C&O 614 sits on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA in a god awful green paint scheme

C&O 614 sits on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA in a god awful green paint scheme

Engineer Steve Wickersham leans out to grab orders as the Chessie Safety Special returns to East St. Louis from an excursion to Flora, Ill.

C&O 7562, a 1966 SD40 was captured in its original scheme while waiting for servicing at the Chessie System Locomotive Shops in Cumberland, MD. B&O GP40-2 No. 4117 was a September 1972 graduate of... (more)

A filthy C&O SD rests near Plaster Creek on the east end of C&O's Grand Rapids area Wyoming Yard. Oddly enough at the time considering the amount of tonnage C&O/B&O moved(coal) they had many more ... (more)

Chessie U30B #8205 resting at Martin, KY in June 1984

C&O GP40 #4071 at Martin, KY in June 1984

C&O 5917 and B&O 3549 rest at Traverse City after arriving with a northbound train. At the time Traverse City still rated a switch engine and daily service from the C&O.

Streamlined They don't make 'em like they used to.

C&O 3273 brings up the rear of a B&OCT local. Tom Golden photo.

The ND tower operator is seen performing an elevated roll-by of a C&O freight as it crosses the Conrail Kankakee Line. The tower was removed in the 1980s along with the Erie Lackawanna and C&O ma... (more)

The Autumn Leaves Special excursion ran from Atlanta to Toccoa, Georgia, a distance of about 100 miles each way. The power for this trip was C&O K4 class 2-8-4 2716, built by Lima Locomotive Works... (more)

The Autumn Leaves Special excursion ran from Atlanta to Toccoa, Georgia, a distance of about 100 miles each way. The power for this trip was C&O K4 class 2-8-4 2716, built by Lima Locomotive Works... (more)

C&O U25B No. 8107 was positioned for load testing in Clifton Forge, VA on July 28, 1979. At the time, U25Bs were dropping like flies, with plenty of them retired and stored at Clifton Forge. I g... (more)