Leading a type of train given many names, none flattering. This one switches several yards on its way to the destination, and runs on a MATS priority. Make it arrive tomorrow sometime. Meadow U... (more)

One of the few steam operations on the Family Lines is nearing the big yard at Hamlet from the south. She may run again and I hope so. I also hope they unbutcher that tender and return the class... (more)

A C&O train consisting of GP7's and 9's pulls a coal train through the Allegheny mountains of West Virginia. Photo by R. Malinoski.

From the official press release issue on November 8, 2024:

RJD America LLC Acquires Historic Chesapeake & Ohio 614 Steam Locomotive and Announces Comprehensive Restoration.
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Looking Out From The Cab. While the JD Tower building itself is a modern edifice at the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society in Clifton Forge, VA, former C&O EMD SD40 7534 (CSX 4617, CSX ... (more)

The View From "JD Tower". While the JD Tower building itself is a modern edifice at the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society in Clifton Forge, VA, former C&O EMD SD40 7534 (CSX 4617, CSX ... (more)

Chessie, C&O GP40 4067 leads eastbound R396 on the ex-B&O Keystone sub. The train passes under the ex-P&WV trestle over the Youghiogheny River at, Banning, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1987. Jack D... (more)

Nickle Plate 765 disguised as C&O 2765, 2-8-4 Berkshire is being readied by the crew for its return trip to Ohio at Hazelwood, Pennsylvania. September 5, 1993. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CSX, Cumberland, MD. shops C&O 4291, CSX 4246 - 6524 - C&O 8413 - 9565, Cumberland, Maryland. July 2, 1989. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

General Motors Electro-Motive Division built only 21 GP39 locomotives, with 20 of them going to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. (The only other was built for Florida's Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Ra... (more)

It's early in the CSX era and the paint scheme butchers haven't got to the first unit with their spray cans and brushes. And BTW that's a locomotive washer in the background. A decent "rain... (more)

Chessie, C&O SD50 8626 - 8633, at the ex-B&O yard at Connellsville, Pennsylvania. December 12, 1985. Jack D Kuiphoff video © photo

C&O 4-8-4 Greenbrier 614T with fifty loaded coal hoppers on a run from Huntington, to Hinton WV. It was on steam powered testing for one month in January 1985. 614T has stopped at Charleston, West... (more)

C&O 614T, 4-8-4 Greenbrier, running test for the ACE program, hauling coal on the C&O between Huntington, and Hinton WV at Cabin Creek, West Virginia. January 10, 1985. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

Chessie C&O GP40 4279- SD40 8053, with eastbound R396 on the B&O Keystone sub about to change crews, Connellsville, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1987. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo