Another occurrence of A746 having a second engine would occur during the second week of November. This time the new power would be in the form of an SD50-2 from Chessie System lineage. And just ... (more)

“Warsh Me”
In need of visiting the wash rack (and maybe the paint shop as well), Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4137 leads a late SLTT, the St. Louis Trailer Train, westbound on Track 1 o... (more)

“Age Before Beauty”
Westbound coal empties, with Chessie System/B&O SD50 8590 in charge, are paused on the Hood siding to meet a higher priority eastbound trailer train with CS/C&O S... (more)

Chessie 903639 (ex-C&O 3639) brings up the rear of a freight in Blue Island, IL in October of 1986.

A little over fourty years ago, one could stand track side anywhere between Parkersburg and Cincinnati and watch high speed manifests, piggyback trains, and even the short-lived Shenandoah passeng... (more)

Four units bring a loaded coal train into Russell, approaching RU tower at the east end of the yard.

Chessie System (C&O) GP40-2 No.6629 and Seaboard System GP40 No.6747 at CP's Montrose yard for a crew change. October 26, 1987.

Chessie System (C&O) EMD GP7 No. 5734 at Fort Erie, Ontario in March 1984.

On September 25, 1983, an excursion from Baltimore to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg via the B&O Old Main Line was scheduled to take place. I believe that the trip was sponsored by the Baltimore Ch... (more)

After selling 63 of their trouble-plagued SD50’s the Chessie System, mainly for coal train service, EMD quickly dispatched four SD60 demonstrators to the Chessie. In late October, 1985, they wer... (more)

The small Town of Rainelle, WV is home to a beautifully restored Chessie System Caboose. This caboose sits just across from their town hall in a small "city park" of sorts.

B&O GP40 No.3711 with CP Rail SD40 5525 and 3 stored Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo switchers, two NW2s number 54, and 53, and a GMD SW9 No.56 at CP Rail's Agincourt yard.

Red Demonstrator

Following extensive tests on the Aberdeen & Carolina Western during the summer of 2008 (with a pair of former SP SD45T-2s), Caterpillar-powered Progress Rail Service... (more)

Former GP30 C&O 3028 built in 1963, switches the seldom used GTW interchange track at Trowbridge, Michigan.

A string of Baltimore & Ohio I-18-class cabooses sits in Hagerstown, Maryland, on August 31st, 1975. Painted in Chessie System colors, the cabooses are C-3040, C-3004 and C-3036. These cars were... (more)