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    The Chessie was a proposed streamlined passenger train developed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in the late 1940s. The brainchild of C&O executive...
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  • Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the Chessie System was the creation...
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  • 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), a...
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    support Peake, who was off to war. The Chessie image continued to appear in advertising until 1971 when passenger train travel was consolidated under Amtrak...
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    Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies that controlled...
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    in 1980 as part of the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries merger. The various railroads of the former Chessie System and Seaboard Coast...
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    were also well-traveled trains on the system. Much of the reason for the popularity of C&O's passenger trains was because of Chessie, the sleeping kitten...
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    aside from the stunning scenery the train passed through, was the highly successful advertising campaign of Chessie the sleeping kitten. The kitten debuted...
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    A toy train is a toy that represents a train. It is distinguished from a model train by an emphasis on low cost and durability, rather than scale modeling...
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    between the Chessie System and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. Trains portal United States portal Lists of rail accidents Andria–Corato train collision...
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    secondary passenger trains. It was eventually rebuilt in 1946 to become a streamlined 4-6-4 for the C&O's Chessie streamliner. After the Chessie was cancelled...
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    Chessie units merged with the Seaboard in December 1986. Silver Meteor, inaugurated February 2, 1939 Inherited from SAL. Initially an all-coach train...
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    for the band Lorelei. In 1994, he formed the experimental music group Chessie, named after the defunct Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Gardner wrote that...
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    eastern portion of the American Freedom Train. On March 6, 1979, while being stored one winter in a Chessie System roundhouse in Silver Grove, KY, 2101...
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    Wooden toy trains are toy trains that run on a wooden track system with grooves to guide the wheels of the rolling stock. While the trains, tracks and...
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    Clinchfield—as the "Family Lines System". In 1980, SCLI merged with the Chessie System to create the holding company CSX Corporation; two years later,...
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  • served by the Pere Marquette Railway and successor Chesapeake and Ohio or Chessie System with the ships SS City of Midland 41 of 1940, SS Spartan and SS Badger...
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  • Chessie is an American experimental music group consisting of Stephen Gardner and Ben Bailes. Gardner started Chessie in 1994, while he was a member of...
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    from the original on 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-09-05. "Save the Chessie". Save the Chessie. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2024-09-04...
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    operated by the Glasgow Railway Company of Glasgow, KY L&N #6497 - formerly a Chessie System caboose The museum is home to the award-winning sHOw Modular Model...
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  • hauling and freight railroad, with a small passenger train operation. The WM became a property of the Chessie System holding company in 1973, although it continued...
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    Cats Chessie, the mascot of both the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Chessie System. Wong, Hiufu (24 May 2013). "The cat that saved a Japanese train station:...
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    Works for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1947–1948 for service on the Chessie streamliner. As diesel locomotives became more prevalent following World...
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  • parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation. The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately...
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    the 614 to run for longer times without having to refuel as much. The Chessie Safety Express was 614's first major run, bringing her a bit of spotlight...
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    final (FSP) system plans for Conrail showed the EL being merged into the Chessie System. Also, by 1975, the economy in the eastern United States was gravely...
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  • parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation. The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately...
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    series 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...
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  • of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning S through Z. The primary source for American passenger train names is the Official...
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    properties 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...
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