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Curt Beal's Collection
 
4/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: CSX Railroad
Model:EMD GP40-2Built As:CO 4279 (GP40-2)
Serial Number:776085-18Order No:776085
Frame Number:776085-18Built:1/1978
Notes:Ex-CSXT 6178, Ex-C&O 4279.Rebuilt to CSX 6563
Other locos with this serial:  CSX 6417(GP40-2) CSX 6178(GP40-2)
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CSX 6417 and 2216
Title:  CSX 6417 and 2216
Description:  Another slug and mother set has been brought in to work the CSX yard in Connellsville. Here it is seen in downtown Conellsville in front of the municipal building. CSX 6417 is former C&O 4279 built in 1978. CSX 2216 is former B&O 6966 GP30 built way back in December 1962.
Photo Date:  9/9/2011  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 12:56:23 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 6417(GP40-2) CSX 2216(Road Slug)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
CSX 7895 and CSX 6417
Title:  CSX 7895 and CSX 6417
Description:  It's YN2 paint versus YN3 paint, with a westbound intermodal train passing the yard job in Connellsville. CSX 6417 is former C&O 4279 built in 1978
Photo Date:  9/9/2011  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 1:17:30 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7895(C40-8W) CSX 6417(GP40-2)
Views:  191   Comments: 2
CSX 6417 (2)
Title:  CSX 6417 (2)
Description:  Mother/slug yard job switching tracks at the west end of the Connellsville CSX yard to start the daily autorack sorting. Sometimes it is an all day job. The days of manned locomotives on yard jobs here may soon be a thing of the past, as signs have already been put up warning of remote-controlled locomotives on duty. CSX 6417 is former C&O 4279 built in 1978.
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 10/13/2011 8:34:18 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6417(GP40-2) CSX 2216(Road Slug)
Views:  237   Comments: 1
CSX 6417 and 2216 (2)
Title:  CSX 6417 and 2216 (2)
Description:  A nice looking GP40-2 doing yard duties on number 4 track, on a perfect late-summer day. This is former C&O 4279 built in 1978
Photo Date:  9/12/2011  Upload Date: 9/16/2011 3:55:09 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6417(GP40-2)
Views:  173   Comments: 1


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