... Well, sort of. Sent from a close friend. I understand this has more to do with preserving copyrights on their logos than anything. BNSF did some thing similar with their hoppers a few years ago. I don't know of other units that are marked (yet) but will update when I hear something.
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Just a close up. 
Gary - Click on photo to enlarge.
Employees from CSX says they think it maybe an employee from Waycross, GA may have bought the decals just for a photo shoot.It has merit since Waycross is in former Seaboadd territory, and that 256 is in CSX locomotive locator as in Waycross Heavy Repair, out of service. I do hope they let it happen, but I believe that CSX will release an official statement if it is going to become like their Spirts.
Employees from CSX says they think it maybe an employee from Waycross, GA may have bought the decals just for a photo shoot.It has merit since Waycross is in former Seaboadd territory,
Nope, Waycross, Ga is former Atlantic Coast Line. The Seaboard shops were in Jacksonville, Fla.
and that 256 is in CSX locomotive locator as in Waycross Heavy Repair, out of service. I do hope they let it happen, but I believe that CSX will release an official statement if it is going to become like their Spirts.
That's because nobody on CSX has any sense of history anyway.
didn't their cars have the original roads (re-) painted on them during and after the Conrail split up?
What about the "Spirit of..." series of Locos?
I'm thinking they did it first! It just didn't have all the fanfare.
Easy Jack......
I dont want no stinkin little decal. 
I want the real thing or nuttin!
The only thing that happened during the Conrail split was that Conrail freight cars assigned to CSX were lettered with NYC reporting marks, while cars that were assigned to Norfolk Southern continued to wear CR reporting marks. In contrast, former Conrail locomotives assigned to NS were given PRR lettering on the cabs, while units going to CSX were untouched.
didn't their cars have the original roads (re-) painted on them during and after the Conrail split up?
What about the "Spirit of..." series of Locos?
I'm thinking they did it first! It just didn't have all the fanfare.
Easy Jack......
The Spirit locos are still around. Saw "The Spirit of West Virginia" about a year or so ago. Last week I was at my LHS that has a large window facing the CSX main and the "Spirit of Grafton" came racing by on an empty coal train heading west.
I dont want no stinkin little decal. I want the real thing or nuttin!
everyone is going to have their favorites. This one is a beauty!
CSX Heritage ES44AC's.......................I posted these on the CSX Facebook several years ago.
Nice idea but would CSX really do something like that? They're not as history minded as their main competitor who has heritage diesels and a new steam program in partnership with museums and groups. But remember, steam did run on CSX through 1994 like the NKP 765 and the MILW 261 on the New River Train before Amtrak Genesis units took over. And predecessor Chessie System had the Chessie Steam Specials with T-1 2101 and the Safety Express with C&O 614, from 1977-1981. I think lawyers killed steam on CSX. Not necessarily Michael Ward. I read something about a CSX attorney saying that steam excursions would be too much risk with little reward or profit. Running excursions with diesels is much easier such as using Amtrak units because you don't have to worry about bringing extra coal along, or water stops or worry of something will fail causing delays on the mainline. Steam is just too much headache for the big roads and we should be glad that at least a few class 1's support steam. It's a lot of work to put excursions together and operate them and all the logistics involved. Remember, class 1's are in business to move stuff from point A to point B, not entertain railfans and the public and take them on joyrides. Freight railroads are essentially a shipping business like trucking companies, UPS, FedEx, etc.
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