CSX L78729 N @ CP S DANIA

Looking down on I-95 from SW 42nd St, #CSX6983 [GP40-2] and #CSX2383 [Road Slug] diverge off of Main 1 to take the New River drawbridge on their way north to Pompano Beach to work two customers for the day; one for Clean Harbors and eight for AmeriGas. Didn’t think I’d beat them from Opa-Locka to FTL, but I guess I-95’s morning rush traffic spared me while in pursuit of a venerable slug set.

 

RRPictureArchives has a photographic collection of 187 CSX road slug units, running from 2200 to 2387. CSX’s road slugs have been rebuilt from GP30’s, GP35’s, GP39’s, and GP40’s, although many of them have either been sold off, stored, or scrapped; word on the street is that only a dozen or less are still in service on CSX. Road Slug 2383, pictured here on L78729, was built in 1969 for the Chesapeake & Ohio as GP39 N° 3911. When CSX was formed, the 3911 would be renumbered to 4291. Come the year 2008 and the 3911 would be rebuilt into a CSX Road Slug, sporting its current number and paint scheme, paired with mother unit GP40-2 N° 6983.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL

SFRTA Mainline [CP S DANIA]

 

Date: 11/29/2022 | 09:46

 

ID: CSX L78729

Type: Local

Direction: Northbound

Car Count: 9

 

1. CSX GP40-2 #6983

2. CSX Road Slug #2383

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© Vicente Alonso 2022

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