CSX's newest locomotive?

[conrail1]

I dont know how recent this was but look what i found on railpictures.com.


Apperently it is a former mark locomotive and will be used for a geometry train and business excursions.

[Ericmopar]

What the devil is that?
It looks like it's a Franken loco. SD-45 hood, Comfort Cab etc.
Maybe a F or FP unit chassis.
Blomberg trucks.

[Noel]

Devil spawn! Run for it!

[Ericmopar]

That's what happens when the shop people have too many spares around. Time and parts. LOL
Either that or someone doesn't spay and neuter their locos. That's really irresponsible.

[AdmiralLeviathan]

Well I like it

[DrewG]

It's weird but will become a foamer friendly unit soon.

[jwtheiv]

A little digging has this as a rebuilt gp40wh-2 that was purchased from the MARC system and renumbered to CSX 9969

[ColoradoRailfan]

Its a GP40WH-2, this particular locomotive (CSX 9969) was former MARC 69.

What surprises me the most is that this locomotive does not have Ditchlights, only the Main Headlight on the Nose and a Gyralight on the top.
Even that locomotive when it was still in MARC scheme was still running in passenger service a couple months ago without ditchlights, the same went for MARC 56.

[buzz456]

ooooh rivet counting gone mad.

[JohnTrainHead]

So this is what MARC did with their GP40s.....