[4K] Hundreds of stored CSX locomotives in the Cumberland, Maryland yard!

Took the drone out for a bit of flying this past weekend and wound up in Cumberland, Maryland. In the yard there, there are currently somewhere around 200 stored locomotives, many of which are EMD's, while a few GE's are thrown in the mix. This 9 minute video shows everything that's currently there, and you can read pretty much every locomotive number that's stored currently. From SD70MAC's, GP40's, GP30 slugs, D8-40CW's, and even one SD60I thrown in, you'll see it all here.
Hope Everyone Enjoys!

[@edinnorthcarolina--ovelhog5786]

As an 33 year airline pilot. I would point out that we suffered through our version of PSR in the 90s and early 00s after massive consolidation. We had guys furloughed for 7-11 years. You can still see airplanes from that era in storage, waiting to be scrapped. We go through an airline employment disaster every 10 years, like clockwork. We are currently in the midst of a disaster now with half of the airplanes parked in short-term storage. Good luck to everyone.

[@sharkheadism]

You probably know this, but PSR is not viable long term. It is designed by executives to maximize investor returns by stripping assets and slashing costs, more than is really necessary. But you can't keep doing that indefinitely. Once executives start seeing diminishing gains, they'll leave with golden parachutes and the wreckage of the company will be someone else's problem.

[@CaptainSloose]

i used to fly 300k+ a year in the early 2000s... I was not unhappy to see all those damned 727s and MD80s finally go to the scrapyard. Delta at the time had a godawful fleet of horrible 727s, hell I even flew on an L1011 on delta once. What a POS. American was not much better. I personally welcomed the Airbus A320s and 737-700/800/900s that replaced them all. much quieter planes, much more comfortable.

[@larrydockery7201]

@@CaptainSloose they can give me back my l-1011 i was on one from 1978 too 1993 to me there was no better airplane i sure had no problem with the dc10 just saying

[@CaptainSloose]

@@larrydockery7201 the L1011 was so bad it destroyed lockheed's passenger jet business. It was pretty terrible by the early 2000s. Loud, uncomfortable, hot, and the seats still had ash trays in them! Progress is progress.

[@stevethompson6371]

When you walk away from 25 percent of your general merchandise traffic(this is a real amount) you can park a bunch of locomotives. It bewilders me as to how anyone in management at CSX thinks they are doing a good job. I.m reminded every time I get on an interstate and its jammed with big rigs of their "success".

[@manukirkwood]

Preach! The amount of truck traffic is crushing!

[@Midnight-tw3gp]

This yard is literally 15mins from where I live. I remember when they shut down the hump. That killed over 100 jobs in this area. Then I saw all of these locomotives slowly get sidelined. Never, did I realize that there were this many sitting idle. The railroad in this area has lost traffic due to closing coal mines, psr, etc. Just 20 yrs ago there was a train rolling by ever 20-30 mins. Now you can literally sit for hours by the tracks and see nothing. Truly is sad. Thank you for posting this video. I knew someone would do it. Great job with the footage.

[@phuturephunk]

All the class one's have places like this. BNSF has a jaw dropping amount of power sitting out in the desert in the southwest. I think UP keeps theirs in places like Wyoming in little used yards.

[@tonyromano6220]

Thanks democrats.

[@jackstephenson5238]

@@phuturephunk Think you got that mixed up, UP has a long line of power sitting in the desert while BNSF has hundereds of units in storage, due to the drop coal usage, around the Power River Basin in Wyoming.

[@shabo857]

@@tonyromano6220 yes. Thank god we are gonna stop polluting the earth with coal when there’s better alternatives. Gues you care only about yourself and your wallet and not future generations.

[@davidyeamans924]

I feel your pain- as my son and I have loved rail fanning for years this time has been the most depressing- fewer trains and no run throughs from other railroads. Norfolk Southern has idled/ closed their hump yard in Columbus Ohio- Buckeye yard- using a lot of tracks for car storage.

[@DownriverTrains]

Wow... Still some old SD50's up in there... Those are a rare breed nowadays

[@kogo21]

The worst part is that big railroads for some reason feel the need to scrap perfectly good engines instead of selling them to shortlines that need them

[@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907]

I know. That'd Be cool to see them preserved, restored, or at least not scrapped.

[@611Anime]

That's what Norfolk Southern has been doing.

[@Brl46574]

Many of these ARE due for rebuild though, not ot mention CSX literally has been selling old ACes to shortlines, good grief. I really dont get why you mouthbreathers assume because engines are sitting that they're just being left for junk

[@haydensimpson4422]

At the Cumberland shop we have a lot of engines coming in that need work all the time. We do the work we can to the engines that can be sent back out as soon as possible. As for other engines it’s just like @Brl6574 said. They’re due to be worked on they just have bigger problems.

[@TK-ec5bv]

Nearly the same thing happened in Cumberland during the Chessie era. Tons of C&O/B&O/WM GP7s, GP9s, GP30s, GP35s were stored at the west end of town before that yard was removed.

[@Chris_Blaney]

I drive past the Cumberland yard almost everyday. Love seeing the variety of power sitting there, just hate to think it’s all going to waste!

[@unity3596]

Same I bet the ac4400cws in waycross are done for

[@chuckysmith9960]

Really cool to see some old conrail in there wish they where still running a lot of them.

[@danzmitrovich6250]

Attention Saturday's market shopping for csx train locomotives and parts to keep your fleet running

[@ConrailQuality4121]

The YN1 at 3:55 is insane to me.

[@LeeDfined]

This line is part of the ex B&O Baltimore to Chicago main. So these are the locomotives that I fell in love with, as my home from the age of 15 was right next to this line as it runs through Ohio. Hopefully they will someday be restored to service or even sold to a regional shortline.

[@kotabeaner]

And to think that these were all active at one time...hits you even harder when you’ve seen a number of these units in operation, then see em with their numberboards stripped...depressing stuff.

[@allohiorailfan6123]

I feel it too, all of those locomotives in one place and in the poor condition they are in makes the surrounding area around them like a graveyard. And the locomotives in those deadlines are lost souls that have been tossed aside and forgotten about.

[@TurboVisBits]

gotta retire em sometime.

[@LaneMphoto09]

It’s more depressing when the scrap them

[@bradley.reim22]

@@LaneMphoto09 100%, Its the worst thing about railroading, Its very sad because these units had stories to tell

[@thatkyledude1093]

This is honestly depressing. So many locomotives in lay-up. Some even looking as if they just got out of the paint booth a week ago. So sad.

[@611Anime]

Precision Scheduled Railroading.

[@tonyromano6220]

Yes sir.

[@mattmoschkau84]

To costly to operate. The fuel savings from new power is enough they can park these, buy new and save enough in fuel to pay for the new locomotives. They’d go bankrupt trying to keep these locomotives in regular service.

[@railspike7057]

Not really. New ones are tier 4 and actually burn more so that it is cleaner emissions.

[@SuffixezHD]

PSR will most likely be the downfall of the railroad industry.

[@pulaski1]

@@SuffixezHD Industries that fail to become more efficient are the ones that fail, not the ones that _do._ Becoming more efficient often leads to some assets becoming surplus to requirements.

[@rainmancw9022]

Spent alot of time right there with my old man when Chessie had those pretty yellow and blue kitty cat trains. Hills department store use to be right across the highway and the fireworks on July 4th would make a great mood from the parking lot on the train yard. Time sure does fly!

[@patrisio3]

Back in October I was driving through Wyoming and saw the same thing at a BNSF yard in Gillette. It was a sad site to see good locos rusting away.

[@norfolksouthernrailfan2006]

If you think this is alot, go to CSX's Rice yard in Waycross, Georgia.

[@ddblink02]

Saw 7476 in there, didn't know she was still around. Nice video, very smooth.

[@Don_ECHOguy]

Just gives you some perspective of the tonnage of products and goods that needs to be moved across and around this great country called the USA. Any one know what TORC #996 is at 8:33? Great vid.

[@demariobelton2748]

So that where all of the csx diesel train engine come from man that a lot of CSX

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

great train video

[@bsalightning69]

Can't help but notice all the track being tore up as well. If the Locomotives are sitting there, the yard isn't being used as well. A sign of the times here in USA...

[@Galaxy2517]

Sad but true.

[@leskeegan9033]

They should sell some of those 4 axle units. Many of the shortlines with old GP-7's and GP-9's are long in the tooth and parts I imagine are getting somewhat harder to come by. the 4 axle units would serve them well.

[@bradenwickline6729]

There's that CSX #4589 Spirit of Nashville scrap pile.

[@Banner4real035]

Seeing all those widecabs in storage maybe never to run again makes me really feel my age, since I was just out of college when they were the latest trend in motive power design.

[@patrickt7]

Hundreds of fully-functioning locomotives all sidelined within a year. Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for PSR!

[@unity3596]

Plot twist: they were all there to get repainted into the new boxcar paint

[@ecoRfan]

And I’ve heard they want to use GEVO’s on local switching trains. Good luck with that. Won’t be fun at all.

[@demon9554]

@@unity3596 that would suck because i saw a classic YN1 schemed engine

[@vettebecker1]

Same way with most class one railroads now, furlough and layoffs.

[@ruffles794]

Same thing at CSX Rice Yard in Waycross, GA if you google earth the NE portion of the yard

[@mathuetax]

Interesting selection of surge fleet locomotives, slugs and ones that look like they're candidates for retirement.

[@buckeyfan7623]

Dang I remember when those flared radiator sd70’s were brand spanking new I saw one one night in four oaks NC the paint was glistening. Now they are the most faded units on the roster I hope they get a repaint like some of the earlier models did.

[@JaSoLuV]

Wow it's amazing to see all these big steel machine. Waiting to be reused, to be reborn, or waiting to be sent to the scrap yard to be reborn as something else.

[@matthouseholder6928]

3:59 - The 7496 seen here was or is Owned by the Georges Creek Railway being used as a parts source for their 7471 to my knowledge.

[@darioncallens1571]

I miss those SD70MAC'S not gonna lie 😞

[@Brycen_trains]

And they are back

[@billconserva1461]

Many EMD GP-30's there, bet a few are in good operating condition, they would be great for a Tourist railroad.

[@Closet_Jedi]

All of the GP 30s in line are slugs, no internals aside from the traction motors. They're just booster units for newer motive power now. At least they got to keep their cabs, unlike the GP9 slugs that were cut down to half height.

[@wd840films]

Thats PSR for you. I was a conductor for the UP until last summer and its the same story with them.

[@kevinmills8437]

That's a Lot of Locomotives.

[@haaseshouseoscience6377]

Awesome catches Joe, thanks for sharing. I remember railfanning there on September 12th and seeing that Stealth unit and that RARE SD60M was Epic!

[@JoesJunction]

Very cool!

[@Kendricklovestrains]

I can always see the old stealth csx 3:59

[@csxchicagoline5523]

Wow, amazing video, so much hardware sitting there rusting.

[@gordmerrick7336]

No rust, that's why the dry Arizona desert is used for storage much like the USAF boneyard.

[@Metalrails]

Excellent video footage! Good to know CSX 4589 Spirit of Nashville is at least still around. I've noticed that rail traffic on the Keystone / Pittsburgh Subdivisions is down to a trickle. You can go hours without seeing a single train. No wonder so many locomotives are parked.

[@paulw.woodring7304]

I would say it's more than a few GEs, maybe majority GEs, including at least a couple of GEVOs from around 2007, probably the newest ones there. Looks like most of the 4700 series SD70MACs from 2004-'05. Also looks like one of the SDs, 749x something might be ex-Western Maryland from the styling of the numbers. Lots of Dash 8s and slug sets. Also looked like most of their 9000 series CW44-9s were there. The EMDs might have a second life on regionals and shortlines, especially the 38 and 40 series ones, but the GEs are mostly going to places like Larry's (LTEX) for scrap. I would expect most of the end-cab switchers to be picked up for reuse, they aren't making those anymore, and they are in-demand. If anyone finds GP40-2 6093 in one of these dead lines somewhere, please call the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore immediately! That unit was originally EMD 50th anniversary gold unit GM50 from 1972, and was supposed to go to the museum when CSX was done with it.

[@mikehowey4869]

Sad to see all this motive power sitting there just wasting away.😢

[@erikmcc804]

A amazing catch Joe!!! this was a amazing catch. The Once Power Horses now stay in storage. It is so very sad to them like this. :-( thanks for the catch and may you have a safe and amazing day. btw i enjoyed this and now a subscriber :-)

[@JoesJunction]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@officialrailfanomar]

It’s so sad to see all these locomotives in storage, even a YN1 locomotive and a few emblems, most of these locomotives are just EMD’s stored here and that’s just terrible, I hope PSR is happy about what they have done, because what they did was unbelievable, and it’s like most of the locomotives in CSX that are in service are just GEVO’s and other GE’s, these locomotives in Cumberland yard doesn’t deserve to be stored, they deserve to be back in business and running again.

[@cole46724]

that yn1 had odd side numbers on it

[@BAS19.6]

Sick and tired of seeing gevos

[@WM7471.]

The YN1 sd40 is a Western Maryland railway unit #7496 now owned by George's creek railroad

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Does anyone remember Cumberland's Williams Street yard in the early 1980s when it was full of GP7s, GP9s, and such? I guess the last of the GP40s, GP38s, SD40s, SD50s, etc. are here. I hope some of them find a future on a short line some where. That SD40 with the big "porches" is amazing. Sad irony that most of these units called Cumberland Shop "home". Yet most of these engines were old and used up and due for retirement. Just sad to see them all in one place.

[@curtiswilliams8377]

It let's you know though even the best paying jobs are not guaranteed anymore. Cause this job of an engineer was great back in the day.

[@bluegrassman3040]

It was always my dream to be a locomotive engineer, but it never came to fruition.

[@Kanawha_Railfan]

Amazing video Joe! You did quite the bang up job on documenting the deadlibe at Cumberland.

[@CCF996]

This is mind blowing

[@JoesJunction]

That it is!

[@Galaxy2517]

Lots of exhaust caps and missing horns, scrapping many of the locos? Wonder where all those horns went?The resale market for them is pretty hot! I've got well over 2K in mine.

[@unity3596]

Detroit moment

[@terrylwitte]

CSX had a lot more stored in Huntington, WV, in 9/19.

[@gixxerboyroyluvdrumswaters9023]

Thank you for posting, I just love art of craftsmanship, those trains are still amazing, I only hope they all aren't graveyard trash. A big kid that luv trains.

[@JayxRailBuffx94]

its sad to see alot of the locomotives sit and rot away, but good thing is by now a good percentage of those locomotives may have been taken out of storage and re-serviced due to the issues that have been happening with alot of the tier 4s (the ET44s mostly with computer issues and other problems). so there's a bit of an upside lately, ive been seeing alot more EMD Power lately by me.

[@rtz549]

Also a string of 4000 series BNSF locos parked in downtown OKC.

[@gordmerrick7336]

Yes, UP has a huge locomotive storage yard in Arizona.

[@NicksCollectableCreations]

Some nice weathering projects there

[@railsofcentraljersey]

Excellent drone footage!

[@bradleyw3771]

I wonder What the PLAN is going forward with all these locomotives?

[@battlemouse1]

That's a very sad and sick site.

[@curtiswilliams8377]

Wow this is really sad to see this many jobs gone!😔

[@roscoepcoltrane5499]

what jobs???? they purchased alot of newer emission control locomotives....these were taking out of storage to fast expecting a upsurge that didnt come....most of these are 30 to 50 years old....

[@BAS19.6]

All the people needed to run trains and maintain them are “no longer needed” because of psr. All those old emds are good locomotives because you can always rebuild them. I am a big believer in that climate change is happening, but hear me out. Locomotives are already so much better for the environment that these old locomotives would not hurt the environment

[@RayBoebel]

Love the shot of the GP30 2294 at around 0:25. Just saw 2246 at 1:29. I have one of these on my layout, though its a Santa fe that will be repainted for the home road

[@Victorseafog]

That is a road slug (2294) that was in Tampa, , sutton, bone valley phosphate service in Florida got some new paint I see sometime after 2018

[@WaffleDragon]

I wonder why there is some AC44's in there as well. Perhaps some mechanical problem that particular unit had? I understand the Dash 8's and 9's but they have a lot of AC44's still running.

[@unity3596]

Probably to get repainted

[@unity3596]

Holy CSX dash 8s 7765 and 7670 are there someone told me they were scrapped

[@northcarolinarailfanproduc658]

csx 9010 and 9040 are back in service

[@nickballinger-d9w]

your awsome and at makes normal railfans awsome as well

[@NSBigBlue]

also it’s a YN2 dream come true !!! i wanna visit there

[@tom-and-mom]

What type of CSX livery is that on SD40-2 #7496 at 3:58?

[@RailwayTV]

Very nice video my friend, greetings from Viet Nam.

[@haydendraycott7897]

Hopefully they're not planning to scrap all these just yet. However CSX also has a net worth of almost 81 billion so in spite of what's seen here they're hopefully not in a big dire strait, hopefully by now they've shipped some of these off to other areas that need them.

[@trolleysparks3941]

Awesome Video, Many Thanks

[@cnichting08]

Wow i was surprised to see csx 7778 again after 3 years

[@theidahowesternstatesrailfan]

Wow! I did not know csx owned any gp30s! Well they at least have 6!

[@CSX_Doolittle]

They have more and they’re slugs I see them all the time

[@theidahowesternstatesrailfan]

Ah.

[@Bassotronics]

CSX sure is a multi-billion dollar company to put on hold so many locomotives. Same with BNSF and UP.

[@johnplummer8077]

Love the music and your videos

[@garymiller5937]

That is amazing! 😊

[@christopherstory2136]

Interesting "dead line" with a few GP30's in the mix....

[@ohboy2592]

When you can move more freight with less locomotives, you can sideline the old ones. Not as much yard work or hump work anymore.

[@stevechristy3244]

Yes and that also means less workers. Always trying to save money. Good only for shareholders.

[@ohboy2592]

@@stevechristy3244 if you are invested in a pension or 401,403 then you are a share holder which is who they are looking out for. It’s a fine balance

[@steeldriver5338]

@@ohboy2592 You're usually in a pension/401 if you're a worker. Less workers = less investors. PSR isn't just hurting employees either, it's also affecting the customers that utilize the railroad. BNSF is gaining on UP right now because UP is screwing over it's customer base with bad scheduling and costs. I heard (haven't verified) that east coast carriers are seeing similar results.

[@ohboy2592]

@@steeldriver5338 if a railroader loses their job, they go get another one at least until the economy tanks like it’s doing now. Bnsf has been the last to adopt psr, they didn’t but into the bs because they didn’t operate like the other class 1’s were. They are doing the “best” if you will compared to everyone else. UP started tanking two years ago when they changed as did e dry one else. It takes some time to correct the issues. Csx really struggled but are now probably the top dog with PSR. Not perfect but getting there and that’s 4-5 years in the making. NS is coming along but they didn’t make as drastic cuts as csx. The railroads for decades wasted tons of money. They had the mentality of it’s worked so far so why change. Now, that doesn’t fly. Hump yards cost a lot to operate and maintain and now aren’t needed with flat switching and block swapping. Reduces dwell time, increases time to customer and is more reliable with scheduling

[@everbladesplm895]

This video is magnificent I think one of the best I've seen in a long time

[@kevinmerritt4434]

Yeah I can see several units that I ran during my career in Chicago. Quite a few.

[@Aclr03]

Whats stupid is that when railroads retire and scrap old units. Ok sure their old but what railroads should care about more is reliability. Not age. Plus sometimes railroads buy new locos to replace the old only to realize that the new units are not reliable at all. That why CSX should keep their old units bc 90% of them are reliable.

[@flowercityrails]

Woah a YN1 unit, now that is cool. CSX should sell that off to a museum

[@necjerseyrailfan7500]

Agreed

[@carolinarailfanning]

Probably won’t happen though, probably almost everything that was parked up here is either being rebuilt or just cut up for parts and metal. Remember 8888? A museum asked to get their hands on it and preserve it for its history... well it was considered “not worthy” for that and rebuilt into a squarecab. So probably facing similar fates. This IS CSX we are talking about here, a big class 1 that is trying to make more money, they wouldn’t care.

[@flowercityrails]

@@carolinarailfanning Yeah, its unfortunate

[@ChiefStones]

At what time mark is that engine?

[@jackstephenson5238]

​@@carolinarailfanning I mean CSX has changed, rememeber they donated an SD40, B30-7 and they have special units now. One can only hope...

[@gp40railfan44]

Sad to see these amazing EMD locomotives just rotting away! Especially the GP30’s!

[@NSBigBlue]

them sd70mac sure have seen better days! they must’ve went really cheap on the paint

[@jmbrendan53]

Was looking into getting a job with either csx or ns.... never mind!

[@iemv8900]

CSX locomotive derails: Oh no this is gonna cost a lot of money. CSX Maryland: First time?

[@1500chessie]

Awesome video, but on the other hand very sad to see.I always wonder how these overcapacities and stored locos can occure.A few , yes understandable, but in this numbers a lot of money goes down the drain.At least there are not only old locos, a few seem to be quiet new.Thanks for sharing and the good drone filming.

[@TheTrainExpert]

at 4:02, is CSX 7496 in YN1

[@booda51]

There might be a buyers’ market for those seeking deals on used diesel-electrics locomotives with solid performance reputations

[@captrockh2055]

I live up the street behind that red roof car wash building. Here trains all the time, banging an clangin.

[@engineersdash7564]

Wonder how many of them are on the auction block.

[@jackbannock3458]

CP has bought a few from CSX, using them for parts or putting 2 units together to make one.

[@dmitrystarostin2814]

Most are in mint or near-mint condition. That's some power. They can be held like that for decades, in the case the need arises. In Russia they long held on to steam locomotives after WWII just in case. But I am somehow sure these will be used someday. Since the 19th century it has become a must to hold large fleets of everything, locomotives, trucks, planes, since no one knows when the need arises. Great music, I really enjoyed it.

[@BAS19.6]

This makes me so sad. All those perfectly usable locomotives going to waste. Quite a few of those are rebuilds as well, not even 10 years old. PSR may be cheaper, but it is terrible for the workers. It just hurts so much to see all of these beautiful machines left to rust. I hope some regionals and short lines buy them.

[@mrmax128]

Most of these make sense, except for the SD40-3s. Those are pretty new and effecient yet they’ve stored some of them here and let the -2s keep running.

[@roscoepcoltrane5499]

how do you figure....the SD40-3 is nearing 50 years old....and by todays standard even though rebuilt is not as fuel efficient....with the newer hi tech stuff and even the newest in a year or 2 these should been cut up 10 years ago if not more..

[@SimRacin14]

@@roscoepcoltrane5499 CSX's SD40-3 are Dash 2 rebuilds...so they've been rebuilt fairly recently.

[@maximagmhondafan8892]

I just wish they didn’t get rid of the big sixes. They could’ve kept those.

[@CSX_Doolittle]

SD60s?

[@unity3596]

Dash 8s probably

[@maximagmhondafan8892]

I was talking about the ac6000cw. But those too.

[@PRL2204]

Nice, ex GP30 (now slug) 2217 at 5:05, made me double-take lol

[@tomstarcevich1147]

Would hate to be a new locomotive builder !

[@megatrains]

EPIC !!!!!!!!!!!

[@where_is_the_RS40]

Are those cars at around 1:00 ever moved? Might head down in a week or two

[@berkshiresubrailfan]

Found ya 😂

[@unity3596]

Probably

[@Sacto1654]

Sadly, I think many of those non-wide cab locomotives may not see service on CSX lines again. The wide cab EMD and GE units may return to service probably sooner than people think.

[@spoiler539]

3:58 Woah! A Yellow Nose 1 SD40? Well, that guy ain’t been working for a while.

[@CSX_Doolittle]

I have here’d from some CSX employees down there that they are taking those SD70s and AC44s and rebuild them into SD70MACEs and CM44ACs

[@unity3596]

Yeah

[@berkshiresubrailfan]

Uh oh I see some heritage units! And YN1