CSXT 6921 leads local freight Y128-08 eastbound on the former C&O Cincinnati Division mainline at Brent, Kentucky, passing the the I-275 Bridge. CSXT 6921 was originally built in March of 1980 as ... (more)

“Against the Current”
Running opposite main, three B36-7s in Seaboard System attire, along with an RF&P GP40-2 and a Chessie/C&O GP40, power the Orange Blossom Special-Sout... (more)

B&O 7600 East St. Louis, IL December 20, 1986. Chessie received only a single order of SD40-2's for 20 units in January and February of 1977. B&O Units 7600-7619.

“Will Not Exceed 10 MPH”
With some autumn color still evident, a westbound manifest approaches–at reduced speed–the boardwalk at the BTSC/Baltimore Terminal Service Center (mp 5.... (more)

Conrail OIBU crosses the Ramapo River in Hillburn at the extreme east end of the Southern Tier Line. The second unit in the consist is CSXT 6040, an ex-B&O GP40-2 which was still wearing Chessie ... (more)

A welded rail train is tied down in the siding here with an Ex- Chessie System caboose on the rear. Meanwhile, intermodal containers roll by over the mainline with a BNSF GE Heritage 2 locomotive... (more)

“State of Confusion”
Having just crossed the Potomac River, the power on these westbound coal mtys is passing Harpers Ferry Station, while the bulk of the train is still in Maryland.... (more)

B&O 6913 and C&O 3569 are seen wying a Chessie System passenger special in Michigan. The train would return west to Barr Yard in Riverdale, IL. Tom Golden photo.

CSX 5517 and 5516 rest on A716 in Union City, Georgia as the crew breaks for lunch during February 2003. This pair of B30-7s was part of the one time 80 unit roster combined from Chessie System a... (more)

The Reading and Chessie System had run-through services to Allentown, Pennsylvania in pre-Conrail days. Here a Chesapeake & Ohio SD40 waits for its return assignment at Bethlehem Engine Terminal.

A Western Maryland SD40 is going solo up the Potomac Valley in the spring of 1981. No. 7570 was built as the WM 7470 in 1966.

The Williamsport-Berwick local heads west with new Chessie System boxcars built at Berwick Forge & Fabricating Corp. Within the month the last W-B local will run to Berwick and return on these rai... (more)

“Modus Operandi: N2A”
The St. Louis Trailer Train, powered by Chessie System/ B&O GP40-2 4137, CS/B&O GP40-2 4425, and C&O SD40 7562, in N2A configuration, is westbound on Track 1, c... (more)

The Chessie System sticker unit leads a skittles consist under the Hoffman Ave. signal bridge into Pigs Eye Yard.

Two pieces of equipment not typically seen on today's CSX trains are at the front of CWR train A011. This SD70MAC and former Chessie System caboose layover for the weekend on the Cusseta siding a... (more)