B&O/C&O Painted units

Is CSX still operating B&O/C&O paint schemes? I think I have seen an SD40, for CSX still in C&O livery, some time go, maybe 5 years.

Why not paint 5 units lets say for all the raods that went into CSX. EH?

Here are photos of all locomotives in a predecessor's paint scheme. (Excluding Conrail.)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... px?id=6427
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... px?id=6428
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... x?id=22305
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... x?id=26664
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... x?id=41971
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... x?id=33442
4601 & 4617 now have ditch lights. Which means they can lead on trains over 20mph.

What does it take to keep a locomotive in old paint that long? Is someone at the paint shop actively making sure these few units don't make it in?

It's no surprise that Chessie geep was captured in Muskegon with a exGP30 slug - we used to get the junkiest geeps coming down the PM in the summertime with a sand train.

I think its nice to see old Railroad paint schemes.... especially pre-merger. I hope there are REAL railfans working in the shops at CSX....

If so.... You GUYS (AND GALS) RULE!! Thanks for not letting us forget the old roads!

CSX 4617 is still (mostly) painted in C&O blue. It has had yellow added to the nose by CSX but otherwise looks pretty good. It is the only Chessie-predecessor unit remaining, not counting the units acquired in the Conrail split.

Why did CSX have to put on the Yellow fronts/rears? Makes them look bad.

Visibility. They learned their lessons with the "stealth" era, then slapped yellow ends on everything.

Safety - Covering the proverbial posterior so that in litigation, someone injured can't say; "But your honor, I didn't see it coming!" Put it in bright colors, or candy striping and only Helen Keller would miss it.

These paint schemes surviving may also be due in part to expense. Is there any movement afoot in the corporate offices to retain heritage paint schemes?