just a big question did chessie system ever have a dash 8 or wide cab GE because i saw these photos online and they look pretty real really i mean if they aren't someone must be really good at photo shop
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No they never did, good photoshop by somebody
The wide nose diesels didn't exist in the Chessie era, those are 1990's and newer. The newest diesel on Chessie probably was an SD-40 or something. CSXT officially started in 1986, but CSX Corp. was formed in 1980. Remember the short lived Seaboard System? 1983-1986.
The SD50 was the last new power in Chessie System paint. Even the ditch lights in these pictures used on locomotives this way until the mid-90's.
Look up the rosters for B&O and C&O diesel locomotives to find the exact delivery date of the final SD50s in Chessie System.
Andrew
Last Chessie: C&O SD50 #8643, delivered early 1986.
CSX merger implemented 1986.
1st CSX diesel order (C40-8 #7500) delivered: 5/1989 stealth gray schem
1st CSX widecab (CW40-8 #7650) delivered: 4/1991 blue/gray/yellow
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