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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Sept 17, 2014 23:24:08 GMT -8
Kind Sir and Sir-esses,
Along with the 2015 Atlas GSC membership renewal wagon I will also be receiving a Chessie System caboose shewing the "Chessie" emblem.
Info needed please.
I know round about the mid thirties a photo of a kitten asleep partially covered with a blanket and one paw protruding was used for publicity purposes.
When did this emblem stop being used on the sides of vehicles and locos please ?....Is it in my era 1925 to 1955.
Happy Modelling.
Jim Brodie
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Post by bnsf971 on Sept 18, 2014 4:32:12 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 5:30:41 GMT -8
Chessie System was incorporated on February 26, 1973. It served as a corporate identity for the Chesapeake & Ohio which controlled the Western Maryland and Baltimore & Ohio.
On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries, to form CSX Corporation.
The circle C with Chessie's outline logo continued to be seen on freight cars regularly into the 1990's. If any Chessie cars are still on the road today they'd be nearly 25 years old, provided they were built in 1980.
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Post by WP 257 on Sept 18, 2014 13:41:51 GMT -8
The faded Chessie C still appears routinely on yellow covered hoppers and to a lesser extent, on blue high cube auto parts boxcars, that we see rolling through Enola Yard, opposite Harrisburg, PA.
The bright yellow covered hoppers with blue lettering and the blue Chessie symbol still stand out in a train.
No--it's not every day that I see the yellow Chessie covered hoppers--but I have seen them this year.
Even have seen FXE diesel locomotives all the way from Mexico here at Enola, in recent weeks, along with UP, CP, CN, BNSF, and KCS motive power (and the ever present NS and CSX). Even saw a full red and silver warbonnet Santa Fe lettered diesel recently, with just small BNSF initials on the cab. It was dirty and faded, but it was here.
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Post by bnsf971 on Sept 18, 2014 15:01:07 GMT -8
Chessie was still the railroad until at least 1985, when C&O 8624-8643 were painted in the Chessie scheme. The holding company was formed earlier, but the railroads retained their separate identities until then.
Somewhere, I have a photo of a 6 month old B&O/Chessie SD50 taken in Jnuary of 1985.
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Post by stevef45 on Sept 18, 2014 19:08:23 GMT -8
not to hijack this thread. But wasn't there a Chessie logo that had something done to it or was done up because of a rumored merger that never took place?
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Post by bnsf971 on Sept 19, 2014 3:32:32 GMT -8
not to hijack this thread. But wasn't there a Chessie logo that had something done to it or was done up because of a rumored merger that never took place? Are you maybe thinking about the C&O/N&W merger? That's when N&W started painting their stuff blue. |
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Post by Spikre on Sept 19, 2014 11:00:06 GMT -8
 B&O was merged into,or out of existence circa 1984. somehow Orwell and Atlas Shrugged missed that. think it was 87 that the last CSX mergers took place except for RF&P,that was a few years later. Spikre 
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Post by chessie77 on Sept 19, 2014 19:53:35 GMT -8
The Seaboard Coast Line and the Chessie System holding companies merged on November 1, 1980. The SCL, L&N and Clinchfield merged and formed Seaboard System on December 29, 1982. The B&O took over WM operation on May 1, 1983. Seaboard System merged the Georgia Railroad in 1983, the South Carolina Pacific Railway on April 30, 1984, the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis in July 1984, the Gainesville Midland in 1985, the Atlanta and West Point and the Columbia Newberry and Laurens in June 1986. Seaboard System was renamed CSX Transportation on July 1, 1986. The C&O took over the B&O on April 30, 1987. The C&O was merged into CSX on August 31, 1987.
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Post by curtmc on Sept 19, 2014 20:25:18 GMT -8
The C with the cat outline (the Chess-C) started being used on locomotives and freight cars in 1972. Prior to that time Chessie the cat was only featured in advertising (starting in Sept 1933) and on a few "cameo" freight cars in the 1950s which showed the cat (not outline) in a full circle logo... Some cars continued to get the Chess-C (that started in 1972) into the late 1980s and some few were still in service in recent years although most now remaining have CSXT restenciled reporting marks.
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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Sept 20, 2014 1:04:23 GMT -8
Curtmc
Dear Sir and all other replies,
Thank you for clarifying "Chessie" for me,
I guess any of my models which may have the kitten on the sides will be their cameo versions.
I know I can use modellers licence-incidentally where do I buy this licence from ?
I am trying to have a plausible display of models, I can't say for any roof walk-less boxcars 'oh they went under a restricted height structure !!' some of these modern image models came to me as presents and in no way do I want to hurt feelings by not using them. In my train formations I may now and then adopt English practices in my 'iggerance' but I do enjoy playing American style railways. One of the main attractions for me is able to have an authentic style coupling (Buckeye).
With my British trains I have stud contact and standard scale sometimes referred to as 'non preferred' But the Buckeyes I use are the drop head versions or three link or screw couplings as per the real thing. Some modellers adopt an automatic coupling which is for ease of operation but it's not an accurate coupling and I'm non preferred !
Back to Pussy Cats,- just look at my avatar - thanks again for the help and information.
Jim Brodie and Bramble God rest his soul and Mitsie Boo (she even has her own Facebook).
Happy Trails.
When I was last in Phoenix this song was being played everywhere-1993.
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Post by bnsf971 on Sept 20, 2014 4:50:08 GMT -8
James, the modeler's license comes in every box of model railroad equipment. You should have several of them by now.
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Post by Brakie on Sept 28, 2014 1:08:22 GMT -8
Modeling the Chessie isn't as straight forward as it sounds so,yeah,modeling license should be used accordingly unless one is going for sticker Chessie modeling guide lines.
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Post by jhuteman on Apr 28, 2016 8:27:04 GMT -8
LOVE the 'Kitty' and will snap up all I can afford! In my highly biased opinion NO layout is complete without it!
It is iconic and instantly recognizable to all and is a fine representative of American Railroading!
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