Baltimore and Ohio
Prototype Photos

Common B&O combo of F-unit and GP hauling black diamonds at Grafton, WV -Donald Haskel photo

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	B&O S2 9050 (ex-506), S4 9001 (ex-535), S4 9017 (ex-544) and S2 9126 on a deadline at Cincinnati, Ohio, 27 Jul 1977 -Jay Thompson Thanks to Robert Thompson for scanning his father's photos and adding the descriptions, click here to view more of Jay Thompson's photos on Flickr

Scenes

B&O GP30 6960 and GP38 4803 wait at the L&N's DeCoursey Yard in Kentucky after bringing interchange traffic from Cincinnati, July 1977 -Jay Thompson	Three units led by GP38s 4819 and 3836 run around their train of empty hoppers in Grafton, WV having just brought them in from Baltimore, Jul 76 -Donald Haskel	A typical B&O 1970s coal field lash-up of F-unit and early GP on the point of a loaded coal train at Grafton, WV, Aug 74 -Donald Haskel
First and second generaion diesels led by GP40 3728 hitched up to hoppers at Keyser Yard in Cumberland, MD, Jan 73 -Donald Haskel	Another F/GP combo hauls empty hoppers out of Clarksburg, WV, Jan 71 -Donald Haskel	Classic B&O diesel power at the Clarksburg, WV engine facilities along with a borrowed SP U25B on Christmas Day 1968 -Donald Haskel
A merchandise freight rolls past emty hoppers in Clarksburg yard, WV, Jul 67 -Donald Haskel	Pennsylvania was coal country for the B&O; here another F/GP set takes a spin on the large turntable at Connellsville, PA, Jul 66 -Donald Haskel	An assortment of motive power could be found at Connellsville, PA in the late 60s including SD35s alongside FP7s, Jul 66 -Donald Haskel

Roster Shots

B&O GP38 4803 on a transfer run to the L&N's DeCoursey Yard in Kentucky, July 1977 -Jay Thompson	B&O GP38 4811 is on the turntable at Shelby, Kentucky on 16 May 1979 -Jay Thompson	B&O GP9 5935 is the trailing unit on a southbound transfer run at Covington, KY, 26 July 1977 -Jay Thompson
	B&O GP9 6540 and GP7 6693 working together, location unknown, May 65 -Dan Bourque collection

Equipment

About a year before the CSX merger became official, B&O caboose 903800, still in B&O blue, sits on the tail of a Seaboard System train in Etowah, TN, Dec 1985 -Jay Thompson

A classic wooden cab waits in Buckhannon, WV, Jul 66 -Donald Haskel

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