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C&O #8272 • Chessie System Restored

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C&O #8272 • Chessie System Restored

CSX Chessie System Jan 27 1018

As a tribute to the rail lineage, CSX recently donated a 1980 General Electric B30-7 locomotive to the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. Before transporting the locomotive to the society’s railroad museum in North East, PA, CSX railroaders restored the locomotive to it’s original, ‘as-delivered” Chessie Cat paint scheme. CSX ties run deep in Pennsylvania, with predecessor roads operating in the region for over 150 years.

Prior to arriving at the Lake Shore Railway Museum, C&O #8272 made a stop at the GE Transportation Erie facility. The locomotive was displayed in Building 10 for a brief private showing, home of the assembly lines that built the engine 37 years ago.

Source: CSX Transportation • Click here

Gary

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trainroomgary posted:
SJC posted:

Old news......very old news......

Hi SJC • New photos for all us folks who like rail-fanning.CSX Jan 26 2018

Gary

Gary, CSX may have just posted photos of this locomotive on their Facebook page but the "news" is almost a year old. A quick google search produced images of this same locomotive just after the paint job was completed in March of last year. Here is a link to a photo of the locomotive when the paint was still wet: http://www.railpictures.net/vi...d=610401&nseq=53

Now, having said all that thanks for the information as many might not have seen it until now. 

 

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Some of my fellow members are hung up on dates.  I did a OGR search before I posted this thread. I was unable to find any records of this topic. Rebuilding this Chessie.

If I missed this, please provide the OGR Link. That covers,  Chessie System #8272 being restored.

From what I found, I was the first member to bring this topic to the OGR Forum.  It is not old news, I have always provided the dates and source. Like,  January 26, 2018 and June 15, 2017.

Hope this helps: Gary

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The continuing saga:

Chessie System painted B30-7 emerges from CSX shops in West Virginia

By Chase Gunnoe | March 20, 2017

Chessie 8272 Outside of Piant Shop

Freshly painted C&O GE B30-7 No. 8272 sits outside of CSX's paint booth in Huntington, W.Va., on Saturday, March 18. Chase Gunnoe

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A locomotive repainted into Chessie System colors has emerged from CSX Transportation’s Huntington locomotive shops. The B30-7, C&O No. 8272, formerly CSX No. 5554, was spotted outside of the facility’s main shop area on Saturday afternoon where it was coupled to CSX blue-and-gold locomotives.

Trains News Wire first reported about the locomotive on March 10 when photos appeared on a Facebook page dedicated to workers and former employees of the railroad’s Huntington shops. The original poster later removed the photos.

Source: Trains Magazine: March 20, 2017    To read the on line article: Click here

I have always liked the Chessie Colors, I wonder who will make the model of the Chessie System 8272. MTH or Lionel. I would like to see it as a RailKing.

The first home we purchase was in 1980, in Plymouth, Michigan. Several blocks from the Chessie System Yard and Roundhouse.  The roundhouse has been torn down and I started my train layout ing 1983.  One of our first locos was a Lionel Chessie System loco #8470.

Gary

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trainroomgary posted:

The continuing saga:

Chessie System painted B30-7 emerges from CSX shops in West Virginia

By Chase Gunnoe | March 20, 2017

Chessie 8272 Outside of Piant Shop

Freshly painted C&O GE B30-7 No. 8272 sits outside of CSX's paint booth in Huntington, W.Va., on Saturday, March 18. Chase Gunnoe

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A locomotive repainted into Chessie System colors has emerged from CSX Transportation’s Huntington locomotive shops. The B30-7, C&O No. 8272, formerly CSX No. 5554, was spotted outside of the facility’s main shop area on Saturday afternoon where it was coupled to CSX blue-and-gold locomotives.

Trains News Wire first reported about the locomotive on March 10 when photos appeared on a Facebook page dedicated to workers and former employees of the railroad’s Huntington shops. The original poster later removed the photos.

Source: Trains Magazine: March 20, 2017    To read the on line article: Click here

I have always liked the Chessie Colors, I wonder who will make the model of the Chessie System 8272. MTH or Lionel. I would like to see it as a RailKing.

The first home we purchase was in 1980, in Plymouth, Michigan. Several blocks from the Chessie System Yard and Roundhouse.  The roundhouse has been torn down and I started my train layout ing 1983.  One of our first locos was a Lionel Chessie System loco #8470.

Gary

That's an awesome site!

DennyMDennyMOGR Forum Member
trainroomgary posted:

The continuing saga:

Chessie System painted B30-7 emerges from CSX shops in West Virginia

By Chase Gunnoe | March 20, 2017

Chessie 8272 Outside of Piant Shop

Freshly painted C&O GE B30-7 No. 8272 sits outside of CSX's paint booth in Huntington, W.Va., on Saturday, March 18. Chase Gunnoe

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A locomotive repainted into Chessie System colors has emerged from CSX Transportation’s Huntington locomotive shops. The B30-7, C&O No. 8272, formerly CSX No. 5554, was spotted outside of the facility’s main shop area on Saturday afternoon where it was coupled to CSX blue-and-gold locomotives.

Trains News Wire first reported about the locomotive on March 10 when photos appeared on a Facebook page dedicated to workers and former employees of the railroad’s Huntington shops. The original poster later removed the photos.

Source: Trains Magazine: March 20, 2017    To read the on line article: Click here

I have always liked the Chessie Colors, I wonder who will make the model of the Chessie System 8272. MTH or Lionel. I would like to see it as a RailKing.

The first home we purchase was in 1980, in Plymouth, Michigan. Several blocks from the Chessie System Yard and Roundhouse.  The roundhouse has been torn down and I started my train layout ing 1983.  One of our first locos was a Lionel Chessie System loco #8470.

Gary

Chessie System is my favorite road name and paint scheme. Old news or not this is great thread.

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