Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

R.I.P CSX 3099 Spirit of West Springfield.

Its just a locomotive... It can be replaced. Human life can't.

ToledoRailfan wrote:Its just a locomotive... It can be replaced. Human life can't.

True, but it's certainly a disappointment.

CSX have sold 4688 (Spirit of Tampa) off to PRLX...

I seriously wonder if these Spirit locomotives will be put on CSX's newer locomotives or they'll just become near-extinct.

NathanFromEngland wrote:CSX have sold 4688 (Spirit of Tampa) off to PRLX...

I seriously wonder if these Spirit locomotives will be put on CSX's newer locomotives or they'll just become near-extinct.

Probably near extinct. I doubt CSX really cares about having them unlike NS, UP, and AMTK with their heritage units. Though I'm willing to bet that CSX will also designate some new ones when they're through cutting locomotives.

Here's the update.

496 CW44AH Retired; Wrecked May, 2018; YN2; Blt 2000
4675 SD70M Retired: YN3B; Built in 1992 as EMDX 7000
4678 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7003
4683 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7008
4685 SD70M Retired; YN3B; "Spirit of Mulberry"; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7010
4687 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7012
4688 SD70M Retired; YN3B; "Spirit of Tampa"; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7013
4689 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7014
4693 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7018
4694 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7019
4696 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7021
4698 SD70M Retired; YN3; Built in 1995 as EMDX 7023
6044 GP38-2S YN3 Repaint
7761 C40-8W Retired; Wrecked May, 2018; YN3B; Blt 1992

Retirement Detail – Update to fleet Size:
Now 0 SD70M (-11)
Now 195 C40-8W (-1)
Now 128 CW44AH (-1)

Current Paint totals, (pct), change:
YN3B: 1428 (37.15%), -3
YN3: 1925 (50.05%), -9
YN2: 491 (12.77%), -1

Builder totals, (pct), change:
General Electric: 1920 (49.95%) -2
Electro-Motive: 1324 (34.44%) -11
CSX in-house: 234 (6.09%)
Other: 366 (10.00%)

Built for totals, (pct)
CSX Transportation: 2672 (69.51%) -2
Seaboard System: 493 (12.83%)
Chessie System: 401 (10.43%)
Conrail: 273 (7.10%)
EMD Locomotive Leasing: 2 (0.05%) -11
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac: 3 (0.08%)

Traction Type
AC: 1566 (-1)
DC: 2278 (-12)

YN2 EMDs Remaining: 27

Average Fleet Build Date*: 1996.36 (0.01 years newer)
Total Units on Roster: 3844 (-13)
Total Available Horsepower: 13,036,800 (-52,400)

No more SD70Ms left on this roster sadly...

I'm still thinking if CSX is going to keep their CW44AC/CW44AHs...

They likely are, seeing as the one that was retired was wrecked.

According to CSX Locomotives, some people believe the wrecked CSX spirit of West Springfield looks repairable, In my opinion, it's false. Based on how bad the damage, I'd say they just scrap this locomotive.

Ethan the Railfanner wrote:According to CSX Locomotives, some people believe the wrecked CSX spirit of West Springfield looks repairable, In my opinion, it's false. Based on how bad the damage, I'd say they just scrap this locomotive.

For all we know, they may rebuild the locomotive.

NathanFromEngland wrote:

Ethan the Railfanner wrote:According to CSX Locomotives, some people believe the wrecked CSX spirit of West Springfield looks repairable, In my opinion, it's false. Based on how bad the damage, I'd say they just scrap this locomotive.

For all we know, they may rebuild the locomotive.

As long as the frame is alright, then it can easily be completely rebuilt from the frame up if necessary. The ES44AH was only just the previous generation of GE locomotive, and I think they can still even be ordered brand new as "Tier-4 Credit Units", so they can easily rebuild it as an ES44AH. Who knows though, it might get rebuilt as an ET44AH.