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CSX Paint Schemes
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Units in CSX-yn3 Scheme with the [CSX] Boxcar Logo / CSX-yn3b
A modification to the CSX-yn3 scheme, CSX-yn3b has the same basic paint, but with the addition of the "How Tomorrow Moves" logo, but not the slogan. This scheme debuted with the ES44AC units 950-999.

Units in Current CSX Scheme / CSX-yn3
This newest scheme rolled out in February 2002. The yellow has changed to Dulux Gold, and the gray has been completely eliminated. The fuel tank and trucks remain black. The slanted design of the nose is gone from the front. Interestingly, the gold on the rear does not extend all the way to either the top or bottom.

Units in CSX Blue Cab Paint / CSX-bc
Also known as YN2, Bright Future, or the Hockey Stick scheme. With this scheme remaining virtually unchanged for over a decade, thousands of units wore this scheme. The first to wear it was B36-7 5895, which emerged in this scheme in March of 1990 from the Waycross, GA shops.

Units in CSX Blue Cab 2 Paint / CSX-bc2
A modified version of the CSX-bc scheme unique to the CW60AC model. The side CSX lettering was modified with a yellow center. Instead of a single lightning bolt under the road number, dual lightning bolts were added bracketing the number.

Units in CSX MOW Scheme / CSX-o
Starting in April 1995, this orange/black scheme was applied to older, less reliable units that were assigned to Maintenance of Way duties. 69 units (9 U18Bs, 6 U23Bs, 1 B23-7, 1 GP30M, 20 GP38s, & 32 GP40s) ended up in this scheme commonly referred to as the Pumpkin scheme. The last pumpkin was painted in 1998.

Units in CSX Yellow Nose Paint / CSX-y
The first scheme to add yellow for visibility, debuting in August 1989. This scheme brought back the blue extending down below the windows on the cab, as well as the black fuel tank and trucks. There was an SD40 rebuild program going on at the time, so many of those units (8300-8438) emerged as SD40-2s painted in this scheme. 8420 was the first done and had all yellow handrails, plus a thicker yellow side sill, both of which were dropped in all future repaints. No new units were delivered in this scheme, but there were 96 units repainted in this scheme.

Units in CSX-g + Yellow Paint / CSX-yg
The CSX-g scheme as described below, with yellow ends added. Some units had the walkway skirting done in yellow as well. Also, while the "CSX" lettering was added on both ends to most units, some had it on the front only, and some didn't receive it on either end.

Units in CSX Gray Paint / CSX-g
Beginning in November 1988, this scheme was quickly dubbed the stealth scheme due to the poor visibility of the scheme. 563 units wore this scheme, including many from the delivery of new Road slugs, C40-8s, and many rebuilt GP40-2s. The blue roofline and top half of the cab were eliminated, in favor of gray from the walkway up, blue from the walkway down. The first one or two units done (2618 for sure) actually was entirely gray, complete with fuel tank and trucks.

Units in CSX-rb + Yellow Paint / CSX-yrb
The CSX-rb scheme as described below, with yellow ends added. Only GP40 6796 and GP38-2 2704 received the yellow nose job. The others were either fully repainted or retired.

Units in CSX Red Block Paint / CSX-rb
While CSX was painting units in the CSX-b scheme, a directive was issued to paint one locomotive for each of the nine operating divisions in a Operation Red Block scheme. The CSX-rb scheme was just the CSX-b scheme with additional graphics on the flank of the units. While there should only have been 9 units, there actually were 11 ORB units. The Mobile Division unit, GP40-2 6387, was sent to be rebuilt into a mother unit for the new road slugs coming to CSX. Management must have figured that the 6387 would be repainted, leaving the Mobile division without an ORB unit, so they painted another, GP38 2048. The 6387 did get a new number as a result of the rebuilding, but it was not repainted, so now it was operating as the Mobile division ORB unit 6483.

Units in CSX-b + Yellow Paint/ CSX-yb
The CSX-b scheme as described below, with yellow ends added. Some units had the walkway skirting done in yellow as well. Also, while the "CSX" lettering was added on both ends to most units, some had it on the front only, and some didn't receive it on either end.

Units in CSX Blue Down Paint / CSX-b
Starting in October 1987, the CSX-blue scheme was a simplification of the CSX-s scheme. This scheme lasted through October of 1988 when it gave way to the stealth scheme. Instead of masking off the blue stripe just above the walkway and adding the gray side skirting and black below that, eveything from the blue stripe down became blue. From the blue stripe up there was no change from the previous scheme. 502 units ended up in this scheme, including the delivery of 20 new yard slugs, mated to GP38-2 2500-2519 that were rebuilt into mother units. The repainted units all came from either Huntington or Waycross, as the ex L&N South Louisville Shops had been closed before this scheme originated.

Units in CSX-s + Yellow Paint / CSX-ys
The CSX-s scheme as described below, with yellow ends added. Some units had the walkway skirting done in yellow as well. Also, while the "CSX" lettering was added on both ends to most units, some had it on the front only, and some didn't receive it on either end.

Units in CSX Stripe Paint / CSX-s
The CSX stripe scheme, so named for the blue stripe just above the walkway, first appeared in August of 1986, and only lasted just over one year, ending roughly the end of September 1987. During that time 178 units came to wear that scheme, about half of which were either GP40s or GP40-2s. The only difference between this scheme and the CSX-t scheme is the large "CSX" lettering and the elimination of the word "transportation".

Units in CSX Transportation / CSX-t
The CSX transportation scheme, was the first official scheme for CSX. After experimenting with a couple test paint jobs, management settled on this blue and gray scheme. There were only 11 units ever to wear this scheme, with 5 done at Waycross (F7s 116,117,B30-7s 5508,5511, and U30C 7241), 5 at Louisville (GP40-2 6382, SD40 8310, SD45 8938, and SD45-2s 8961,8964), and 1 at Huntington (GP40-2 6344). This scheme debuted in May 1986, but only lasted through August of that same year.

Units in CSX Green Paint / CSX-gn
The CSX green scheme was a one of a kind paint scheme only applied to NW2 9565. It was painted in the safety scheme back in its days as Chessie B&O 5065, and retained that paint the rest of its life. It would annually receive updated safety slogans on the cab sides, and never wandered far from its Cumberland, MD base.