CSX Heritage: Locomotive 1871 Honoring the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

The CSX fleet of heritage locomotives is continuing to grow with the introduction of CSX 1871 painted in a custom design honoring the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). First appearing in 1871, the ACL was officially incorporated in 1900 and extended from Georgia to Richmond, Virginia, and later into Florida. The ACL merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line, which later became part of CSX. CSX 1871 will carry the ACL colors across our 20,000-mile network, reinforcing employee pride in the nearly 200 year history of our railroad.

[@jdm1039]

I think it is great that the railroads maintain a sense of history with these heritage units.

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

But they do it so poorly!

[@jdm1039]

​@jonathanlafferty2271 Looks good to me. They don't have to do any of it at all.

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

@@jdm1039 NOT TO ME!

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

A sense of History? What History?

[@jdm1039]

@@jonathanlafferty2271 Relax. Much more important things in life than this subject.

[@BSH_Railfan]

Excellent work CSX! It’s great to see the program being resumed

[@gm9162]

I love it. Outstanding job by CSX on this heritage unit. Looking forward to seeing this locomotive in person.

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

Well, i'm not. IT LOOKS STUPID!

[@gbusfan]

it look dum

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

naw

[@thenewstuffsucks5000]

@@jonathanlafferty2271 So does your constant ranting and complaining.

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

@@thenewstuffsucks5000 And you need to shut up about it!

[@davidmaust1415]

3.5 of 5 star paint job, but could be a 5 of 5 star if corporate would decide to paint the WHOLE locomotive in heritage paint scheme, but stull a treat to see the heritage designs finally being done after waiting 10+ years 😎

[@MalachiTheRailfanner1]

Good Work, CSX. Can't wait to see it out on the line!

[@Conrail76]

This is great, the SCL purple is on point!

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

*ACL.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

you mean ACL? the SCL Is black and yellow

[@southerncsxvlog]

That is one heck of a locomotive! Long Live The ACL! (Atlantic Coastline) CSX you did a great job with it! Have a great day 👋🏼

[@usa_rail_productions]

hi

[@southerncsxvlog]

Hi Guys

[@Kvsavage]

@@southerncsxvlog u good

[@southerncsxvlog]

@@Kvsavage Yeah Im fine. No need to worry

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

CSX made the #1871 look excellent and classy.

[@Mrruneight]

Simply beautiful CSX! Thank You for remembering your Heritage.

[@geomodelrailroader]

ACL is done next up Clinchfield, NYC, WM, Monon, and Pere Marquette

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

Don't forget the Seaboard Air Line

[@blairterry9435]

RF&P, Boston & Maine, NC&STL, and others.

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

What about pennsylvania and penn central?

[@johnholstun5128]

Add the L&N also

[@blairterry9435]

Wow! It looks amazing and pretty accurate to the ACL! Danny Harmon will be very pleased to see this coming down to Florida and hope to see SCL, New York Central, RF&P, WMRY, and others from the heritage in the future. It makes a total of 7 heritage units Chessie System, Seaboard System, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville and Nashville, Conrail, and lastly the newest to join is the Atlantic Coast Line.

[@MP_67_Productions]

It looks incredible, so glad more locos are coming out of Waycross with heritage liveries!

[@NW2174Fan]

This looks absolutely amazing! Keep up the great work!

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

Looking forward to the Upcoming 1902 and 1853!

[@andrewcrumb8027]

Excellent! Another CSX heritage unit! Well done, CSX!

[@engineerpat5290]

Excellent work CSX!

[@SimonJimmydog123]

Looks great, good job csx. Can't wait for the next 2 csx heritage units you got coming up and more later on.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

hope they do no more

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

They are doing way more then that. Stop making fake news and spreading them around.

[@SimonJimmydog123]

@@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786 Uh,yes i am aware that they are doing way more,also i'm not making fake news.

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

@@SimonJimmydog123 oh okay

[@thenewstuffsucks5000]

@@MystiCmeshtool Just because you don't like them doesn't mean other people don't. Stop ruing it for everyone else who likes them.

[@TehBellcarl]

Cmon guys. You know you want to do it. Say it with me PERE MARQUETTE

[@Chescat124]

YESSSSS

[@MystiCmeshtool]

no

[@tueypjr4823]

Thank you CSX!

[@RAtheGoodRailfanner_888]

Yes!

[@the-terrible63]

Thank you for the information, you guys are the best, merry Christmas, and happy holidays.

[@mattfoltz7752]

Really AWESOME. That purple and silver really looks good.

[@SamanthaWebsterPitts28]

Atlantic Coast Line. Love it.

[@OklahomaRailfan_Productions]

At least CSX is making their heritage units BNSF MAKE SOME!!!!

[@ginorailfan5192]

2 CSX I need to catch is 1850 & 1871

[@lizggil123]

The acl purple looks BEAUTIFUL

[@GP30_Foamer]

This is one of the best ones yet! Keep up the great work!

[@TheMetGuy]

Absolutely a beautiful heritage unit

[@bowlinerailfan]

Great job! Thank you for finally coming out with what is now my favorite CSX locomotive. Please send it along the Bowline soon.

[@thedesertrailfan]

Love the look of this unit, definitely my favorite heritage unit so far! I know a lot of people don’t like the CSX front with the heritage on the long hood, but I really enjoy it. It’s a very unique look, makes the CSX heritage units stand out.

[@J3A_Erie]

Dang CSX , that looks good.

[@wombopride]

Beautiful locomotive CSX. I can’t wait to see the Clinchfield when it’s time comes.

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

Looking forward to the next one CSX

[@Ohio_Photographer]

This one’s going to be my grandmothers favorite out of them all.

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Awesome scheme CSX!

[@22NCRAILFAN23]

I live on the old A.C.L Tracks in Rocky Mount, NC

[@railfandepotproductions]

You live on the tracks? You mean live near A.C.L trackage

[@usa_rail_productions]

Awesome video GREAT locomotive!!!!!!

[@The_Train_Captain]

The Atlantic Coast Line is my favorite railroad! Thank you for making it. Can you maybe put it on a train to Raleigh NC sometime?

[@MarylandRailfannerKid]

Alright! Looking good 👍 Great job I know everyone works hard on making heritage units

[@joshuapaul349]

I always ride csx. Never know where you can end up, but you can count on moving tomorrow.

[@JamesGordon-rz7nr]

That's way cool thanks for sharing this.

[@zacharylovestrains]

Excellent job I can't wait to see it on Rails someday in Lakeland

[@northamericanrailfilms3025]

great work

[@adamc1966]

Another beautiful unit 👍

[@clintonwashabaugh1387]

The whole locomotive should be in heritage colors. Not everything, except the front of the locomotive. Come on CSX.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

exactly!

[@MystiCmeshtool]

@@TK-ec5bv That's fine, we can whine. We'll make sure you hear it too.

[@noneshere]

FGAR also has some pretty American flag trains that come into CSX Goulding Yard occasionally . I love watching the different engineers rack and stack loads. Some real good about handling slack noise even on the longest pulls. Many take up slack so hard it clacks down the line like domino thunder. Good engineers can whip that slack in & out real quiet .

[@hudsonfan5426]

CSX would you please consider painting the front of the Heritage Units. They would look so much better, and it is a real missed opportunity. I'm not saying that the new heritage units are bad. . . and it is a good attempt but I feal it is a missed opportunity.

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

They are not going to paint the front on any of these no matter what. It's their decision, not ours.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

@@TrainsAreReallyCool That's fine. We still don't like them

[@RdgRails2102]

nicely done CSX, keep em coming

[@RdgRails2102]

@@jonathanlafferty2271 quit your complaining, let CSX make em the way they want

[@RdgRails2102]

@@jonathanlafferty2271 Again just let em do it how they want to, your complaining ain't gonna get you anywhere

[@MystiCmeshtool]

@@RdgRails2102 No

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

@@RdgRails2102 Once again. MAKE ME!

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

@@MystiCmeshtool Thanks for sticking up for me!

[@bone_valley_railfan_produc8286]

The unit was clean got it in all 3 positions mid DPU trailing then leading on I032 yesterday

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

It looks striking. Well done again!

[@Lambo.18]

Wish they would’ve just reversed the fade, made the front of it the heritage scheme and made it the majority, then fade it into CSX scheme at the back, motto could’ve been “letting the past pull us forward”. Just missed potential, but they at least attempted to make something new which they do deserve credit for. I’m not a big fan of this one, the colors just don’t mix very well. I do like the amount of history that was in this video though, so thank you for that, as it’s pretty interesting.

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Another great job from the folks at Waycross. ❤

[@owenjones9659]

Hey how about painting the whole unit?

[@owenjones9659]

@@MystiCmeshtool not surprised

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

I wouldn't mind doing the cab area!

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

Looks amazing! Going to run it lead, long nose forward? 🤭

[@MystiCmeshtool]

They might as well if they paint it this way

[@railfandepotproductions]

Not too sure if thats an option

[@protosheep]

Nice Job!

[@TD_loves_IANR]

It’s a great paint scheme for a brand new ES44AH. I’d love to see an SD40 in a heritage paint scheme one day.

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

Yeah they can paint a SD40-2 in a heritage scheme. But if they do, the engine is most likely never gonna come out the yard since CSX put there standard cab locomotives to switching. Unless they make them lead trains again then yeah

[@TD_loves_IANR]

@@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786 you also have to remember, on some CSX freight trains, you can find a standard cab trailing behind a wide cab. I’ve seen trains where it’s a GEVO leading then a whole bunch of trailing EMDs of different types.

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

@@TD_loves_IANR yeah

[@Thedodgerpro]

yay!

[@Flowercityrails]

Amazing job CSX, it looks so much better without the fade

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

It still has the fade.

[@Flowercityrails]

@@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786 no it doesnt

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

@@Flowercityrails yes it do

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

@@Flowercityrails the front is not painted so, it still has the fade

[@Flowercityrails]

@@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786 that means nothing

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

Patiently waiting for *CLINCHFIELD 1902*

[@MystiCmeshtool]

what clinchfield paint scheme you think they will do A: The completely black paint B: The grey paint scheme

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

@@MystiCmeshtoolCSX will probably use the infamous Clinchfield “Coal” Black paint scheme. The reason is because as much as the grey would look good with the yellow striping, it would make the unit look almost identical to the L&N and Seaboard System units. Personally I hope 1902 will have the iconic yellow number-boards on the “CSX” cab end, and the iconic yellow wasp striping on the rear pilot. The yellow number-boards probably won’t happen, but the wasp striping on the rear pilot is going to happen for sure, because a Clinchfield heritage unit without yellow wasp striping isn’t a official Clinchfield unit.

[@remsterrailroading2679]

So how many heritage schemes has CSX done so far and how many are left??

[@carllivingston169]

Great Job! Super excited for NYC or a New Haven. Live near the ex. Reading Trenton main. Can't wait to see these.

[@Snoopy1600]

One of the best Heritage units yet good job CSX you're my favorite class one Railroad

[@amtrakandcsxrailfanning351]

Awsome I just cotton this new heritage reatley

[@bradleymcwilliams6348]

Looks great, watching for more!

[@centamangila1217]

I knew it... If there is a livery honoring the ACL, it has to be in Champion Purple!

[@olentangyriver1191]

Thats amazing, good work guys..

[@trainnerd25]

you guys at the paint shop put in lots of hard work for this to happen! can't believe you finished the ACL heritage before FMW finished 1504

[@rip_roadrailers]

Great job CSX!

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

Straight line replaces the fade

[@garymiller9869]

Please Guys Fast Freight Western Maryland!

[@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb]

Looks good but a full paint would look much better

[@johnuhelski8613]

YA THINK ??!!

[@MystiCmeshtool]

yeah

[@CSXNSBEREa]

These are nice

[@btoonful]

Nice job 👍

[@AtlantaNorthDistrict_Railfan]

Love it!

[@PacificDev1995]

Epic

[@PacificDev1995]

#WesternMarylandNext

[@Asurflinerrailfan]

I love this locomotive! If you wanted to make another unit like this, could you do the Monon railroad?

[@orbitsrailfanvids]

Monon is likely on the list, however it shares the same founding date as new york central, 1853. 1853 is being repainted as we speak

[@railfandepotproductions]

​@@orbitsrailfanvidsis a hybird an option?

[@Flowercityrails]

​​@@orbitsrailfanvids Monon is 1847, or well atleast thats when the simple name of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville started being used. Also from what I heard it was 1902 being repainted first, oh whatever ill be excited for either one.

[@Flowercityrails]

For Monon (very excited for that one as im a huge monon fan) it'll be either 1847 or 1897.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

@@Flowercityrails welp, better have high hopes that it'll look good

[@CSXFan5496]

Amazing job CSX! Are there more heritage units coming out? or that's all the heritage units on the roster?

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

There are more coming. It's gonna take a while though as they do have to focus on other projects

[@JustinBrysonJ34]

You messed up. Needed to use a brighter purple

[@Lambo.18]

Yeah true

[@railfandepotproductions]

Maybe when the next repaint comes for this unit

[@teenchy]

The original ACL purple has a lot more red in it than what's used on the heritage unit. Still nice to see a callback to the old ACL. I rode their passenger trains and SCL's numerous times in the days before Amtrak.

[@JustinBrysonJ34]

@@teenchy ACL never had red in it. Wtf

[@draganasselin8602]

Nice job CSX i love the paint i hope to see it

[@relaws52]

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

[@alandvaemergencyresponses2883]

Let’s go!

[@MecFan7470]

This looks great but 1836 better be Boston and Maine

[@railfandepotproductions]

Seems alr, wish the area where the fade/transition between csx and heritage livery was the shape of YN2

[@CSXNSBEREa]

If your so mad about it why are you watching this video RAILFAN

[@hunterwolfscar2287]

Since When's Csx had a Paint Shop?

[@MystiCmeshtool]

every railroad has a paint shop

[@Chescat124]

Can’t wait for the foamers to start getting incredibly mad at the fact the whole unit isn’t painted. (The CSX units are better than the ones fully painted and you can’t stop me from saying it)

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

​​@@MystiCmeshtool And you can't stop us from liking them how they are.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

@@TrainsAreReallyCool I'm not trying to get you to hate them. Your allowed to have a opinon. I'm just telling the truth.

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

Is this how you react when your friends give a different opinon on something? oh sorry about that. Excuse me for assuming you have any friends.

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

@@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786 As a matter of fact, I DO have friends. And, they all think that these look fine. Don't try to convince me otherwise. It's not going to work.

[@YouSmellLikeFartALT_CSX8786]

@@TrainsAreReallyCool I'm not talking to you.

[@OG-Productions]

Why is the nose csx

[@Lambo.18]

It’s supposed to show present/past but they executed it horribly

[@OG-Productions]

@@Lambo.18 I know

[@railfandepotproductions]

​@@Lambo.18i could do a better job, i could use aspects of the YN2 scheme

[@Lambo.18]

@@railfandepotproductions Do it

[@Yt_Cali]

CSX bring back CSX 3099 if it could be rebuild pls CSX.

[@railfandepotproductions]

Whats CSX 3099

[@Yt_Cali]

@@railfandepotproductions CSX 3099 is a Safety Train of the CSX. It had an incident in a crash in Mexico.

[@corduerorose9747]

Do RF&P and you're done

[@MikeLarryII788]

They fixed the fade it only took them 3 locomotives todo so 💀

[@MystiCmeshtool]

6 locomotives

[@MikeLarryII788]

My bad @@MystiCmeshtool I railfan in the west and don’t keep up in the east

[@DebraCiarlo-vo9kt]

CSX comment on CTA

[@MystiCmeshtool]

gta 6?

[@Railfan-uf9mw]

csx please stop doing these if your going to do real heritage unit and AT LEAST PAINT THE FRICKIN WHOLE LOCOMOTIVE FIR GOD SAKES

[@Morristownrailfanningemergency]

Be happy we are getting some

[@Championhaulproductions3672]

Yeah. I’m happy that CSX did the ACL heritage unit but still my complaints are there (the front in particular) but hey, It’s just a heritage unit Get over it

[@CarolinaSpecial-No.1397]

Nothing defines a "true" heritage unit. If you want to complain so much, 1, why are you here, and 2 CSX is keeping the paint scheme. Cry about it.

[@MystiCmeshtool]

I agree their heritage unit bad.

[@Morristownrailfanningemergency]

@@MystiCmeshtool not saying that you don’t have the right to a opinion, I’m just saying be happy because they can repaint them to original colors

[@paytongauthier6452]

These are great heritage units, but you know would be even better if they actually painted the whole thing . . . C O U G H C O U G H the front isn’t painted C O U G H C O U G H

[@Thefatkaylaproctucions256]

This pirate ship

[@TPB-ONJ]

MBTA RIPOFF

[@railfandepotproductions]

The ACL came first

[@TLT_Productions]

im going to be honest, it looks like a ripoff MBTA scheme.

[@railfandepotproductions]

Which came first, MBTA or ACL

[@TLT_Productions]

@@railfandepotproductions you have a point

[@DennyDreadBassMan]

Get over it.

[@thecsxrailfan_439]

wonder when its be riding the rails

[@railfandepotproductions]

It just did

[@thecsxrailfan_439]

i saw him

[@railfandepotproductions]

The unit isnt a person

[@thecsxrailfan_439]

@@railfandepotproductions I used him as a way of expressing natural southern human language of speaking so here's another one of our southern nature fu

[@thecsxrailfan_439]

hey csx al Varnadore is my cousin

[@CSX6711]

Awesome job!