Two GP40-2’s and three U30B’s are in charge of a westbound Chesapeake & Ohio train at Charlottesville, Virginia.

C&O "Yellow Belly" #490

One of my all time favorite locomotives - this time, a less often shared view of the fireman's side, thanks to a vacant track to the right left by the Museum's more)

C&O No. 490 steels the spotlight from the equally historic B&O "George Washington" 4-6-2 No. 5300.

C&O No. 490 was built by Alco in 1926 as a Pacific, the C&O rebuilt this engine as ... (more)

The Chessie Steam Special, led by C&O 614, heads out of Cumberland, Md on its way to Terra Alta, West Virginia.

One of Lima's finest- C&O's J3-a Greenbrier No. 614; built June, 1948- 255 psi, 72" drivers, 68,300 lbf, 4.13 factor of adhesion.

Chesapeake and Ohio SD40 is seen sitting at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge.

A gleaming set of C&O F-units in their high-wave paint scheme, on lead of the Chicago Division's freight train in this 1960 view at Hegewisch, Illinois. Photographer E.L Huddleston, from my colle... (more)

A Chessie System track inspection special moves through Blue Island on a B&OCT branch line. Tom Golden photo.

Logan, WV C&O shops, 09/04/53, photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection.

C&O 1309 was out test running today. She looks good all stretched out. More testing and tightening up and she will be good as new.

C&O 7534 sits among other pieces of history at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia. This locomotive was beautifully restored by the CSX Huntington shops and was donated by C... (more)

Nine years after the FRA-mandated deadline for cars built before 1966 to have their roofwalks removed, there were still non-compliant cars in service. Here a Chesapeake & Ohio 40-foot boxcar, stil... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 8016 rolls on to the turntable at the North Carolina Transportation Museum to the delight of the many rail fans in attendance. This was part of the Streamliners at Spencer Event... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

During the year that Back to the Future appeared on the silver screen, the town where time stood still had its own back to the future moment. Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 was back pulling co... (more)