CSX® Family Tree Series, Car#1

CSX®/ex. B&O®
This 3-bay covered hopper with elongated hatches is grey with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built by ACF in 1967 for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this three-bay 4,700 cubic-foot covered hopper was merged into the Chessie fleet in 1979, and eventually received a paintout and restenciling for CSX Railroad.

CSX® Family Tree Series, Car#2

CSXT®/ex-WM
This 2-bay covered hopper is tan with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1970 for Western Maryland, this 2,970 cubic-foot capacity hopper eventually made its way to CSX in the 1980s and was used to transport high-density granular commodities such as sand.

CSX® Family Tree Series, Car#3

This 2-bay covered hopper is tan with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1970 for Western Maryland, this 2,970 cubic-foot capacity hopper eventually made its way to CSX in the 1980s and was used to transport high-density granular commodities such as sand.

CSX® Family Tree Series, Car #4

This 50’ standard box car with 10’ single door, no roofwalk and short ladders is green with white and yellow lettering and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in the 1960s, this ex-Seaboard Air Line boxcar was patched for Seaboard Coast Line. Seaboard Air Line was founded in 1900 and existed until 1967 when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. At its height, it had over 4,000 miles of track across the South.

CSX® Family Tree Series, Car #5

Built in the 1960s, this ex-Atlantic Coast Line boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was patched for Seaboard Coast Line. Seaboard Air Line was founded in 1900 and existed until 1967 when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. At its height, it had over 4,000 miles of track across the South.

Seaboard Coast LineFamily Tree Series, Car #6

Built in the mid-1950s, this 40’ ex-Seaboard Coast Line boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was patched for the Seaboard System “Family Lines” Railroad. Seaboard Air Line merged with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1967, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which was then renamed Seaboard System in 1982. At its height, it had over 4,000 miles of track across the South.

SBD®/ex-L&N Weathered Family Tree Series Car #7

This 40’ box car with Bettendorf trucks was built for the Louisville & Nashville at part of a 250-car series. The L&N was a Class I railroad with just over 6,000 miles of track across the South-east US, before being merged into Seaboard System in the early 1980s. Seaboard Air Line merged with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1967, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which was then renamed Seaboard System in 1982.

CSX®/ex-SBD® Weathered Family Tree Series Car #8

Built for a Seaboard heritage railroad, this 50’ boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was last serviced in 1984, before making its way to CSX and getting a reporting mark patch. Seaboard Air Line was founded in 1900 and existed until 1967 when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. At its height, it had over 4,000 miles of track across the South.

CSX®/ex-Chessie® Weathered Family Tree Series Car #9

This ex-Chessie System 3-bay hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks eventually was merged into CSX Transportation’s fleet of hopper cars and received paint-out patches. Chessie System was formed through the 1972 mergers of Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland. It remained one of the largest East coast railroads until 1986 when Seaboard System merged with Chessie to form today’s rail giant, CSX Transportation.

CSX®/ex-Chessie® Weathered Family Tree Series Car #10

Built in October 1971 for New York Central/Penn Central, this 50’ gondola with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was used for Coil Steel Loading through its later Conrail acquisition, eventually becoming a Maintenance of Way car for CSX’s scrap railroad ties. CSX was formed through the 1986 mergers of Chessie System and Seaboard System/ Family Lines, and continues to operate today across more than 21,000 miles of track in the Eastern United States.

CSX® Weathered Family Tree Series Car #11

Built in the late 1960s by the General American Transportation Company for the Chesapeake & Ohio, this 50’ Airslide Covered Hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks eventually made it into CSX paint. With a special epoxy lining, these cars were specifically designed for use with fine-grained commodities, like powdered sugar, that could settle en-route making unloading difficult.

CSX® Family Tree Series, Caboose
Note: Not part of the Series Standing Order.
You must pre-order this separately.