Chessie System
This GP7 or GP9 on display at the B&O Museum in
Baltimore, MD wears the Chessie System scheme which
united the three combined roads C&O, B&O, and WM.
The short hood of this unit does not wear the Chessie
Cat logo which indicates this is the rear and is
consistent with early B&O operation. Units transfered
from the C&O wore the logo on the short hood.
Wrecked
Even after the adoption of the Chessie System paint
scheme all locomotives and cars continued to wear their
original road names. There was never any road lettering
assigned to the Chessie System. This unit, wrecked on the
engineer's side and awaiting repairs in Huntington, WV,
still wears its original road name but with CSX numbers.
Rare
WM units were rare to begin with and not often
photographed by Chessie System. This SD40-2, far from
home on its way from New Orleans, was still in Chessie
paint as it passed through Biloxi, MS. Note the original
lettering peeking through the Chessie logo. All SD40's
are now in the new CSX "Bright Future" scheme.
Ancient
This rebuilt SD20 with modern cab is one of only a
few left in service in 1994. Serving out the last days
of its life in Queensgate Yard in Cincinatti, OH. While
the B&O no longer remains, this B&O yard has continued
to grow in importance as CSX consolidates the L&N and
C&O switching here.
Scrap
This former Chessie SD35, now relettered for its new
owner Torco, waits for its next assignment pulling other
retired units to the scrap heap in Cincinatti, OH. Who
knows how long this unit will avoid the same fate?
The End
This is the last caboose built for the B&O during the
Chessie Era. By the markings on the side, this caboose is
soon to be on its way to the B&O museum in Baltimore, MD.
That is if CSX can manage to keep its word. As the end of
the caboose has come, so has the end for the once proud B&O.
