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C&O lives on!!!

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C&O lives on!!!
Posted by ShaunCN on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 10:44 AM
C&O and Chessie System live on at the CSX yard in Sarnia Ontario(thats in Canada for you american folks) anyway the C&O logo remains on the engine house, the Chessie System cat and words remain on a tractor(ya I thought that one was weird too) and the C&O logo remains on a old cement mixer. Also onthe tailgate of a CSX truck their is the word READING. Could this be an old truck form the Reading Company?

here is the link with my pictures on it
http://www.familyfolk.com/trains/chessiesystem.html
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 10:49 AM
Reading still makes utility truck bodies. I doubt they are in any way related to the railroad.

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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 10:52 AM
I'm glad to hear to that Chessie lives on. I think it's good that CSX has kept the logo on their engine house and on some of their equipment. I'm sure our cat whose name is Chessie, is happy too.[:-^]

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Posted by locomutt on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:02 PM
That is good news! Our oldest cat has middle name of "Chessie"
I'm glad something has been preserved over the years.[:)]

And Larry is correct,Reading makes utility bodies for trucks,
although the other would be great!

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Posted by coalminer3 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:19 PM
C&O logo is on the front of the Prince, WV station and Chessie is in mosaic form in the floor. Amtrak 50/51 stop there.

BTW, C&O logo is barely visible on bridge in Glen Morgan, WV.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:31 PM
logos of railways gone are all over the place you just need to look around.
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Posted by MP57313 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:05 PM
C&O logo is still clearly visible on the bridge over Va. Route 20 in Orange, just south of where the C&O (CSX) joins the Southern (NS) for the shared trackage into Arlington and WashingtonDC.

Also in Staunton, VA the C&O logo is clearly visible on the bridge over US 11. The local tourist maps even refer to it as "the C&O bridge" as it is a local landmark.

There are probably others I just haven't found them yet!
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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 4:08 PM
C&O and B&O marks are alive and well in Fostoria Oh.(NKP too). Along columbus ave they have a sign saying C&O diamond fostoria.
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by Junctionfan on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 6:31 PM
CSX still has GP units mostly with Chessie System on it; alot of their covered hopper mostly and some of their 60 and 86 foot high cubes still have Chessie Paint. It isn't too unusual to see a tri-level enclosed autorack with Chessie on it.

As far as Reading is concerned, NS still has open hoppers with Reading or RDG on it. They also use Erie Lackawana too.
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Posted by locomutt on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 6:40 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

C&O and B&O marks are alive and well in Fostoria Oh.(NKP too). Along columbus ave they have a sign saying C&O diamond fostoria.
stay safe
Joe


Joe, pictures would be nice.[:)]
It would be great to see those,especially for us old timers.[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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