Fallen Flags: Western Maryland/Chessie System
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Ahhhh - the days of nearly graffiti/tag-free railroad cars! Thanks for sharing
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they were still using BL2's in 1982? damn!
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@2GUNBOY can you believe people at EMD thought it was ugly?!
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I love that WM circus scheme. Of course, I like Cornell Red too despite living in Minnesota.
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@Hickler90 My dad retired off from the C&O. Here's what really happened. C&O+ Pere Marquette & Hocking Valley- C&O merged with B&O about 1968 to become C&O/B&O. C&O/B&O bought the Chicago South Shore & South Bend. Chessie bought WM. THEN
Atlantic Coast Line merged with the Seaboard Airline to become Seaboard Air system in 1968. They bought the Louisville & Nashville, Monon, Chicago & Eastern Illinois & Clinchfield = Family Lines. Chessie system merged with Seaboard System Family Lines.
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@pianomanmaestro Chessie System merged with the Seaboard System to form CSXT = Chessie Seaboard Transportation.
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Beautiful Grain Cars
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One of the WM BL2's is in the B&O museum and like a lot of other items, is quickly
rusting to the point where it won't be much to look at . It takes cash to take care of these relics properly and hard times are taking their toll.
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COOL! A BL2 AND SLUG!!!!!
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Very Interesting, CSX was only a holding company on paper at this time, but the Family Lines Hoppers mixed in with the Chessie Hoppers on that train truly indicated what was going to come about in the next few years. However seeing a WM BL2 even running at this time along with a modern NW caboose is kind of astonishing to me, although I'm aware of the NW having trackage rights over the WM to connect with it's Pittsburgh route that the later NS sold off and is today's W&LE enterprise.
It was switching the yard at Hagerstown--NW (now NS) came in there, as well as Conrail.
e44e33 4 years ago
yep
e44e33 5 years ago
A Western Maryland EMD BL2, COOL!!!
2GUNBOY 5 years ago
Yeah, and look closely as it passes--the other BL2 is just beyond it.
e44e33 5 years ago