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The Chessie was a proposed streamlined passenger train developed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in the late 1940s. The brainchild of C&O executive Robert R. Young, the Chessie would have operated on a daylight schedule between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The train's luxury lightweight equipment was built new by the Budd ...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System; its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation.
Caboose. A caboose is a crewed North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. Originally flatcars fitted with cabins or ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.
A Baltimore and Ohio Crab, the Mazeppa, built around 1837 and photographed after years of service. The name Tom Thumb is forever associated with the B&O, as the first steam locomotive built in the United States for an American railroad. It was built strictly as a demonstrator, but it was succeeded by a series of similar locomotives (the ...
The Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad (reporting mark WAG) was formed in 1954 to operate a section of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) trackage which had been isolated from the rest of the system by a 1942 flood. This trackage was acquired by the B&O as part of the purchase of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad (B&S) in 1932. It is known as ...
Length. 835 miles (1,344 km) [1] The Western Maryland Railway (reporting mark WM) was an American Class I railroad (1852–1983) that operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was primarily a coal hauling and freight railroad, with a small passenger train operation.
C&O's "Big Mike" #2705, a 2-8-4 Class K-4 "Kanawha" built by Alco in 1943, at the B&O Railroad Museum in 2008. Class K was used for 2-8-2 Mikado and 2-8-4 Kanawha types Chesapeake and Ohio class K ex-Hocking Valley Railway 2-8-2; Chesapeake and Ohio class K-1 2-8-2; Chesapeake and Ohio class K-2 2-8-2; Chesapeake and Ohio classes K-3 and K-3-A ...