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CSX-yn3
This newest scheme rolled out in February 2002. The yellow has changed to Dulux Gold, and the gray has been completely elimnated. The fuel tank and
trucks remain black. The slanted design of the nose is gone from the front.
Interestingly, the rear gold does not reach all the way to the bottom or top of the rear.
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CSX-bc
CSX-blue cab scheme, also known as YN2, Bright Future, or the "Hockey Stick" scheme.
With this scheme remaining virtually unchanged for over a decade, thousands of units have worn this scheme. The first to get it was B36-7 5895, which emerged
in this scheme in March of 1990 from the Waycross, GA shops. CW44AC, SD70AC and 3 pre-production CW60AC units received yellow lightning bolts under the road number.
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CSX-bc2
A modified version of the CSX-bc scheme unique to the CW60AC model. The large CSX lettering was modified to have a yellow
center with the remaining blue acting as an outline. Plus, dual lightning bolts were added bracketing the road number.
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CSX-o
Older, less reliable units were assigned to Maintenance of Way duties. Starting in April 1995, this all orange scheme was applied to these units
to match the paint of the rest of the various MofW fleet. 69 units (9 U18Bs, 6 U23Bs, 1 B23-7, 1 GP30M, 20 GP38s, & 32 GP40s) ended up in this scheme commonly referred to as the Pumpkin scheme.
The last pumpkin was painted in 1998.
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CSX-y
CSX's first attempt to increase their paint scheme visibility was this scheme, which debuted in August 1989 with yellow ends. The blue extending down below the windows on the cab
returned with this scheme, as did a black fuel tank and trucks. There was an SD40 rebuild program going on at the time this scheme was introduced, so many
of those units (8300-8438) emerged as SD40-2s in this scheme. 8420 was the first done and had all yellow handrails, plus a thicker yellow side sill, both of which were dropped
in all future repaints. No new units were delivered in this scheme, but there were 96 units repainted in this scheme.
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CSX-g
Released in November 1988, the ultra-conservative all gray scheme quickly earned the nickname "stealth" scheme due to their poor visibility, especially
in poor weather. 563 units wore this scheme, which was helped by the delivery of new Road slugs and C40-8s, plus rebuilt GP40-2s, with the vast majority being delivered
in this scheme.
The blue roofline and top half of the cab were eliminated, in favor of the masking friendly
scheme of gray from the walkway up, blue from the walkway down. The first one or two units done (2618 for sure) actually was entirely gray, complete with
fuel tank and trucks.
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CSX-yg
The CSX-g scheme as described above, with yellow ends added. Some units had the walkway skirting done in yellow as well.
Also, while the "CSX" lettering was added on both ends to most units, some had it on the front
only, and some didn't receive it on either end.
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CSX-rb
While CSX was painting units in the CSX-b scheme, a directive was issued to paint one locomotive for each of the nine operating divisions
in a Operation Red Block scheme. The CSX-rb scheme was just the CSX-b scheme with additional graphics on the flank of the units.
While there should only have been 9 units, there actually were 11 ORB units. The Mobile Division unit, GP40-2 6387, was sent to be rebuilt into a mother unit for the new road slugs coming to CSX.
Management must have figured that the 6387 would be repainted, leaving the Mobile division without an ORB unit, so they painted another, GP38 2048.
The 6387 did get a new number as a result of the rebuilding, but it was not repainted, so now it was operating as the Mobile division ORB unit 6483.
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CSX-yrb
The CSX-rb scheme as described above, with yellow ends added. Only GP40 6796 and GP38-2 2704 received the yellow nose job. The others were either
repainted into the later CSX-bc scheme, or retired in the CSX-rb scheme.
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CSX-b
Starting in October 1987, the CSX-blue scheme was a simplification of the CSX-s scheme. This scheme lasted through October of 1988 when it gave way to the stealth scheme. Instead of masking off the blue stripe just above the walkway and adding the
gray side skirting and black below that, eveything from the blue stripe down became blue. From the blue stripe up
there was no change from the previous scheme. 502 units ended up in this scheme, including the delivery of 20 new yard slugs, mated to GP38-2 2500-2519 that were rebuilt into mother units.
The repainted units all came from either Huntington or Waycross, as the ex L&N South Louisville Shops had been closed before this scheme originated.
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CSX-yb
The CSX-b scheme as described above, with yellow ends added. Some units had the walkway skirting done in yellow as well.
Also, while the "CSX" lettering was added on both ends to most units, some had it on the front
only, and some didn't receive it on either end.
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CSX-s
The CSX-stripe scheme, so named for the blue stripe just above the walkway, first appeared in August of 1986, and only lasted just over one year, ending roughly the end
of September 1987. During that time 178 units came to wear that scheme, about half of which were either GP40s or GP40-2s.
The only difference between this scheme and the CSX-t scheme is the large "CSX" lettering and the elimination of the word "transportation".
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CSX-ys
The CSX-s scheme as described above, with yellow ends added. Some units had the walkway skirting done in yellow as well.
Also, while the "CSX" lettering was added on both ends to most units, some had it on the front
only, and some didn't receive it on either end.
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CSX-t
The CSX-transportation scheme, was the first official scheme for CSX. After experimenting with a couple test paint jobs,
management settled on this blue and gray scheme. There were only 11 units ever to wear this scheme, with 5 done at Waycross (F7s 116,117,B30-7s 5508,5511, and U30C 7241),
5 at Louisville (GP40-2 6382, SD40 8310, SD45 8938, and SD45-2s 8961,8964), and 1 at Huntington (GP40-2 6344).
This scheme debuted in May 1986, but only lasted through August of that same year.
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CSX-gn
The CSX-gn green scheme was a one of a kind paint scheme only applied to NW2 9565. It was painted in the safety scheme
back in its days as Chessie B&O 5065, and retained that paint the rest of its life. It would annually receive updated safety slogans on the
cab sides, and never wandered far from its Cumberland, MD base.
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