80macs
Favorite locos
the CSX/NS 80MACs
and the UP-CP-CITX 90macs
All images copyright by Jerry Custer
NS 80MAC's make a surprise visit to Potomac Valley
Some how these 2 SD80MACs got away from their captive service
in the Altoona-Cresson-South Fork area. Thanks to heads up from
Jeff Hawkins their were plenty of Railfans out to record their journey
back north to the Altoona area.
I was able to catch them on the Hagerstown line near MP 14.4
Antietam Station, Sharpsburg, Md .
80MAC 7202 & 7211 lead NS northbound 227
These 2 were not wasting any time when they came past the station at Antietam
I was hoping for a snow flurry shot, but that didnt happen
Nice to see them in Maryland, Hope they come back.
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CSX-xConrail 80Macs
CSX 800 and 802 with E101 empties at Mtn Rd, Weverton, Md 08-03-2
I saw these loco's on one of their first break in runs in Feb 1996
making round trips between Altoona -Conway on CR Coal and
Merchandise trains I was only doing VHS Video at that time,
so I have no photo's from that day. After the Conrail split up the
CSX units started to show up almost immeadiately on coal
trains from Cumberland . These coal trains usually stay in Brunswick , Md over night. Then go to the ex-Conrail Benning yard located in Washington DC the next day and then to power plants located on the Pope's creek branch.
Catching one of the MACs on a coal train is fairly common in the Brunswick area. Usually D742 will have one or more in its consist. Also lately the have shown up leading on Merchandise trains like Q296, Q398 and on the Q400 trains running between Cumberland, Md and Richmond, Va.
They are rare and only 30 were built
Conrail bought EMD's 2 Demo units and built the other 28 at their Altoona Shops
After the Conrail breakup CSX got 13 units Road numbers 800-812
All CSX units were renumbered 4590-4602 to make room for new GE ES44AC units in 2006-2007
NS got the other 17 units road numbers 7200-7216
They could be found in 3 Different paint schemes on CSX as shown below
Scheme 1
Conrail paint renumbered to CSX 800 series
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scheme 2
CSX Bright Future
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scheme 3
Dark Future
0804 is the only 80Mac that had the extra o in its road #
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805 leads CSX Q296 on 11-24-06 at Bardanes Xing about a mile west of Shenandoah Jct ,Wva
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810 leads q416 west at Shen. Jct WVa
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801 in service as B211 helper at Point of Rocks, Md
This was the only 80Mac unit in the CSX "Bright Future" paint Scheme
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