Fluidr / Fr8engineer's "Chessie Era Slides & Prints" set sorted randomly

Choose Your Fighter...

N 43 B 1.0K C 2 E May 16, 1981 F Jan 24, 2024

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A cornucopia of power is on display at Connellsville PA on May 16th, 1981. So...which engine would you choose as your leader in the long pool? Earl Lippencott photo, JL Sessa collection.

B&O GP30 #6947

N 24 B 723 C 2 E Jan 1, 1978 F Aug 9, 2024

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B&O GP30 #6947 is pictured in fresh Chessie paint at Akron Ohio in the spring of 1978. The battery box door is stenciled "Calcium Battery Service Due 3-12-82". Roger Durfee photo, JL Sessa collection.

SD40 Bath

N 20 B 631 C 1 E Jan 1, 1984 F Jun 10, 2024

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Western Maryland SD40 # 7596 gets a bath at Cumberland, in the summer of 1984. Kurt Reisweber photo, JL Sessa collection.

C&O 307353

N 14 B 926 C 0 E Dec 3, 1979 F Aug 4, 2022

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C&O 307353 was one of hundreds of coil cars built by the C&O at Raceland KY from Evans kits. This car was from the CS-15A subclass. It was photographed in Nashville TN on 12-3-1979. No photographer listed, JL Sessa collection.

Westbound Mtys at HF

N 16 B 836 C 1 E Jan 1, 1979 F Jan 23, 2021

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B&O GP9 #6533 and C&O SD40 #7551 power westbound mtys at Harpers Ferry WV in the winter of 1979. Ray Slagle photo, JL Sessa collection.