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54K views · 1.1K reactions | Another CSX Heritage Locomotive is cruising across the rails! Painted by our #ONECSX team at the Waycross Locomotive Shop, CSX 1899 honors the Pere Marquette Railway which served the Great Lakes region in the early 1900s. Our fleet of heritage locomotives offers a tangible link to CSX's past for our employees and the communities across our network, even as we continue to innovate and lead the railroad industry into the future. | CSX | Facebook

The CSX fleet of heritage locomotives is continuing to grow with the introduction of CSX 1871 painted in a custom design honoring the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). First appearing in 1871, the ACL was officially incorporated in 1900 and extended from Georgia to Richmond, Virginia, and later into Florida. The ACL merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line, which later became part of CSX. CSX 1871 will carry the ACL colors across our 20,000-mile networ