RailPictures.Net Photo: C&O 5979 Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) EMD GP9 at Prince, West Virginia by Donald Haskel

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» Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) (more..)
» EMD GP9 (more..)

» from the steps of Prince Tower
» Prince, West Virginia, USA (more..)
» August, 1968

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» C&O 5979 (more..)
» Unknown

» Donald Haskel (more..)
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Remarks & Notes

In the 60s just prior to the arrival of the second generation locomotives. It was possible to see up to 50 GP9s in one day in the New River Valley. This C&O line to Newport News was like a virtual coal pipeline.

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