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CSX AC4400CW No. 366 (YN3b - Chessie System sticker)

(Requested by The Trainfan 9782).

(If you have a livery request for me, you may leave it in the comments. However, I will only accept your request if B) I like your idea and a) you word it as a question, preferably without the word 'please' as I find it a bit cringe-worthy. Also, you have to use punctuation, unlike some idiots I've seen who don't use punctuation and still think they can get a request done. You know who you are).

(If you don't get those rules right first time, your request will be denied).

CSX 366 was built by General Electric in 1998, and is one of 615 AC4400CW’s operated by the railroad. This engine has had a fairly uneventful life while operating in the eastern United States, running in states such as Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky.

When she was first built, the locomotive carried CSX’s YN2 or ‘Bright Future’ livery. In 2015 CSX repainted their 366 into YN3b livery, albeit with the Chessie System logo on both sides of the short-hood. The Chessie System - or Chesapeake & Ohio Railway - was a rail company that operated from 1869 to 1987, when it was inherited by CSX.

Unlike Norfolk Southern or Union Pacific, CSX never went all the way to repainting locomotives in heritage liveries, and just did pseudo-heritage units as was the case with 366.

In March 2016, CSX 366 was in an unfortunate situation when she caught fire in the Jones & Laughlin tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The story goes that the fire started on one of the traction motors after it - somehow - caught the fuel line. Thankfully the fire was put out without causing any injuries to the crew.

After being repaired, 366 was put back into service. Though she did receive a new long-hood with the YN3 logo. This left the engine as a YN3/YN3b hybrid, as she retained the ‘boxcar’ logo on the front and back. She is still running today, but doesn’t appear to carry the Chessie System logo anymore.