• Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland...
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    Chessie was a popular cat character used as a symbol of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). Derived from an etching by Viennese artist Guido Grünewald...
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    Nashville and Clinchfield—as the "Family Lines System". In 1980, SCLI merged with the Chessie System to create the holding company CSX Corporation; two...
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    Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries. The name came about during merger talks between Chessie System and SCL, commonly called "Chessie"...
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    Eaton, it became part of the Chessie System, along with the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland Railway. The Chessie System was later combined with the...
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    1980 as part of the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries merger. The various railroads of the former Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line...
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  • Bay, US Chessie System, a former holding company of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) Chessie (mascot), a kitten mascot of the C&O Chessie (train)...
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  • Seaboard Coast Line Industries (category Seaboard System Railroad)
    Chessie System, Inc. to form CSX Corporation (Chessie-Seaboard Multiplied), and in 1983 the Family Lines units were combined as the Seaboard System Railroad...
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  • a small passenger train operation. The WM became a property of the Chessie System holding company in 1973, although it continued independent operations...
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    It operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System; its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation. The railroad...
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    of railway mergers, Clement Conger convinced Hays T. Watkins of the Chessie System to loan the desk to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the United States...
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    was owned for much of its history by that company and its successors, Chessie System and CSX Corporation. Following years of heavy losses, CSX had the hotel...
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  • holding company, the Chessie System, in 1973. The B&O continued to operate as a distinct company under the Chessie System. The Chessie System merged with Seaboard...
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    by the Chessie System, Western Development, Inland Steel, and other landowners, would be purchased by a joint venture owned by the Chessie System and Western...
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    outliving its parent B&O Railroad, and was kept intact by both the Chessie System and CSX Corporation. In 1990, CSX deeded the property and collection...
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    Chessie System, a holding company that owned three American railroads: the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a.k.a. the C&O (for which the Chessie System was...
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    increased their separation from other systems, simplifying maintenance for the prime mover and the electrical system. One former SD50 engineer praised the...
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    Freedom Train. On March 6, 1979, while being stored one winter in a Chessie System roundhouse in Silver Grove, KY, 2101 was severely damaged in a fire...
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    Louisville and Nashville Railroad (category Seaboard System Railroad)
    Railroad entirely. Then in 1986, the Seaboard System merged with the C&O and B&O (known as the Chessie System) and the combined company became CSX Transportation...
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    GP40N's at their Jenk's shop. These units received a microprocessor control system to increase adhesion, control options, and extend the life of the locomotive...
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    railroads merged to form CSX Transportation. The Seaboard System Railroad merged with Chessie System which consisted of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and...
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    form the Seaboard System. On July 1, 1986, the Seaboard System's name was changed to CSX Transportation. Subsequently, the Chessie System was merged into...
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    and Southern Railway Burlington Northern Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Chessie System Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Chicago...
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    guide to freight" and passenger equipment. "The George Washington". The Chessie System. American-Rails. Retrieved May 23, 2011. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S Heavyweight...
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    examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads. The Chessie System received the majority of them as C&O 1500–1524 (25 units), while the...
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    Clinchfield 1967 Seaboard Coast Line 1972 Family Lines System 1973 Chessie System 1976 Conrail 1982 Seaboard System East Midlands Railway 43102 InterCity (British...
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  • today (with fewer stops) as the Amtrak Crescent. The music video shows Chessie System trains running around Clifton Forge, Virginia.[citation needed] Guitarist...
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    as a condition of the I.C.C.'s approval of the Seaboard Coast Line – Chessie System merger in 1979. While the request was supported by the I.C.C.'s Enforcement...
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    Petersburg, Russia Canadian Parliamentary Cats Chessie, the mascot of both the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Chessie System. Wong, Hiufu (24 May 2013). "The cat that...
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    1977, AFT 1 was renumbered back to 2101 and painted in the Chessie System livery for the Chessie Steam Special, an excursion train to celebrate the 150th...
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