Finding a Ghost

[Chessie System]

Hey Friends. I just got back from a train show and got a new loco. Its a Chessie System (what elese would it be?), anywho, on the way home I was thinking about this. Does anyone know if there are current photo's of a train with Chessie System paint still? I am sure its probably very well weathered, so anyone know where or have a picture of one?

Thanks
Clif

 

[railohio]

CSX retired their last Chessie-painted locomotive a few years ago.

As for photos have you done an Internet search yet? There are plenty of pages with Chessie photos, even a few dedicated to them.

 

[CNWman]

that's odd, I remember one of my tutors (I had a problem writing reports in school) said that the Chessie was still active here in Cincinnati, OH when I mentioned MRR

 

[iis612]

Chessie was absorbed, en total, by CSX.
The Chessie system paint scheme is gone, as far as I know. Most of the chessie power is outdated.
Fortunately they have pics everywhere on the internet.

 

[Chessie System]

I have found a web page that has just about every Chessie System Loco ever made. However I dont know just how old the pics are. I just thought it would be kinda cool to see a ghost (Kitty who has been put to sleep)

 

[railohio]

There is one shortline in Indiana that still runs a Chessie-painted engine. There might be some others elsewhere. There are also some remote sleds running around on CSX in Chessie paint, but they are no longer operable locomotives.

 

[Chessie System]

There is one shortline in Indiana that still runs a Chessie-painted engine. There might be some others elsewhere. There are also some remote sleds running around on CSX in Chessie paint, but they are no longer operable locomotives.

Hmmm, Any more info on the Short line? Maybe a name of what I should search for?

 

[JR&Son]

Not sure if this helps
http://www.trainweb.org/indianashortlines/

JR&SON

 

[Chessie System]

Thats some good stuff, however the CSX stuff was as close to Chessie I could find.

Thanks man

 

[LongIslandTom]

I remember in your other thread you were looking for Chessie rolling stock in HO..

Thought you'd get a kick out of the Chessie stuff I have on my roster.. Both the SW and the caboose are 20-year-old Athearn blue-box kits and they run as nice as the day I got them. Figure they got another 30 years or so of life left in them. :thumb:

 

[Chessie System]

Thanks Tom, Now I have this urge to get an SW Loco.

I am actualy taking a class at my Local Model Railroad club this next few weeks. I look forward to getting some lessions on weathering and DCC. Not that his has anything to do with Chessie Stuff

 

[brakie]

Here Kitty,Kitty!

 

[brakie]

Chessie was absorbed, en total, by CSX.
The Chessie system paint scheme is gone, as far as I know. Most of the chessie power is outdated.
Fortunately they have pics everywhere on the internet.

No..The "C" in CSX stands for Chessie..Only the name and paint as changed.The "S" stands for Seaboard and "X" as multiple. CSX Transportation.

 

[Chessie System]

Interesting Brakie, I was under the impression that the CS what Chessie System and the X was for merged. I cant remember where I heard that, so I will go with your way.

 

[chessie4155]

Great pics you guys! Here's some of my lil kittys!!

 

[railohio]

Cool shot, Mark.

I had a horrible Bachmann Chessie F9 as my first ever engine. Got it in a train set when I was five or six. (Ended up moving down the food chain with a Tyco Alco after that, but that's a story for a whole new thread entirely.)

 

[railohio]

Hmmm, Any more info on the Short line? Maybe a name of what I should search for?

Don't know the name. It might've been a grain elevator's power, too. It sat in Wellsboro / Union Mills, Indiana, depending on what you're referencing.

 

[chessie4155]

Thanks Brian. I know what you mean, I still have one of those F units around here some where ..ops:

I think the road you guys maybe looking for is the CKIN, Chesapeake and Indiana RR. They are using a C&O SD18, still in her Chessie paint, for grain service up around Union MIlls , In.