Chessie System
Prototype Photos
Chessie Geep leads a mine run at
Jenkins, KY -Jay Thompson photo
| New | Scenes | Roster Shots | Equipment |
 B&O GP40-2 4188 (to CSX 6087, to CSX GP38-2S 6027) at Silver Grove, Kentucky, Jul 1977 -Jay Thompson |
 C&O GP40-2 4265 (to CSX 6403) at Shelby, Kentucky, 16 May 1979 -Jay Thompson |
 Chessie power laying over in Enola Yard, PA, 20 Sep 86 -Dan Bourque collection |
 This series of photographs shows a Chessie (C&O) mine run getting to and working the loader at Democrat, KY in August 1984 -Stuart Thayer |
 Crossing a long, high trestle with empties, Aug 1984-Stuart Thayer |
 Chessie GP40-2 4193 backs empties into the loading tracks at Democrat, KY, Aug 1984 -Stuart Thayer |
 Aug 1984 -Stuart Thayer |
 Chessie Geeps await the return trip. Note the offset hopper still in coal service in Aug 1984 -Stuart Thayer |
 The loader at Democrat, KY, Aug 1984 -Stuart Thayer |
 A trio of Chessie painted units led by C&O SD40 7579 hauls coal near the West Virginia/Ohio border at Kenova, WV, Jul 84 -Donald Haskel |
 Chessie SD40-2s 7617 and 7501 wait in front of the grand station at Grafton, WV, 4 Aug 1983 -Jim Olmstead |
 B&O GP40-2 4332 and C&O GP40 4068 lead a mine run at Jenkins, Kentucky on a sunny July 24th, 1982 -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 |
 Chessie SD40-2s 7602 and 7613 move a train through the Sandpatch area in Pennsylvania in the early 80s -Dan Bourque collection |
 The Chessie influence is just beginning to show at Grafton, WV as this train brings in coal from Elkins, Jul 76 -Donald Haskel |
 B&O GP9 6520 in Chessie paint heads up a southbound transfer run at Covington, Kentucky on July 26, 1977, -Jay Thompson |
 Ex-B&O bay window cab at Bethlehem, PA, 29 Jun 1986 -Tim Mader |
 Cab still in C&O/Chessie colors in Cincinnati, OH in July 09 -Carol Engle photo, Jim Engle collection |
 A Baltimore & Ohio caboose in Chessie paint on the tail end of a Seaboard System train at Etowah, TN, Dec 1983 -Jay Thompson |
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