CSX Newest Heritage Unit "Pere Marquette" Leads Mixed Freight Train

CSX's newest heritage unit, #1899 the "Pere Marquette" leads the mixed manifest freight train M416 westbound through the Warm Springs Road grade crossing in Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. Bonus MOW cars carrying pre-fab track switch sections. Locomotives: CSX 1899(GE ES44AH, built 2012) & CSX 559(GE AC44CW, built 2002). 5 10 24 © BaltimoreAndOhioRR ™. From Wiki: "The Pere Marquette Railway (reporting mark PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and southern parts of Ontario in Canada. It had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo; Toledo; and Chicago. The company was named after Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste Marie.
The Pere Marquette Railroad was incorporated on November 1, 1899, in anticipation of a merger of three Michigan-based railroad companies that had been agreed upon by all parties. It began operations on January 1, 1900, absorbing the following companies:
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM),
Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad (DGR&W), &
Chicago & West Michigan Railway (C&WM).
The first shop facilities were inherited from the Flint and Pere Marquette in Saginaw, Michigan. However, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan was chosen as the primary repair facility for rolling stock in 1905, which became known as the Wyoming Shops after the neighborhood in which they were located. Wyoming Yard was one of the system's primary freight classification yards. The shops were renovated and expanded in 1923 after those of Saginaw were downgraded, and converted to service diesel engines in 1946. The massive roundhouse began to be slowly demolished in the 1970s and finally removed completely by CSX by 1984.
The company was reincorporated on March 12, 1917, as the Pere Marquette Railway. In the 1920s the Pere Marquette came under the control of Cleveland financiers Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen. These brothers also controlled the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), the Erie Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and planned to merge the four companies. However, the ICC did not approve the merger and the Van Sweringens eventually sold their interest in the Pere Marquette to the C&O in 1929. The company continued to operate separately as the Pere Marquette Railway until being fully merged into the C&O on June 6, 1947. Forty years later, the C&O was absorbed into CSX Transportation.
In 1984, Amtrak named its passenger train between Chicago and Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Pere Marquette.
The train in the 2004 film The Polar Express was modeled after steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225. The film also included audio recordings of the locomotive in operation. It is the locomotive that Chris Van Allsburg said was the inspiration for the book, having seen it as a child when it was on the Michigan State University campus. The locomotive was scheduled to be at the premiere in Grand Rapids, where the writer was born, but was canceled because of interferences with the schedule of CSX. It is now housed and maintained at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan.

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[@BankeySharma]

Big like 2 awesome sharing beautiful excellent

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Thank you so much🙂

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

A beautiful long CSX freight train, the two switch transport cars are interesting. Very nicely filmed, wish you a nice weekend and a wonderful Pentecost. Greetings

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Many thanks!😃

[@calebtrains2261]

Cool, I Caught M416-09 It At Lorton The Day Before. And Funny Enough The M416-10 Had The NYC HU On Him.

[@ElliottWolcott]

Cool. Where is Lorton in?

[@calebtrains2261]

@@ElliottWolcott At The Lorton VRE Train Station.

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@@calebtrains2261Cool.

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[@julianvillarreal1450]

Awesome catches.

[@francoclivio]

Great video

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Thanks!

[@bentol86]

Absolutely interesting to watch my friend. Excellent work on your video. Thanks for sharing. I leave my big like 👍🏼 12

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Big thanks✌

[@billyb5057]

cool seeing the newest heritage unit
*🥸fully viewed🤖Au🦘enjoy your weekend☑thumbs up👍👍*

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Many thanks!

[@haaseshouseoscience6377]

Awesome catch Dave!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

thx!

[@Thomas1980]

FANTASTIC GOOD VIDEO! Best Greetings

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you very much!😊💛

[@CSX6711]

Awesome catch and new camera!!!

[@francoclivio]

Awesome catch

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Maravilha de conteúdo 💚🙌🇧🇷 então super joinha 👍🌷

[@bryantsanders6869]

Great catch awesome new unit

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you very much!

[@billyb5057]

its a very long freight train

[@AlikStansberry]

Glad to see you got 1899! It moved pretty slowly too, NS 279 also went at a sluggish pace when I got it yesterday.

[@NStransit8099]

Nice ground perspective!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!

[@nancyhodges444]

Don’t know that much about the PM, but still a beautiful locomotive nonetheless.👍🏼😎🔥

😉👍 amitié Gérard like 6

[@nathancorcoran5347]

Cool CSX Heritage Unit.

[@PereMarquette1223]

That’s a CSX heritage unit

[@nathancorcoran5347]

@@PereMarquette1223 Fixed it.

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Köszönöm szépen!🙂 Szép videó lett!😀 Nyomtam egy nagy like!👍👍👍

[@VeksTrainz]

Great video

[@conceyullena]

Like 👍 beatiuful video, greetings from Asturias 👍🚂

[@pilototraidor]

Magnmificent catch, what a fantastic perspective from the ground!!!. Excellent mixed freight train, those wagons carrying needle changes are spectacular!!!. Thanks Baltimore for sharing. Thumbs up for your good job. Enjoy your weekend!!.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thx, U 2!

[@brianhickey5949]

What a cool train! I like the HU although Pere Marquette is a fairly old railway (ended in 47?) its color scheme is awesome :) And it is cool to see MoW mixed in with regular customer freight. That is quite a nice angle of view :)

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😎 thanks!

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eine gute Zug Aufnahme

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[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you! You too!

[@konkretniak91]

Outstanding shot! Greetings!

[@sherrilynwickham6169]

Wow! On easter I saw Lehigh Valley Heritage unit NS 8104

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Nice!

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@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR it was my first one and it is in Alanta Georgia

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right now

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Great video, greetings!

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Thank you! Cheers!🤩

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Very interesting video!!

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Today's video was very cool and valuable 😊✨
I enjoyed it 🥹👍
Thank you as always 😊✌️

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you! 😃

[@MsBellaSky]

Excellent capture this was so cool to watch, enjoyed, hope you didn't get too soaked in the rain, have a blessed day 😊💖

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you! You too!💚😊

[@1Video92]

Awesome wideo. Super photos and production. Amazing and very long train. Thumb up & Like. Thanks for the great work and sharing. Kind regards

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks for commenting!

[@أكلاتسمسم]

Like😘😘😘😘😘

[@TheMetGuy]

I saw those track switches at Germantown on this M416, it had 4 GEVOs up front

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Cool! 👍

[@jonathanlafferty2271]

Don't that look wacky for a paintjob?

[@RileytheRailRunner]

One heck of a pretty locomotive leading that one! Great catch!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Yes, thanks!

[@davidztog9011]

Very Cool Catch. Like the low camera angle.
Thanks for sharing. 👍🐾👍

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks for commenting!👍

[@FranTheTrainfan]

She is really a nice looking unit, my fav one so far!
Have a great weekend!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks, you too!

[@GEVOlutionCPKC]

Nice🤍🫵🏼🚂🎶✨MR CSX

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

Remarkable first glimpse of this beauty.. Awesome !!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks a lot!

[@BrendanTheRailfanProductions]

I ended up missing it leading M368 2 days ago cus it's a night train

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

😢 Yeah, that seems to happen a lot!

[@MalcolmOliverYouTubeRecording]

Dave, if I was on the other side of Maryland, I would see this!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

yep. i hope it comes your way soon!

[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Catch

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you again!

[@dahouse3324]

Holy cow what is CSX doing nowadays with these heritage units lol.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

haha, painting the last 3/4 in heritage livery and leaving the front 1/4 in csx livery. thats what theyre doing!

[@flowercityrails]

Great catch! Imo this unit out of the current 13 heritage units is the best one they've made

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

It's one of the nicer looking ones, definitely!

[@lifemeanstrain7625]

Brilliant double stack service ❤

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

It is!

[@SoCalOCRailfan]

Awesome

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Amazing video, my friend. Like

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Thank you 👍

[@Рельсовый_человек]

Amazing video! Like 74!

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Big thanks✔

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Great video

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Thanks!

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Have an amazing weekend my friend 💥

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You too👋

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Good video and information in the description section.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

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Thanks for the visit😄

[@chessiesystemtrainfan]

Very cool

[@Imieitrenimodello]

Nice Pere Marquette 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks! 👍

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[@seaboardsystemproductions9714]

That's was a great train 😊😊😊 woth the new Pier and markete locomotive have a great night and weekend!!!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks! You too!

[@seaboardsystemproductions9714]

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR Your very welcome 😊 and thank you!!😊

[@VlakynaSlovensku]

Excellent train catch!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you very much!😀

[@TheMetGuy]

Beautiful heritage unit! This is the first time this unit is in the lead

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Yes indeed!

[@ElliottWolcott]

Did you catch that train that was in this train video to?

[@sunilambika322]

Great video 💎💎💎💎💎💎

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks again!

[@aidantherailfan2175]

awesome job recording csx pere marquette b&orr

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!

[@aidantherailfan2175]

@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR your welcome

[@joankamp4513]

Unique view from low. Love the Michigan history. Recognized the name right away. Great video! Hello from Grand Rapids, Michigan

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Hello! 🙋‍♂️

[@Railway76ru]

Nice train video.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you very much!

[@CSXfan618]

Awesome catch on 1899!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!🤠👋

[@LilianChacha]

Super amazing

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you! Cheers!😃👋

[@RandomRailfan828]

Great catch man!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!

[@CSX453]

Awesome!!!!

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Thanks!! ✌😀

[@vlakyprahastredoceskykraj]

Very nice video my friend

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you! Cheers!😉

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Nice catch!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!

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You’re welcome @@BaltimoreAndOhioRR!

[@quintinthemississippirailfan]

Awesome video

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks!

[@sky12955]

Beautiful

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thank you✌

[@ElliottWolcott]

Nice catch of the Pere Marquette Heritage Unit leading CSX M416.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Yeah thanks Elliott!

[@ElliottWolcott]

@@BaltimoreAndOhioRRNo problem.