CSX Heritage: Locomotive 1973 Honoring the Chessie System 

Glad to know CSX is finally making heritage units. I also like how they’re giving it a different take than others. Being different is what makes you special

Looks like CSX is making a comeback with their new heritage units.

Glad the employees got to do a cool project like this.

I so much appreciate your efforts. My father was a dedicated employee of the Chessie system (over 40 years) then known as the C&O Railroad. What a wonderful tribute you have provided. Thank you!

It only took 5 to 6 weeks to paint this unit! Wow! Thanks to everyone at CSX for making these heritage units. Really appreciate the hard work and time that you guys are putting in these. Cant wait for the next heritage units to be released.

As an 11 year old girl who loved cats and trains, when I first saw this logo on railcars in 1974, I knew it was a cat. Just about every train I would see after that I'd be looking for the cat head. I would later learn from a train magazine that Chessie is a sleeping kitten. I've loved trains all my life, and now that Chessie has made a comeback...I'm now in love with her again.

I'm glad to see that CSX has finally decided to do the heritage locomotives. The positive feedback of 911, 3194, & 1776 probably helped motivate this decision. Been waiting since Lionel did some nice fantasy engines 10 yr ago. 200yr anniversary is coming up soon

50 years on from the Chessie’s inception, I’m glad to see there’s something big to commemorate this short but impactful railroad company.

This is my favorite

Happened to see Chessie in Ashland VA, it looks awesome in person! Fantastic job CSX!

Cannot wait to see this out in the rails.

This Will Always Remember Chessie The Railroad Cat For Her Family & Legacy At Museums, Rolling Stock, Merchandise & People At CSX God Bless Chessie

I can't wait to see the Seaboard System unit because it personaly is one of my favorite railways

I gotta say this is one of the best heritage schemes ever done, and for the Chessie.

Awesome! Beautiful! I'm grateful CSX is doing heritage units!👍

I enjoyed seeing this unit as well as the CSX-1827 B&O Heritage unit. Please keep 'em coming !

This is an amazing looking HERITAGE UNIT to represent the CHESSIE SYSTEM! I wish I lived near where CSX runs to get lucky enough to catch this beautiful piece riding the High Iron! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.

I grew up a couple miles from the old C&O mainline that ran from Columbus to Toledo. Me and my best friend (who is now a CSX engineer) used to ride our bikes down to the tracks during those long lazy summer days in the late 70’s/early 80’s to watch Chessie System trains coming from or going to Parsons yard in Columbus. To this day the Chessie System scheme is still my all time favorite and it broke my heart when it started to disappear (which was happening at the same time as when we were losing cabooses off of the end of trains).

Good job Guys on making this Locomotive.

Thanks for making vid CSX

Great looking unit! For those wondering, The CSX letters stand for: C standards for Chessie, S Stands for Seaboard System, and the X doesn't stand for any railroad, but all the employees that make up CSX, but Railfans these days call it Xpress. Can't wait to see more of these heritage units!

Wow ! That is so cool ! Brings back a lot of great memories ! Thanks for sharing !

My mom’s favorite railroad is the chessie system. She was born in 1972, one away from this number. Pretty cool unit, hopefully it comes to SoCal soon

Looks good ready to see more and more heritage units

Cool locomotive CSX! Thank you!

I wish CSX would bring back the Chessie paint scheme. Looks so different compared to other railroads

I absolutely love how you guys are doing these units. Very cool. Keep up the great work

I really love it!!!!!! Thank you for bringing it back. I remember seeing the chessie loco when I was a little kid

An amazing job by the Waycross paint shop again. This heritage unit will probably be my favorite. I sure hope it ends up out west sometime soon!

That looks fantastic! Slick paint job...What's next...Seaboard System?

Great paint job!

1973 looks great, y’all did a great job in this!

Can't wait to see this all over VRF 😁 Well done guys 🎉

Can't wait to see what road is next to be released!

Absolutely fantastic!!! Greetings from Spain.

Hi from england wow! absolutely loving these heritage units well done c.s.x.

The 1973 Chessie Heritage unit was in Smithfield, NC seen by myself. Beautiful Locomotive.

Wonderful!

@CSXOfficial fantastic keep up the good work 🦺

Nice paint job! Caught this on 16th of September 2023!

I wish they would put on a 80's k5la on 1973 but still a amazing heritage unit

Full paint them though. Looks good but I think it look even cooler in full paint tbh

Amazing! I love this locomotive lol

Great job on 1973 CSX, cant wait to see more out on the road.

As a kid, I loved the Chessie engines. Nothing like seeing the little kitty on the big train. 😍

Heck ya...It looks great guys!

I think the fade on the CSX heritage units looks weird. If they wanted to maintain a slice of corporate identity, I feel that just the yellow nose with the company logo would suffice. A unique opportunity to honor a stalwart and beloved past is marred by modern corporate centralism. They should have followed the NS prototype, which pleased everyone. Aside from that, the Chessie paint job looks sharp. Kudos to the paint shop craftsmen for a job well done.

This was the first CSX Heritage Unit I saw, really cool to see!

Why the heck is the Chessie lettering so small? Plenty of room to make it bigger like it was on the actual Chessie engines.

Thank you. Hope you also do a B&O heritage

I got to see this locomotive in Ashland Virginia and it really made me happy because a lot of my family used to work for chessie back in the day

CSX #1973 “Chessie System Heritage Unit” looks beauty!

This is probably my favorite of the csx heritage units so far (until more of them come out). I just think csx has done a great job. i just think they're special painted units are really fantastic. the 911, the 1776, the 3194, the 4568, and both the 1827 and the 1973. i think they should do another unit for the pride in service program. (one honoring emt's). the idea i had was the unit painted white with the orange stripes representing a ambulance. with the fire police and ema shelds and a print screen on the windows with the ems logo. and the charity logos like the 911 and 3194 carry. that's what i thought of (also it should come with the boxcar logo even though they don't use that anymore i do miss that). also another one a tribute to the state of Kentucky (since the tornadoes almost 2 years ago and the flood a year ago). though i mostly think of the tornadoes effected the state more. hope they can do all of that one day.

Awesome work CSX!

It’s about time CSX got with the program.

I LOVE THAT ENGINE!!!!!!Cory Mears

Beautiful homage to three fine railroads of yesteryear.

Absolutely love seeing this!! Fantastic job guys!! Send this one through Tipp City OH!! Paint more!!

One of the best ones so far

Another great heritage scheme! Keep it up! Can’t wait to see the rest. Keeping the cab CSX and blending to the heritage paint behind it looks really good! Great idea!

Bravo CSX as a shareholder and railfan

Can’t wait to visit and see this firsthand!!

It definitely takes me back seeing the Chessie cat. Miss those Old locomotives.

This is amazing. Love Chessie.

I think its super cool and the guys did a fabulous job. Thank you.

It's very nice to see that the chessie system is being honored, now can there be a pere marquette one?

This looks cool,glad to see a chessie heritage unit made. Sad to see idiots not giving a f**k about the concept of the past to present paint scheme and complaining about the heritage units they have asked for years. I myself personally like this and would be cool to see it in person on the rails. Nice job csx!

Really good

Seems that Chessie's back on the face of railroading once more! Very well done!

I love it!!!!

When I wrote for the Waycross Journal Herald I loved to get sent to the Waycross shops.

Oooo looks fantastic!

CSX #1973 is here. Chessie System Heritage Unit is here. I like it. It's my favorite CSX Heritage Unit. #CSX #ChessieSystem #Heritageunit

My favorite

That is a great initiative. Looking forward to see more Heritage units. U"n shure the guys at the shop will have other exciting Projects to develop and enjoy. There are ao many great schenes they can create (ACL, SAL L&N).

They’ve finally done it, 11 years after NS

CSX I Like your trains I seen one in East Bernstadt

Beautiful paint job!

I've loved Chessie system paint scheme since I was 2 years old back in 1990 so I hope I get to see this beauty run threw my town before something happens to it or CSX changes it back to the standard colors ❤❤❤ Edit: i hope they do something like this for the seaboard part of the railroad that makes up CSX

Beautiful paintjob! Nice to see a big business pay homage to it's own history like that! 😃🤩😎

yea they brought back chessie i missed you long time no see

This Chessie paint scheme is actually my favorite of the CSX heritage fleet

I like it. Kudos to the paint team!

Nice. Looking forward to the next one

Looks beautiful! I do wish however that “Chessie System” & the rear “C” emblem were larger.

Love the cat

I definitely want these in scale models. Engine 1973 . 😼 I am glad for Chessie the sleeping kitty is on this engine. How many model engines in HO scale I have even in the early CSX beginning. Awesome CSX. 👍🎥⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I hope BNSF or UP will have the privilege to operate that locomotive to California.

I love this!!!

Chessie Systems is the C in CSX in 1982 they merged with Seaboard to form CSX.

I’m so happy to see Chessie back out on the rails, sleep well Chessie

I'm excited for 1976

Hoping it makes its way up to philly!! I can see the freight rail line out my window while I'm at work!

This paint scheme does not deserve hate. It's very cool to be fair.

Would like too see more cheese system paint scheme on the locos miss that scheme from the 70s❤😊😅

BEST VID EVER🎉🎉🎉

If you guys ever reopen the Illinois sub the first train needs to be the C&O and the B&O heritage units back to back

Very cool. Hopefully it sees service between Brunswick, MD and Cumberland. MD.

I saw this unit about 2 weeks ago in Hopkins County, KY - by total coincidence - it was paired with another unit and then a DPU in the middle - moving coal out from one of the mines. It was dark and I didn't have my camera but even at night it looked damn good and shined. I was wondering if there's a way to find out (or who to contact) if it would be back by the Hopkins yard so I could get a good set of pictures. Always loved the old Chessie livery and thought it was the coolest thing when CSX came out with this Heritage Unit so the old Chessie colors could shine again --

What a beauty boy's.....