For Progress. When it was retired from active service, the CSX Huntington, West Virginia shops took former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad EMD SD40 7534 (CSX 4617, CSX 8393, née-CO 7534, 3/1971... (more)

C&O 614 and C&O 5828 on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center Museum in Clifton, Forge, Virginia.

C&O F7A 8016, Atlantic Coast Line E3A 501 and Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 #1031, pose for pictures at the North Carolina Transportation Museum roundhouse.

Tight Squeeze. Originally built as Milwaukee Road 109 in 1950 this loco now wears C&O paint and squeezes through this S shaped tunnel. With only inches on each side to spare as it gingerly roll... (more)

A lot of intricacies and history come with documenting what is known as the West Virginia Central over former Western Maryland subdivisions. The passenger trains operates for West Virginia Centra... (more)

When was the last time you saw a caboose fly? This Chessie Cat took a flying leap from the CSX main line to a display track next to the restored 1881 depot in the town of Lee Hall, Virginia. The C... (more)

Streamliners of the diesel and steam variety rest side-by-side at the B&O Railroad Museum. While steam locomotive C&O 490 was technically built before the diesel, it wasn't streamlined until 1947... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-6-4 No. 490 rests on indoor display at the B&O Railroad Museum. 490 was built by ALCO in 1926 as a 4-6-2. It was converted to a 4-6-4 and streamlined in 1947, shortly befor... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio EMD GP15T No. 1504 sits in Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois, on August 10, 1986. Only 28 GP15T’s were built and are the only GP15’s equipped with dynamic brakes—and C&O Nos... (more)

Traffic as usual in this years at Ash crossing

Chesapeake & Ohio E7A 4514 arrived at Detroit's Union Station at 10:30am with train 14 the morning "Pere Marquette" from Grand Rapids. Later after its arrival, E7A 4514 is making a ba... (more)

B&O's train 10 the eastbound Washington Express has just arrived at Cumberland in October 1967. C&O E7A 1422 was on loan to the B&O from April 1965 to December 1967. Photo by Tom Peterson , ph... (more)

C&O passenger train on the B&O at Seymour, Indiana on March 10, 1968. Photo by R. Peters, photo part of my slide collection.

SD18 One of only 54 SD18s built for domestic use... This SD18 soldiers on in shortline service in South Haven, Kansas. Built in 1963 and riding on Alco trucks this monster was designed f... (more)

The BL2s were rather unsuccessful EMD design being a cross between an F-unit and a road switcher. The C&O owned 14 (the largest fleet) and used them almost exclusively in Michigan to power locals... (more)