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)

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)

A Chesapeake & Ohio SD40 leads an eastbound train of West Virginia coal past the depot at Tunnelton, West Virginia on Baltimore & Ohio’s St. Louis line.

An original SD40 C&O Work Horse 7534 sits stationary at the C&O Heritage Center while the CSX yard man shuffles cars around at the Clifton Forge yard in the back ground.

Chesapeake and Ohio SD40 is seen sitting at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge.

C&O EMD SD40 #7534 was originally built in 1971. CSX donated the locomotive to the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society after being restored at the Huntington, WV Locomotive Shop in 2017. It was r... (more)

Pictured is the C&O Railway Heritage Center, the Town of Clifton Forge and the Alleghany Highlands. Photo taken from the A Street Bridge.

C&O 7534 and the Erie 400 Pullman on display at Smith Creek Yard.

Preserved COHS railroad equipment on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center's Smiths Creek Yard. Pictured is cosmetically restored SD40 #7534 and J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier #614.

Showroom quality! It had been CSX 4617 (SD40), but it was born as Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad 7534 in March, 1971. With the support of CSX, the shop forces in Huntington, WV cosmetically restored t... (more)

C&O For Progress!

The second of two heritage schemed locomotives to be released by the CSX Huntington Locomotive Shops has escaped the paint booth and awaits finishing touches for pi... (more)