Chesapeake and Ohio
Prototype Photos
C&O Geeps near the station at Thurmond, WV -Donald Haskel photo
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 40 foot C&O boxcar in West Palm Beach, FL, May 1981 -Rich Picariello |
 Two Northbound "rattlers" pause at Thurmond station to pick up clearance forms and train orders. It is a difficult summer for train crews because the C&O is ripping up one of two main tracks through the New River Gorge, Jul 1976 -Donald Haskel |
 C&O GP9 6234 waits at Thurmond, WV before heading up to Mount Hope with a mine run, Jul 1973 -Donald Haskel |
 Afternoon sun warms an empty coal train as it waits for its crew in Thurmond, WV, Jul 1973 -Donald Haskel |
 The Mt. Hope coal job heads west from Thurmond crossing the New River on a bridge shared with autos. Between the river chugging underneath and the coal cars bopping alongside, the driver in the car must be having the ride of his life, Jul 1973 -Donald Haskel |
 Pax mine run at Mount Hope, WV taking loads to a washing plant before heading back to Thurmond, WV, 10 Aug 72 -Donald Haskel |
 This Island Creek coal facility near Prince, WV served a tunnel mine, a shaft mine and a strip mine and generated 50 or more loads a day, Jun 1969 -Donald Haskel |
 In the 60s, prior to the arrival of the second generation locomotives, it was possible to see up to 50 GP9s in one day in the New River Valley. 5979 leads a coal train through Prince, WV, Aug 1968 -Donald Haskel |
 Looking down at a Newport News-bound coal train in the New River Valley from the Hawks Nest overlook, Jun 1968 -Donald Haskel |
 C&O 6092 entering Elkhorn City, KY, Dec 1964 -Ron Flanary |
 C&O GP7 5863 on the point of a loaded coal drag at Thurmond, WV. These geeps were still front-line power in Jul 1965 -Donald Haskel |
 C&O GP38 4827 mid-consist. Note the leased SP tunnel motor, Sep 78 -Dan Bourque collection |
 C&O 6239 working at Shelby, KY, 1979 -Jay Thompson photo |
 C&O U30B 8209 sits at Charlottesville, VA, 23 Apr 72 -Dan Bourque collection |
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