Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX Business Train ?

I have seen the CSX Business/Executive train power, the F40PH's, what does the rest of the train look like ? And what does OCS, on the NS train, stand for ?

Up on the soap box. Any railroad that preserves equipment like the F's on NS, or the 844 on UP, are alright in my book.
Off the soap box.

Thank you in advance.

Dan.

OCS = "Office Car Special." To my knowledge, that term originated with Conrail, and I don't know if NS officially uses it or if fans have perpetuated it.

Going away,into a thunderstorm. Beaver PA. 8/4/04

Paul

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also of note, each car of the CSX business train is named for a state served (in some mediocre fashion, no doubt) by CSX.

DRLOCO Wrote:
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> also of note, each car of the CSX business train
> is named for a state served (in some mediocre
> fashion, no doubt) by CSX.

Most of the cars carry state names, but a lounge car in the fleet is named "Greenbriar," for CSX's internationally renowned resort in West Virginia, and a sleeper in the official fleet is named "Youngstown." The latter car's name is espcially approproriate as it started life as the Erie Railroad's (and then Erie Lackawanna's) 10 roomette, 5 double bedroom sleeper "Spirit of Youngstown." I believe a number of other cars in the CSX official fleet also carry city names.

Art House

There is one very glaring state name omission from the current CSX office car fleet. While at one time they had an active car for this state, they have not had so in at least 15 years. There's my trivia question for the weekend... name the car/state.

Since you're from Ohio, that'll be my guess :)

Doesn't one of the CSX geometry cars carry the name Ohio?

Most of the NS cars are also named for states, though there are a few that aren't. "W. Graham Claytor," "Buena Vista Lake," and "General William Mahone" come to mind, there might be one or two others.

"Ohio" is the generator car on the track geometry train. Guess again ;-)

I love it.

DRLOCO Wrote:
> is named for a state served (in some mediocre
> fashion, no doubt) by CSX.

pennsy3750 Wrote:
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> Most of the NS cars are also named for states,
> though there are a few that aren't. "W. Graham
> Claytor," "Buena Vista Lake," and "General William
> Mahone" come to mind, there might be one or two
> others.


The diner NS "General William Mahone" is a former NW revenue service diner, and has retained that name since its days in regularly scheduled passenger service.

Art House

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I took a few pictures of the CSX business car fleet.
Let me know if you can view the photos or if you have to click on the link.

The states served by CSX without office cars are: Virginia (CSX in incorporated in Virginia, hence the glaring omission), Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina, Alabama, and New Jersey.

K8DTI Wrote:
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> The states served by CSX without office cars are:
> Virginia (CSX in incorporated in Virginia, hence
> the glaring omission), Pennsylvania, Maryland,
> Delaware, South Carolina, Alabama, and New Jersey.

I'm surprised at there not being a "Maryland," as that's where the nation's first common carrier (and CSX component), the Baltimore & Ohio RR, was incorporated over 180 years ago.

There may have been cars that are now retired with said state names. I did photograph CSX's "Virginia" at Russell, Kentucky in 1987.

There is a "Baltimore" but not a Maryland. There is a Alabama.

CSX has fielded two business trains on a few occasions. That's an impressive number of cars in play.