The CSX Loop On The Grandkids Layout

So far I have been commenting on the Norfolk Southern loop of the grandkids layout. today I will concentrate on the CSX loop. It is pulled by 3 GE Dash 8-40B locomotives.

Dash 8-40B (B40-8)

UP B40-8B, #1869.

In 1988 and 1989, a total of 150 units of this model were produced.

Substantial orders for the model came from ATSF (40 units), Conrail (30 units), New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (24 units), and the model's biggest customer, St. Louis Southwestern Railway (54 units).

There were also small orders from Providence and Worcester Railroad (4 units), the United States Department of Energy (Savannah River Site), and a GE demonstrator unit.

They represent the central loop on the layout and at the moment pull 5 freight cars and a caboose.

The Dash 8 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems. It replaced the Dash 7 Series in the mid-1980s, and was superseded by the Dash 9 Series in the mid-1990s.

All models of the Dash 8 Series are powered by a 16- or 12-cylinder, turbocharged, GE 7FDL 4-stroke diesel engine.