“VANDAL” Paints Heritage Locomotive?

[@MrGus.1]

It's so well done, you hate to call it "vandalism".

[@Michiganrailfanner23]

It’s good hard to think someone vandalized it I hope csx keeps it

[@rubenjanssen8491]

if it is not autorised by the property owner. it is by defenition vandalisem. alto i have seen way worse exampels of it

[@thomasmalthus3257]

No matter how well done vandalism is still vandalism

[@Michiganrailfanner23]

Ik it is@@thomasmalthus3257

[@smokelesschoice165]

@@Michiganrailfanner23 I doubt it. To show their authority they'll most likely change it back to the previous design because if they don't do that, such a decision may give the wrong idea to others to do the same thing with other locomotives. So the CSX may end up getting rid of this new paint-job with a message of, "If you want to repaint something, do it with your model trains and leave the real ones alone!"

[@GP30_DRGW]

I’m not a fan of vandalism at all but you’ve gotta admit this looks awesome!

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

That’s not vandalism… that’s a liberation. CSX just sucks all around and their paint jobs are a reflection of that

[@yavanna578]

@@MyVideos-fm7ug Exactly. If this is the type of vandalism people are worried about, we've got it pretty good

[@birdmanrailfan]

CSX: *Doesn’t paint the front of their heritage units* These guys: “Fine! I’ll do it myself!”

[@chuckgilly]

I approve this message.

[@OfficialTrainzGod]

really hope they hit the actual heritage units next for legal reasons this is a joke

[@leadslinger49]

FOAMERS!!! They did a good job. Ahem ... I mean "Don't Do Dat."

[@tonysamtraktrainvideos]

Actually they do and they should

[@CSXrailfan814]

They just forgot that CSX wasent doing the back of this one

[@The3751FAN]

I feel like a few CSX employees did this paint job, it just seems to professionally done.

[@chuckgilly]

I agree. Maybe CSX sprung this without an announcement for chiits and giggles.

[@jonglass]

That was what I was thinking… rogue employees or even a rogue shop

[@billestew7535]

All shops are rogue@@jonglass

[@Wildfire86872]

Yeah this isn't something someone with some cans of spray paint could do on a whim. It's too well done. A few years ago employees at BNSF's Topeka shops took their shop switcher and made their own heritage unit by repainting it in GN's blue scheme and putting all of the predecessor road heralds on it. Of course the big wigs threw a fit and made them repaint it immediately (though one photo of the end of it sticking out a door is around). And recently a former BN caboose fully repainted into a GN scheme was seen on VR's Chehalis, WA cam.

[@CDWCAULDRON]

I know Nothing I see Nothing Just a Cute Chessie Kitty. I turned my Back and it was Just there.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

The job is so good it almost looks like 6914 was involved in a small collision and they just grabbed a very old stock short hood from a Chessie unit in storage. Hats off to whomever did this for the quality of the paint work. The first diesel model train I ever owned was a Chessie GP38 so the Chessie is very close to my heart.

[@BRIANumber7-RCandModels]

The first "closest to prototypical" model locomotive I ever owned was a Chessie System locomotive GP38 from Life-Like Trains

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@BRIANumber7-RCandModels Mine was Life-Like as well. in H.O. scale. I can't remember if it was the Rail Blaster or Fast Freight set but I think the locomotives were the same. Unfortunately my original is long gone but I have since re-purchased one off of eBay.

[@kevinpeters6709]

They need to sell models of 6914 to immortalize this look

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@kevinpeters6709I agree

[@joshmeister4449]

I'm pretty sure a few local shop crew guys had something to do with this. Lines are well defined, the nose logo is stenciled very nicely and the paint overall looks pretty high quality.

[@thedwaynerailfans]

its not that hard to make homemade stencils

[@TheBeeMan1994]

The nose logo is a vinyl sticker

[@MoodyBlue42..]

I would imagine someone was given permission (from the paint shop) to do it. It looks too good. Chessie looks stenciled. Their geeps and 40-2's are constantly used for switching. I wouldn't think that they would sit idle long enough for someone to sneak in and paint it. I could be wrong, though. Great video, Charlie and history lesson 👏

[@stewarttrains98]

I guarantee that no one was given permission to do this. It was done on a branch line from Cartersville to Rockmart and Cedartown, GA. The train was secure for the night in Cedartown when this event took place. Obviously, in a very secluded part of town. This was a several hour endeavor by one or more people.

[@MoodyBlue42..]

@stewarttrains98 I stand corrected. They did an awesome job.

[@TheBeeMan1994]

The chessie logo isn't stenciled, its a vinyl sticker, you can see a bubble at the bottom of it in some photographs

[@MoodyBlue42..]

@TheBeeMan1994 I stand corrected again.

[@michaeln3527]

Well… I live out in the sticks. There’s a CSX GP40 and a GP35 slug pair that have lived out here the last couple years. They only move 2-3 times a week, and never at night, and they usually park in a quiet, overgrown 2-track yard, out in the woods, no lighting, no cameras, not readily visible from major roads. I bet a good team of employees or even just some knowledgeable locals could slap Super Chief noses on ‘em any night and never get caught! If this happens, it WAS NOT ME! 😂

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

That’s not vandalism. That’s a work of art 🖼️

[@AlcoLoco251]

The colors are wrong.

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

so? It still looks nice@@AlcoLoco251

[@paulhunter1735]

If it wasn't authorized by the owner then it's vandalism. What is wrong with you? Would it be ok with you if the person or people who did this just came and painted whatever they wanted on your car? I doubt it seriously.

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

Its a freaking Joke@@paulhunter1735

[@cixcer3821]

@@paulhunter1735if it’s badass and the same quality as this I’d probably keep it

[@WeenyBeanyHere]

When the vandal does a better job at a paint scheme than a company worth billions of dollars

[@P_litzer]

I like both the graffiti scheme and the regular heritage scheme

[@AlcoLoco251]

Funny. The Billion-dollar company actually got the colors right. Unlike this.

[@slicaltimistic1]

It's funny they call this heritage vandalism. But yet they don't call that the same about Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and BNSF, and other.

[@johnuhelski8613]

TRUE THAT , CSX cannot get it right spending boat loads of cash , but some locals do this and the RF&P . Props to the people !!

[@graythewolf6096]

Mad respect to whoever painted it for keeping the signs, windows, and numbers unpainted and making such a beautiful livery! I hope CSX doesn't remove it, it has enough of the current CSX livery that it doesn't take away from branding! While they are at it CSX should hire the artist who made this happen!

[@AlcoLoco251]

They use the wrong colors. The blue and yellow are just CSX colors and the "Vermilion" is just florescent spray paint orange. And they just painted the nose and not the whole engine. So lazy.

[@christophers7753]

You forgot to mention how sour the grapes are as well? @@AlcoLoco251

[@beeble2003]

They _had to_ avoid painting over anything operationally important, or CSX would have painted over it immediately.

[@CheeseMiser]

@@AlcoLoco251 wut

[@ejdsndnj]

​@@AlcoLoco251bro CSX did not paint the whole engine either

[@1_lens_view]

The transition effect is a cool departure from other roads but, in my opinion, should be reversed to better symbolize the change: the engine should enter view in the heritage colors and leave view in the current corporate colors, kinda like this unit but with a higher heritage-to-current livery ratio and the softer lines of the “official” units.

[@Rainy_Sky2004]

Agreed, a sliver of CSX with the CSX logo on the back side of the locomotive extending like the black on the new CPKC scheme would look great

[@stewarttrains98]

While i think its pretty cool, sadly CSX is working a plan to get it back to Waycross to have the front repainted back to standard. This info comes from people in the railroad industry who have the facts. But now doing this, makes it alot harder for those of us who simply want to photograph trains wherever they are. Expect to be detained by loco LEO's now more than in past. But the individual(s) that did this, i guarantee you they are sitting back with huge smiles on their face(s)

[@trainman9024]

the moment they find out their going to put it back on the engine or their going to have a diffrent logo

[@BertLensch]

I grew up in Chessie System territory and saw their trains for years, but I had no idea their logo was the outline of Chessie the kitten. I always thought it was a weird looking caricature of a cat facing to the left. But yes, while CSX Heritage units are awesome to see, seeing an engine in the full paint scheme of their heritage would be desirable and nostalgic.

[@mojorisen74]

When I was a kid I thought the cat logo was a cat with it's paw out ready to scratch, I didn't know it was a cat sleeping on a pillow until I was about 12

[@SOU6900]

This is way better than the one CSX pushed out the door.

[@AlcoLoco251]

Funny. The colors are all wrong and it has less Chessie paint than the actual heritage unit. How lazy does someone have to be to paint just the nose?

[@CheeseMiser]

@@AlcoLoco251 lazy? Do u know how much spray paint it would take to do that nose even.

[@AlcoLoco251]

@@CheeseMiser hey, if they're going to make a planned statement about how lazy CSX is by not painting the nose, they could at least do better.

[@CheeseMiser]

@@AlcoLoco251 first you're talking about them painting the nose and now not painting, make up ur mind

[@AlcoLoco251]

@@CheeseMiser I have made up my mind. I'm pointing out how stupid people are being by complaining about someone who doesn't paint a nose while painting everything else, while celebrating someone else who paints only the nose and nothing else, even going as far as saying it's better than the one who didn't paint the nose. Double standards much?

[@somethingsomeonesaid6455]

There's a fun little model to replicate. #6914 has a unique history now.

[@16-BITFPV]

Yep this paint scheme will live on forever now

[@garysprandel1817]

If you notice there's a subtle difference in the CSX blue on the rest of the locomotive and the Chessie blue on the front so I'm going to hazard a guess the locomotive was up for a nose repaint and there was a clandestine " midnight requisition " between the shop that did the official heritage unit and the shop this one was painted of some leftover paint and Chessie logo stencil.

[@redstonerelic]

The chessie blue almost looks like the same blue used on the OCS locomotives

[@TheBeeMan1994]

The chessie logo is a vinyl sticker, its apparent in some other close up shots I have seen

[@ianisaacs2340]

I call it their best heritage unit yet.

[@AlcoLoco251]

Funny. The colors are all wrong and it's just the nose instead of the whole engine. So lazy. A group of kids did a better job in one night with that tiger unit.

[@CheeseMiser]

@@AlcoLoco251 shut up

[@espeescotty]

I like it! I hope it stays untouched for a long time. I also like CSX's take on their official heritage units. I think it is creative and they look good. Of course, the whole unit in heritage paint would be nice too, but I do like the split identities.

[@kingjames8283]

Truthfully, I love it and the bright front-end stands out and is easier to see. The yellow, orange, and blue colors mesh together pretty good. It would be nice if CSX would repeat this exact same scheme incluing Chessie the cat on all their locomotives. I've never been a fan of drab dull colors which is what CSX has a whole fleet of. When BNSF and Union Pacific come along, they are bright and colorful and worthy of a stop to admire. When CSX and NS come along I'm like, hurry up and get this over with it hurts my eyes. What would be even better is if CSX kept this color scheme and carried the pattern nose to tail, that would look damn awesome. The orange band and especially on the handrails is what makes it stand out. Whomever the vandal is, praise be you, good job.

[@ARP_GA]

Glad you could see it, that thing looks awesome! Very much an oddball. Nice video Charlie!

[@darreng745]

Whoever painted it is a railfan with a sense of history and let's hope the CSX management don't order it's removal. it is nice to see Chessie back again asleep where she belongs, on the head end.

[@whiteknightcat]

Or a former employee with an old Chessie paint stencil, or the ability to produce one.

[@mathuetax]

Not too bad applying the huge vinyl decal Chessie "C", in closer photos you can see the bubbles since I'm sure they didn't have time to fully squeegee them out fully. Can't say I can condone it, BUT it's way better and more topical than the typical detestable graffiti I see. I'd say this nose job probably took the person/s less than an hour to cover the [CSX] and add the orange at the top (lots of what appears to be overspray on the top of the hood) and finally apply the Chessie logo. Considering how elaborate some cars get sprayed this could certainly be doable and look decent from several feet away. Long term I'd wager it will not weather very well.

[@MikeKostecky]

I like it!!! And I liked the Chessy System paint scheme because it was bright and colorful. FAR FAR better than ANY of the CSX schemes. Why they went to that drab colorless scheme is beyond me.

[@ns4270railfan]

Of all the trains I've seen I've seen graffiti from basic letters and designs to very creative. I also remember seeing on a boxcar that had David Hasselhoff and K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider painted on it, and no I didn't get that on video. I would love to see a mural of the Dukes of Hazzard on a train car sometime, or maybe a mural the 3 Stooges painted on a freight car. Now that would be something to see Moe, Larry, and either Curly or Shemp painted on a freight car. Thanks for sharing this tape.

[@isaacdyer6556]

Why not both? And add Curly Joe as well.

[@ns4270railfan]

@@isaacdyer6556 That would be interesting too. Curly Joe was alright, but better than that Joe Besser guy. Besser didn't like how Moe would hit him so hard in which causes him to say "Not so hard". I happen to have his episodes on DVD, but after watching some of those episodes and seeing what Besser do, and since after, I don't watch the episodes with Joe Besser much, but I like the others. Curly was the greatest followed by Shemp and Curly Joe.

[@turnerdeedo4633]

You know, something I would love to see a railroad do, and I would probably have it happen if I ran a shortline or something, is actually allow and promote custom paintwork on rail equipment. Generally, as long as the graffiti on a train car does not cover up writing or logos, there's no reason for the company to remove it and therefore it stays. My idea is that the railroad could allow people to come in and paint whatever they want (as long as it's safe for work, does not cover anything important and the railroad approves) on the train car or perhaps even a locomotive. If the equipment was already out of service for whatever reason and company charged money to allow the painting to take place, they could offset any potential money lost by the equipment being out of service. I've seen some graffiti on train cars before that actually looked really nice and I would regret to remove it if that was my job. Imagine what some artists could do if they had the time to paint a whole mural on the side of a high-cube boxcar!

[@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks]

i'm pretty sure that a lot of rail companies look the otherway when it comes to grafiti anyway and really only give a shit when it's actually provacative/offensive in the wrong way and otherwise covers up or obfuscates logos and other markings. they have so much rail equipment and can't keep repainting things all the time. that chessie logo is likely going to stay on that locomotive so long as it doesn't need a painjob.

[@ellisjackson3355]

I share the same sentiment. I've seen some really nice art work on train cars

[@nos9784]

In europe, it's often subway trains that get painted- including the windows, which is a proplem. For most sprayers, doing it illegally seems to be part of the "kick". I agree, let them do it legally where it doesn't hurt- encourage good things, it helps to stop the problematic ones. Als, you can put moss and milk in a blender, and do moss graffiti that will grow :)

[@blackstone1a]

honestly same, buy a few more modern spare freight cars and every couple of months invite a bunch of artists to go wild on em and do a photo freight at the end of the event.

[@ellisjackson3355]

@@blackstone1a railroads are money minded so the best bet would be to take some older freight cars, refurbish them, and then invite some artists (which they may have to pay, although they don't seem to mind doing for free seeing as how many train cars have graffiti on them) to do their work

[@arlingtontrains7]

Absolutely beautiful! As the scheme should be!

[@bobjohnson6371]

Pretty cool. There's a rr bridge a couple miles from my house that still has the Chessie logo painted on it. Love the history.

[@WVRailroadPapa]

Enjoyed your video. Just one thing: Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company created in 1973 to control the C&O, B&O, and WM. While departments at the higher levels were combined, the railroads were separate companies. Under CSX ownership, the WM was merged into the B&O around 1983. In March 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O, and in August of the same year, the C&O was merged into CSX Transportation.

[@supermarkie624]

This happened in NY with another GP40, but they painted it into the con rail scheme

[@northgacub]

Chessie painted units did make it into the 21st century- several GP40’s and a couple of GP38’s lasted into 2000 and beyond. A Couple of 40’s became RC Drone units left unpainted until 2008 when they were converted into Road Slugs

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

Whoever did it, did a great job.

[@AlcoLoco251]

No they didn't. The colors are all wrong. They just used CSX blue and yellow and the "vermilion" is just florescent spray paint orange. So lazy.

[@eastamericantrains589]

@@AlcoLoco251there you go again complaining. Can you do better?

[@AlcoLoco251]

@@eastamericantrains589 can you guys about CSX's heritage units?

[@GBRf66715_]

@@AlcoLoco251quit complaining. If you can do a better job then go and do it yourself. Karen

[@Basinrails]

The real question is, can he do these on BNSF Dash 9s? I want the old Warbonnets back.

[@nigelrichardson4327]

Some crews restored the Santa Fe long hood in BNSF 552, and in May some Conrail employees restored the caboose that runs on ME-2. As for this thought I think it was simply some creative vandalism in the likes of UP 3994 & 1009.

[@the_atsf_railfan2926]

Even though it's vandalism I would still love to see someone do the same thing but with a santa fe locomotive

[@rodneystewart8958]

It's not hurting anyone leave it alone

[@chuckgilly]

I'm with you, just leave it alone.

[@lawrencejneuser8801]

If you had the right dedication in the right kind of people you can have that done in about 10 minutes

[@rearspeaker6364]

mor then one 4 for sure.

[@tomy.1846]

We need more of this!!!!!! Come on CSX, paint up a few more!!!!!!!

[@kirkdooley8190]

You know your railroad has a yard security problem when your LOCOMOTIVES get tagged. (I'm takin to YOU, Union Pacific.)

[@chuckhalen9543]

Id honestly be ok if every locomotive in the entire UP fleet got tagged back to a dark grey and scarlet red color with the words, "Southern Pacific" back on them.

[@NukaOrQuantum]

Employee(s) paint job or not, it looks amazing and fits the engine well. Hope it stays that way, lol.

[@JKLeeRoss]

I do like the way that it looks. I hope that it was done by the guys inside the shop. I hope that they do not change it out. Great Job😀

[@ChamplainDivision]

Everybody loves a mystery. The Cedartown Wye where the old Seaboard Station once stood is relatively isolated. If CSX kept it's local engine there at night, then Wah - Lah!

[@biscuitag97]

It looks shop painted/stenciled. None the less someone masked off all the windows etc. Probably some shop employees who know its better to ask for forgiveness than permission

[@BRIANumber7-RCandModels]

A "graffiti artist" that actually left the important numbers and stickers alone for once

[@TrainsInCartersville]

Wyvern yard Cartersville Georgia! Caught 6914 yesterday. Someone did it while it was sitting in a yard in Cedartown ga

[@dave2676]

If it's vandalism they went through the trouble of putting the information decals on top of there paint job.

[@railfan475productions3]

finally, a good looking CSX heritage unit

[@MrAwesomedude808]

0:46! Good catch! I’m not even done with the video and I have to say you got lucky with a CNW hopper!

[@davidstrawn9272]

If it was the vandal who did it, then he must be a "good vandal"! He's like "a Vandal version of Robin Hood", from damaging the present to restore the past, making the railfans happy!

[@roballen5670]

I always loved that Chessie System paint scheme.

[@phuturephunk]

I can tell you, as someone who's been a part of and keeps tabs on the art crimes community that one of the rules is you do not write on the power. Not only do you not usually have the access to do so, but it tends to bring a bunch of heat from the authorities. Whoever did that nose, did so in the paint shop.

[@mikegaskin5542]

Wish the graffiti artists of Germany had that rule. Here passenger equipment is tagged all the time

[@Thomasdatankengine]

“the virus has begun, all engines, stay away from 6914”

[@NickyClassicBackArchives]

now when is the seaboard vandalism gonna happen.

[@gamerfan8445]

Or the conrail

[@DanHPage]

Charlie, very interesting video and some good history, too! Good job. Thanks, Dan Page

[@brettmacdonald1838]

Awesome! Very professionally done video with lots of great info. I found your video on Trains mag forum blog. Good wishes to all out there, be safe, and enjoy. -Northern California railfan. 🍻

[@BNSF1238]

Bruh did a better job painting the nose of a locomotive than a professional paint shop. Keep it

[@RDC_Autosports]

you’re kidding me!? i wish they did the GEVO like this. hope they leave it like that!

[@chrisbrown6945]

And all honesty I hope they finish the rest of the locomotive

[@jerryhund5630]

I will personally donate to this effort. We need more Heritage Units on every railroad.

[@EngineerDaylight]

Whoever did that has the utmost respect. He's a talented artist. I dont stand for Vandalism, but I can't stand to call it vandalism because of how Well done they made it. Imo, this is one Graffiti paint job Id love to see a class I Keep.

[@M_Miles]

Hi v12! love your videos! keep it up! :D

[@v12productions]

Thanks, will do!

[@harrisonlewis6853]

The orange stripe was surely done by a "pro" and the front doors were painted yellow below the windows. CSX will probably keep it that way until it needs to shopped. Check out the front stantions, their orange too

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

Great stuff as always! I do find it difficult to believe that someone/people took the locomotive 30 miles away and painted it. Who knows?! It is CSX!

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

@@AlcoLoco251I didn’t say the locomotive was great. V12’s videos are great stuff. Also, if you read my entire comment, you would see that I am unimpressed with CSX, no matter what their locomotives look like.

[@bhigdaddymark]

Let's all hope that it isn't removed. Great informative video!

[@JCR43221]

I love the old Chessie logo and it would be great to see more of them come out of retirement.

[@andybreglia9431]

Reminds me of a Mad magazine article about an outfit called DeSpray Institute, a college level school that teaches graffiti application. Includes graffiti markers, spray and brush graffiti, monumental graffiti with letters ten feet high, using fertilizer to graffiti lawns, how to safely apply graffiti to freeway overpasses. It mentions that criminal backgrounds is no bar to employment as a graffiti application specialist. At the end, it mentions DeSpray graduates who are all balls and no brains sitting on some kind of a sling applying graffiti on the side of a moving train.

[@ericdelgado3395]

Wait I say it's pretty good and looks Fairly Professional but there is a LOT of overspray on the Antiglare panel It looks like they either masked the windshield or had Cleaner to wipe the glass clean of the overspray !! If they did mask the windshield why not just put the piece of cardboard up against panel not to be painted IT LOOKS GOOD I like that nose better than the CSX Heritage units but I think they were just making a reverse Heritage unit 1/4 of it done leaving it unfinished like CSX DID lol

[@distantsignal]

Whomever this vandal is did a fine job on both graphic design and paint execution... but THIS VIDEO is fantastic! Excellent, EXCELLENT coverage of facts and history.

[@v12productions]

Thank you, sir!

[@GeorgiaStateRailfan]

I can't help but admire some of these graffiti artists. Whoever did this should be a professional artist.

[@stanfischer6175]

"Tagging" of railcars is so common now that modelers have their miniature box cars graffiti-ed so they look more like the prototype. A few months ago I saw a box car with the "F" word that was the size of the car! I feel that a lot of the probation and community service handed down to these misguided youths should include the removal of graffiti from buildings but rail cars would probably be too dangerous. .

[@ImpendingJoker]

The over spray on the top tells me it was a rush job that was done "under the radar" but I do think it was done by someone at CSX and not by some random kids.

[@beeble2003]

Lots of tagged UP locomotives in SoCal but, yeah, as a whole it's mostly freight cars.

[@t26e3pershingtank]

Okay but someone had to have gotten together with the paint shop guys and gone "fine, we'll do it ourselves" because those look absolutely amazing

[@skittlesandfriends5710]

That’s awesome, I have a book on the creation of Chessie the Cat, “Chessie the Railroad Kitten” By Thomas W. Dixon Jr And it’s a fascinating look at how this mascot became such a excellent marketing tool for the railroad, With Calendars, Coloring books, Comics, postcards, posters, etc… It was so popular that they created a family around her of a husband cat (who served in World War 2) and her two kittens.

[@tuxcats8518]

We have a Chessie mascot at the Lee Hall Depot Museum in Newport News VA that makes public appearances.

[@tuxcats8518]

If CSX doesn't want the Chessie train, Lee Hall Depot has an empty track space just the right size. That train would look sharp against our historic yellow building and next to our Chessie System caboose. All aboard!

[@Sohave]

This is not a rattle can job and masking was applied, suggesting it was done by someone who had both the time and resources of a workshop. My guess is that it was done by staff during maintenance, and it was either low level authorized, a test or the staff acting on their own initiative.

[@rickdee67]

ANOTHER excellent video from V12! That chessie vandalism looks pretty cool but the faded one was awesome!

[@Dave-xh9oc]

Used to see the old cat logo Chessie's growing up in Windsor Ontario. Had a ballcap and even a model train with that logo. Nice to see it back!

[@Trainbuff26]

(Leaves a few cans of purple, white, and silver paint near that Wye) Oh no! I sure hope those vandals don't do the Atlantic Coast Line paint scheme on the nose of another locomotive! That would be awful!

[@AngryCatMan1982]

I'm still questioning how an ACL purple heritage unit is going to look. If the entire locomotive were painted in the ACL livery, it would look rather sweet. However, purple & silver against blue & yellow? The same goes for SAL green as well.

[@matthewpowell2429]

I hope CSX decides to keep it. It may have been done by vandals, but you can't deny they did a stellar job of it.

[@ATrainGames]

LOVE IT! CSX should have done it RIGHT in the first place!

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

They rarely announce "fun" events for regular people.

[@Db--jt7bt]

I remember going to Spencer Shops in 2012 to see all the NS heritage units together!

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

It obvious that someone in the paint shop did. I highly doubt that it is vandalism.

[@kellhound7227]

Sanctioned or not, leave it! It’s beautiful on the nose like that!

[@THE_IRON_HORSE]

I heard rumors of the guys in the paint shed might have done this either for shits and giggles or either this unit was in a wreck and they wanted to do something a little different or they just got a Chesse Hood and slapped it on

[@Flight--tz5nf]

I was always a fan of the classic Black, Orange and Yellow paint scheme. My thought is CSX is honoring it's heritage sort of like how airlines do it. American Airlines painting a plane or two in the old Piedmont color's. I think the rail line did it.

[@Real_Jtizzle]

I seriously doubt this was done by employees as theorized by some. Cedartown is a tiny town with a short branch line for csx and a slightly more used ns line. Someone could have easily have snuck into the yard and had all evening and night to work after it was tied down for the day.

[@MBTA1234]

I'm genuinely impressed with how accurate the Chessie system logo was painted

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

CSX #6914 isn't a true CSX heritage unit. A vandal drew that on the nose. CSX #6914 still looks amazing

[@chrisbrown6945]

Vandalism or not I think that’s fantastic. Chessie system in my personal opinion. What is the best paint scheme and should never have left

[@kerryrock9248]

Great paint job. They masked off everything so not to hurt anything mechanical or cover the windows. Whoever did a great job. Kind of like the caboose on the Lorain Ohio line that was painted into B&O!

[@josephscarfo5972]

Honest to God, it looks so professional that I don't think it's vandalism!!!!! Excellent 👌 Paint Job, Who ever Did this!!!!🚂🚂🚂

[@georgiarailproductions]

Great Video man! Nice meeting you yesterday.

[@v12productions]

Thanks man!

[@georgiarailproductions]

@@v12productions yep!

[@armyguy918]

I think you are overthinking it. CSX probably either did it and just didn't advertise it or it was one of a few holdouts that nobody outside of CSX knew about.

[@Hunter_Dawso]

It says a lot when vandals did a better job than the Waycross shops. The Federal Yellow and Enchantment Blue of the logo is actually dead nuts on.

[@kens.3729]

This Unit Most Definitely received New Paint in CSX Paint Shop by Professionals. It’s Not a Coincidence that this Specific Unit was a Chessie System Unit. 😬👍

[@trekzilladmc]

If they don't want to keep the orange & yellow paint scheme, and since the C actually stands for "Chessie", I think they should alter the current C in the "CSX" logo back to resemble the original Chessie cat letter C. It would make a better logo transition representing Chessie and Seaboard System.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

this just screams "shop guys had an idea." the local management is probably aware/aproved of it while CSX's higher ups are not/can't be bothered to ruin the fun.

[@BobBob-eh5sb]

Idk, but it looks good and I’m not going to lose much sleep wondering about it.

[@jeffreygosselin7576]

Beautiful work! Love ❤️ Chessie System.

[@Cnw8701]

Can't believe this happened again! Remember that PRLX (ex-CSX) SD70ACe that had the C&O logos painted on it?

[@Crocfan20]

This is so professionally done, no way a single street artist could of pulled this off. My guess is that a few employees got together to do the deed. Regardless this is excellent and I hope "Chessie" sticks around for a good while.

[@AlcoLoco251]

They could have at least gotten the colors right and painted the whole engine while they were at it.

[@eastamericantrains589]

@@AlcoLoco251you could at least quit complaining and appreciate how well this turned out for a midnight rattle can paint job

[@AlcoLoco251]

@@eastamericantrains589 not until you all stop complaining about CSX's heritage units.

[@eastamericantrains589]

@@AlcoLoco251 it’s not my fault they suck ass

[@enjoyinsanity7065]

Paint shop better hire whoever did that.

[@marinablueGS]

Thanks for explaining about the Chessie logo. I thought it was a cat but didn't know the story behind it.