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Chesapeake & Ohio – Image Gallery

By Angela Cotey | December 14, 2018

| Last updated on December 8, 2020


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Chesapeake and Ohio
C&O system map

Map showing C&O lines with principal connections and annotations for points of interest, c. 1930s.
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a steam passenger train
C&O’s George Washington

Cincinnati–Washington/Newport News George Washington departing Cincinnati, 1940.
Robert A. Hadley

a steam passenger train
an illustrated of a streamlined bullet shaped engine pulling passenger cars
C&O’s “Train X”

Artist’s rendering of proposed lightweight “Train X,” late 1940s.
Chesapeake & Ohio

an illustrated of a streamlined bullet shaped engine pulling passenger cars
the interior of a coach car
C&O’s George Washington

Interior of “Imperial Salon” coach for Washington–Cincinnati George Washington, 1932.
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the interior of a coach car
an aerial view of a train station and a large hotel in the background
C&O at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

Aerial photo of C&O’s White Sulphur Springs passenger station and Hotel Greenbrier, c. 1950s.
Chesapeake & Ohio

an aerial view of a train station and a large hotel in the background
a large train yard with Detroit skyline in the background
C&O’s Pere Marquette

Detroit–Chicago Pere Marquette departing Detroit, 1950s.
Elmer Treloar

a large train yard with Detroit skyline in the background
a painting of a steam train in the foreground with the United State's capitol building in the background
C&O’s George Washington

Painting commissioned to promote launch of Washington–Cincinnati/Louisville George Washington, c. 1932.
Chesapeake & Ohio

a painting of a steam train in the foreground with the United State's capitol building in the background
a steam turbine locomotive pulling passenger cars
C&O’s Chessie

Steam turbine locomotive for Washington–Cincinnati Chessie (never inaugurated), late 1940s.
Chesapeake & Ohio

a steam turbine locomotive pulling passenger cars
children playing with toys by a hostess
C&O’s Chessie

Hostess and children’s play area on Washington–Cincinnati Chessie (never inaugurated), late 1940s.
Chesapeake & Ohio

children playing with toys by a hostess
a diesel passenger train crossing a tall bridgea bridge
C&O train 105 (Pere Marquette District)

Grand Rapids–Petoskey, Mich., train 105 crossing Manistee River bridge north of Wellston, Mich., c. 1950.
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a diesel passenger train crossing a tall bridgea bridge
steam engine passenger train
C&O’s George Washington

Louisville section of Washington/Newport News–Louisville/Cincinnati George Washington at St. Matthews, Ky., June 1942.
Howard Blackburn

steam engine passenger train
a couple getting onto a passenger car observation car
C&O’s George Washington

Washington/Newport News–Louisville/Cincinnati George Washington, staged publicity photo at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., c. 1930s.
Chesapeake & Ohio

a couple getting onto a passenger car observation car
a couple of diesel passenger trains leaving a station
C&O’s George Washington

Louisville–Newport News/Washington George Washington departs Louisville, 1960s.
Classic Trains coll.

a couple of diesel passenger trains leaving a station
a streamlined steam locomotive pulling passenger cars
C&O streamlined Hudsons

Class L-1 4-6-4s 490 and 492 at Charlottesville, Va., c. 1950.
E. P. Dandridge Jr.

a streamlined steam locomotive pulling passenger cars
a diesel passenger train
C&O’s Hot Springs mixed

Covington–Hot Springs, Va., mixed train with through Pullman from New York, June 1954.
Bob Lewis

a diesel passenger train
a group of people inspecting a passenger car with circular windows
C&O’s Train X

Prototype car from Train X, testing in 1951 or 1952.
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a group of people inspecting a passenger car with circular windows
a steam engine and a tender
C&O’s George Washington

Class F-19 4-6-2 Pacific 490 with “The George Washington” sign on tender, c. 1933.
Chesapeake & Ohio

a steam engine and a tender
a steam passenger train
C&O’s George Washington

Washington–Cincinnati/Louisville George Washington at Alexandria, Va., early 1940s.
Frank Clodfelter

a steam passenger train
a group of women sitting at a circular table wearing headphones and plugging pegs into a switchboard
C&O’s reservation office

New C&O central reservation office in Huntington, W.Va., 1947.
Chesapeake & Ohio

a group of women sitting at a circular table wearing headphones and plugging pegs into a switchboard
a diesel passenger train at night
C&O’s George Washington

Washington/Newport News–Louisville/Cincinnati George Washington, publicity photo at Huntington, W.Va., 1954.
Chesapeake & Ohio

a diesel passenger train at night
a comic book cover showing george washington standing on a hill overloocking the ohio river and chesapeake bay

C&O educational booklet

Cover of C&O comic-book-style educational publication for children, 1948.

a comic book cover showing george washington standing on a hill overloocking the ohio river and chesapeake bay
the interior of a dining car
C&O’s George Washington

Interior of Tavern-series “restaurant car,” c. 1932.
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the interior of a dining car
a steam engine sitting next to a train station
C&O’s George Washington

Louisville/Cincinnati–Newport News George Washington at Main Street Station, Richmond, Va., June 1949.
Paul Gibbs

a steam engine sitting next to a train station
a large carferry sliding down long planks and splashing into watre
C&O’s Badger

Launch of Lake Michigan carferry Badger at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., on Sept. 6, 1952; sister Spartan in background. 
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a large carferry sliding down long planks and splashing into watre

One thought on “Chesapeake & Ohio – Image Gallery”

  1. Their passenger equipment colors and the ‘Chesapeake and Ohio’ font style was the best livery in the east!

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