C&O 7534 and the Erie 400 Pullman on display at Smith Creek Yard.

Preserved COHS railroad equipment on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center's Smiths Creek Yard. Pictured is cosmetically restored SD40 #7534 and J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier #614.

A pair of Chessie System EMDs heads east on the B&OCT. Tom Golden photo.

Brand new GP15T C&O 1507 has been delivered to the B&OCT's Barr Yard. The GP15Ts were mostly used in Chicago-area yard and transfer service during their lifespan. Tom Golden photo.

C&O 3010 leads three other EMDs through Midlothian. Tom Golden photo.

C&O 2765 (NKP 765 in disguise) makes a brief stop in Connersville. The steam and a string of covered hoppers hiding the CSX U-boat that was tagging along.

Eastbound on the B&O Akron Mainline Subdivision

Dragging north with a clean looking AS616. Joe McDaniels photo from negative in my collection.

Chessie-painted SD’s push a pig train up the grade at Mance, Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake & Ohio GP30 No. 3021, along with Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 No. 4335 and sister C&O GP30 No. 3001, sit at Barr Yard at Riverdale, Illinois, on a cold and foggy November 23, 1986.

With a second rebirth given to the C&O 2716 it leads an excursion west over the TP&W as it crosses the Wabash River at Logansport.

Showroom quality! It had been CSX 4617 (SD40), but it was born as Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad 7534 in March, 1971. With the support of CSX, the shop forces in Huntington, WV cosmetically restored t... (more)

Holding down Pit 20 on a cold November day, here's the real thing.

Chesapeake & Ohio GP40 4080 pulls up next to the RF&P main line in Doswell, Virginia on the southwest connection between the C&O and RF&P. I’m not sure of the purpose for this connection, as the... (more)

Prime Mover Mover

A view of one of the shop tracks at Baltimore & Ohio’s Glenwood Yard reveals Chesapeake & Ohio 8504, the hulk of an F7B used to transport prime movers. Also on ... (more)