visual differences between the two models. I just subscribed. Loved The Southern and old Chessie and Seaboard.

I remember those old engines every week in Suffolk especially on pleasant st there was always a different engine and I really enjoy it.

I'm twenty-four, so I've never seen a Chessie locomotive in action. I do remember seeing cabooses when I was small. Thank you for these videos--they give a younger railfan like me a chance to see stuff they'd never see otherwise.

Awesome man! Reminds me of being a child and all those different colored locomotives

I don't know about anyone else, but I wanna see some CSX heritage units soon!!

@Mumbles19852007

6 жыл бұрын

W. Brandon Murray ... Me too. They just put the heritage decals on the short hood.

Good old CSX, I miss seeing the colorful power on their trains.

@SCL1306 Glad you liked it....and thanks for watching!

Chessie System is my favorite train.

@pcj3405

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. The memories are great!

Excellent videos. I grew up in Gautier MS in the 80's and watched a lot of Chessie, Seaboard System and Family Lines. If only I had a video camera those days...

@SOU5111

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! That was a cool period to be trackside for sure.

chessie AND sea board, awesomw catch!!

@darkhound891 Always good to have those memories at least. Thanks for watching & commenting!

Yes, it sure is. Definitely was a LOT of variety on CSX in those early days. Thanks for commenting & watching!

Come back, Chessie!

Thanks for the great video, I love those Chessie engines. I grew up with Chessie running behind my house. My first love! LOL

@RagingMoon1987 Too bad you missed out on them. I'm glad to be able to share my old videos with everyone here on KZread. Thanks for watching & commenting!

Thanks, glad you like it!

Love that Coast Line 45-2!! Super! A C&O GP! Awesome!

Thanks!

I miss those days too. Thanks for watching & commenting!

Love that Coast Line 45-2!! Super!

@Retrainmytrain Thanks, glad you liked it!

@rhelmod Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Yeah, those days were pretty cool. Thanks for watching & commenting!

@rockguitarist946 Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

@lovemytrains Yeah, I always liked those old SD45-2's. And thank you for watching!

@DASCO2136 Glad you liked it, Scott! Yeah, if only we had a time machine! I'm glad I was able to catch what I did before they were gone.

@CoryClaxon Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching & commenting!

As I said before, great video!

Wonder what this place looks like now ???

@illwill929 Yeah, some heritage units sure would be nice to see!

@dep92 Glad you enjoyed the video!

Man, So good to see that power again. Please tell me you have a still shot of 1:24 lol. Really nice power & hoppers. Thumbs up!

@SOU5111

10 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! No, sorry to say I don''t. That was a very cool scene though, sure wish I did. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Ok found out some info on the engines. CSX 8424 Used to be WM 7573 WM 7473 was rebuilt as a SD40-2 then showed it was retired in look like 2012. CSX 8180 No info was said about it. more the likely retired. CSX 8960 Used to be SBD and SCL 2055. But it's listed as retired. CSX 3305 used to be L&N 2804. CSX 3274 not listed. it's listed as a Wide Body. CSX 4407 used to be C&O 3567 i saw Retired then I saw Road Slug CSX 2304. Looks Like the Caboose SBD 16437 was scrapped nothing was listed for it.

Hey, why on some Chessie's, it says "B&O" over the number? I know what B&O stands for (Baltimore & Ohio RR), but why is it on them?

@ejdsndnj

7 ай бұрын

Because the B&O railroad own some of the chessie units they painted

Noo way I was born in 2009