Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX locomotive questions

Is there an online website to see when certain units were purchased and when the paint schemes changed ?

Thanks
Gary

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Many online rosters include locomotive "built" dates. RRPictureArchives notably has a listing of "other" engines that had the same serial number as a given locomotive, which allows you to trace a particular engine's reporting-mark history.

But I am not aware of any resource listing when locomotives were repainted. The closest could be old issues of The Bull Sheet, which listed CSX locomotives by paint scheme a couple times per year; comparing one such list to the next would at least narrow the time frame for repaintings. But how much of that material is available online, I couldn't tell you.

Photos on a site like RRPictureArchives could also help with such research. The photo quality on that specific site is, to be charitable, uneven, but if all you're seeking is paint-scheme info, quality is secondary.

Gary, the Bullsheet has painting info, but not bulit/purchased date info.  I use rrpicturearchives for that.  Gerry

Thanks all

Gary

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mully Wrote:
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Purchased in the stone age....painted only when there was no alternative....

Rrpicturearchives has been missing for three days.  THE DIESEL SHOP is a suggestion.

Gerry, what is a "Bullsheet" and where might I find them?  I have heard folks speak about train symbols and schedules, and would like to know how to find that resource information.  When I am out at a location like Point-Of-Rocks, I would love to know what trains to expect.  Sounds like perhaps a Bullsheet might have that information?  

jcreed111 Wrote:
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> Gerry, what is a "Bullsheet" and where might I
> find them?  I have heard folks speak about train
> symbols and schedules, and would like to know how
> to find that resource information.  When I am out
> at a location like Point-Of-Rocks, I would love to
> know what trains to expect.  Sounds like perhaps
> a Bullsheet might have that information?  

bullsheet.com.  It is a website that morphed from a newsletter started by a B&O operator.  IIRC, it originally was to list what Chessie engines were still in their original paint and what ones were in Chessie yellow.