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Viewing Album:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
 
By:Chuck Zeiler
Dates:9/1/1985 - 12/31/1987
Album Info:Photos of the B&O mostly in and around the Chicago area.
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B&O S2 9041
Title:  B&O S2 9041
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Alco S2 9041 at Robey Street ( Damen Avenue ) in Chicago, Illinois on March 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive is sub-lettered for the B&OCT. Also hand written on the lower cab side is "Gone To Lunch" It is pictured near the Robey Street roundhouse. Map of Robey Street Yard at this address: https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/03/b-lincoln-yard.html
Photo Date:  3/7/1965  Upload Date: 8/12/2022 3:30:03 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  BO 9041(S2)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
B&O Business Car 98
Title:  B&O Business Car 98
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Business Car 98 westbound on the rear of a CB&Q steam fan trip at Naperville, Illinois, October 17, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was on a few of the steam excursions led by 4960. It is seen here on a round trip to Streator, departing Chicago at 9:00 AM DST, leaving Aurora at 10:10 AM, returning to Chicago at 6:30 PM. It was sponsored by the Illini Railroad Club, the fare was $7.50. A nice place to be sitting, in my opinion. The following is from the B&OHS publication, The Sentinel (Vol. 33, No. 2): Built by Pullman and delivered to the B&O on November 15, 1917 to Plan 3334 in Lot 4467 as the 99A, the car was quickly renumbered to 98 in 1918. A 1940 record shows the car assigned to F. G. Hoskins, general manager in Baltimore, and a 1958 record shows the car assigned to W. R. Galloway, general manager of the central region in Pittsburgh. In 1964 the car was back in Baltimore assigned to John Edwards, general manager Eastern Region. In 1955, the six-wheel trucks under the 98 were converted to roller bearing trucks at a cost of $5,205 (try to do that today for that amount of money). Those trucks are still under the car. Number 98 was sold in 1965 to Ralph Atlass of the Intermountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. The car was left in Baltimore & Ohio paint, according to several pictures of it running on western railroads. Later an individual in Chattanooga, Tennessee, purchased the car and donated it to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga. The then-president of the TVRM named the car Eden Isle, but retained the number 98. The car remains at TVRM and is used by the museum for charters over its six-mile railroad from Grand Junction Station to East Chattanooga Station and Charters range from $600 to $1600 depending on the trip. While the interior of the car is much the way it was in B&O service, the outside is now painted in an attractive maroon with gold lettering and striping. In their history of the 98, the TVRM states the car was assigned to an executive vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio and that could explain its low number, since cars with numbers 97 to 100 were normally assigned to top executives. They also show the car being rebuilt by the railroad in 1935, but that has not been verified. That could have been when air conditioning was added to the car. It remains a mystery why the car was first numbered 99A. Perhaps it was intended to back up Daniel Willard’s car 99, since he was known to travel the railroad extensively in his position as president. It was long before Universal Machine Language Equipment Register requirements that there be no alphas in the number field. The 99A number appears to have been assigned to the car for less than a year.
Photo Date:  10/17/1965  Upload Date: 2/9/2010 1:37:33 PM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1978   Comments: 3
B&O E6 1411
Title:  B&O E6 1411
Description:  B&O E6 1411 eastbound on Train Number 6, The Capitol, at 63rd Street, Chicago, Illinois on October 10, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Note the airplane in the upper right, also eastbound. This locomotive was built as E6A 60 in June 1941 (c/n 1328) on EMD Order E388A, and originally shared road number 60 with its E6B mate. It was wrecked in a rear end collision at Dickerson, Maryland on September 24, 1942, rebuilt in-kind by EMD. It was renumbered to 60A during 1950, renumbered back to 60 during mid-April 1952, rebuilt by the B&O during December 1953, renumbered to 1411 during early 1957, out of service by January 1, 1967, sold to EMD during 1967 as trade-in credit on a SD40 order. Within approximately six miles there were five mainline railroad stations on 63rd Street at the time of this photo. This was the middle of the five, situated at 63rd Street (the name of the station) and Oakley Avenue (2300 west), serving the B&O, C&O, and Pere Marquette. The station house was built at ground level before the tracks were elevated and a stairway led to the upper level platforms.
Photo Date:  10/10/1965  Upload Date: 4/2/2010 10:46:25 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  BO 1411(E6A)
Views:  3948   Comments: 14
B&O E6 1411
Title:  B&O E6 1411
Description:  B&O E6 1411 at 63rd Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built as number 60 in June 1941 (c/n 1328) on EMD Order E388A, renumbered to 1411. It is seen here eastbound heading Train #6, The Capitol, stopping at the 63rd Street Station, having departed Grand Central Station at 4:30 PM. It will arrive at the Washington DC Union Station at 9:30 AM if all goes well.

The June 1965 edition of the Official Guide lists the following equipment for The Capitol, the daily Trains 5 and 6 (note; the first car number listed is the westbound car number, the second number is the eastbound car number):

Current Release Movies in the Movie Coach and Dining Car between Baltimore, Washington and Chicago. Sleeping Car 54, 64 - 10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms. Slumbercoach Car SC1, SC2 - 24 Single Rooms, 8 Double Bedrooms (Only coach ticket plus small room charge required). Coach - Lounge Car (Buffet). Reclining Seat Coach (Lounge Rooms) Car 256, 266 (Coach space reserved in advance without charge). Strata Dome (Coach) Lounge Car 257, 267 (24 Dome Seats) Between Washington and Chicago. Strata Dome Lounge Car 500, 600 - 5 Roomettes, 1 Single Bedroom, 3 Compartments (Each Compartment contains two lower berths). Sleeping Cars 52, 53, 62, 63 - 10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms. Lounge (Buffet) Car 50, 60 (5 Double Bedrooms). Dining Car.
Photo Date:  10/10/1965  Upload Date: 2/4/2010 11:54:54 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  BO 1411(E6A)
Views:  2745   Comments: 8
B&O E7 1416
Title:  B&O E7 1416
Description:  B&O E7 1416 westbound at Pullman Junction located on the south side of Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built as number 64 in February 1945 (c/n 1674) on EMD Order E492A, originally shared the road number with an E7A mate (which later became 1415), renumbered to 64A during April 1947, rebuilt by the B&O during February 1955, renumbered to 1416 during early 1957, sold for scrap to Naporano Iron and Metal (Newark, New Jersey) on May 17, 1968. I don't know what train this is, but it appears to be an Extra, judging by all the foreign coaches (either Milwaukee or UP) in the consist.
Photo Date:  4/20/1965  Upload Date: 2/5/2010 12:38:14 PM
Location:  Pullman Junction, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BO 1416(E7A)
Views:  2935   Comments: 4
B&O E8m 1435
Title:  B&O E8m 1435
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad E8m 1435 eastbound at Pullman Junction on the south side of Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in January 1938 as EA #54 (c/n 766) on EMC Order E188A. The B&O received the only EA's and EB's built (six of each), the EA's were numbered 51-56 and the EB's were numbered 51x-56x. The Second Diesel Spotters Guide states that all were rebuilt to E8m during 1953 (EMD Order 7507A). Number 52 had been transferred to the Alton in 1940 (which the B&O controlled at the time), eventually becoming GM&O 100A. All except 100A were scrapped during 1969-1971. As built, this locomotive was powered by two Winton 201A 12 cylinder prime movers producing 1800 horsepower. The rebuilt units were rated at 2000 horsepower due to reused components.

It is pictured heading Train 10-2, the daily Washington Express, departing Chicago's Grand Central Station at 11:35 AM CDT, scheduled to arrive at Washington DC Union Station at 7:05 AM. According to the June 1965 edition of the Official Guide, the coach fare from Chicago to Washington was $22.15. It appears that Train 10-2 continued on to Baltimore after arriving at Washington DC (I'm not sure about the routing to accomplish that). Equipment listed is as follows: Washington - Chicago Express Trains 9 and 10 Daily; Between Washington and Chicago, Sleeping Car 90, 101, 14 roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms (Sleeping cars may be occupied at Washington until 8:00 AM EDT and at Chicago until 7:30 AM CDT); Reclining Seat Coaches, Washington to Chicago; Dining-Lounge Car, Chicago to Pittsburgh; Dining Car.
Photo Date:  4/20/1965  Upload Date: 2/5/2010 11:33:48 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BO 1435(E8A)
Views:  1934   Comments: 2
B&O E9 1455
Title:  B&O E9 1455
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio E-9 #1455 and Chesapeake & Ohio E-8 #4012 at Grand Central Station, Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1966, photo by Chuck Zeiler Unfortunately, by the time I began photographing trains, Grand Central Station was in its final days. Most of the trains terminating there were already routed to other stations, and this station only saw the B&O and C&O. By the advent of Amtrak, this station fell into disuse and was soon demolished for re-development, but the property sat vacant for over a decade.
Photo Date:  2/27/1966  Upload Date: 2/6/2010 6:51:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BO 1455(E9A) CO 4012(E8A)
Views:  2076   Comments: 1
B&O SD7 1829
Title:  B&O SD7 1829
Description:  B&O SD7 1829 at Baltimore, Maryland on September 12, 1981, photo by Gary L. Powell, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in November 1953 as B&O SD7 763 (c/n 18685) on EMD Order 5303, it was renumbered to B&O 7403 during early 1957, then renumbered to B&O 1829 during June 1964, assigned CSXT 9703 sometime after April 30, 1987 but not renumbered, retired by CSX July 29, 1987, sold to Steel Processing Corporation in Albertville, Alabama, shipped from there to Montana Rail Link on March 30, 1988, rebuilt by Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, outshopped February 28, 1990 as SD9u becoming BN 6245 (second), then BNSF 6144, then BNSF 1725, and retired from the BNSF in July 2008.
Photo Date:  9/12/1981  Upload Date: 2/26/2010 12:37:36 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Gary L. Powell
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 1829(SD7)
Views:  1454   Comments: 0
B&O C2435
Title:  B&O C2435
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad caboose C2435 at on an unknown day in June 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was somewhere in Michigan, the Chessie Steam Special was turning around, led by Reading 2101.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/29/2018 10:26:03 PM
Location:  Holland, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  194   Comments: 0
B&O GP35 3505
Title:  B&O GP35 3505
Description:  B&O GP35 3505, Jersey City, New Jersey, October 1964 (date approximate), photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in March 1964 (c/n 29095) on EMD Order 7716, it eventually became CSXT 4345 and later road slug 2223. I presume this was the as-delivered paint scheme.
Photo Date:  10/1/1964  Upload Date: 2/8/2010 11:14:06 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3505(GP35)
Views:  1882   Comments: 5
B&O GP35 3514
Title:  B&O GP35 3514
Description:  B&O GP35 3514, Jersey City, New Jersey, August 1964 (approximate date), photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built in April 1964 (c/n 29104) on EMD Order 7716, and was sold for scrap to Midwest Steel and Alloy in April 1987.
Photo Date:  8/1/1964  Upload Date: 2/9/2010 10:55:10 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3514(GP35) BO 3507(GP35)
Views:  1436   Comments: 1
B&O GP35 3519
Title:  B&O GP35 3519
Description:  B&O GP35 3519, Rochester, New York, March 28, 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in April 1964 (c/n 29109) on EMD Order 7716, became CSXT 4359 and was rebuilt to road slug 2314.
Photo Date:  3/28/1979  Upload Date: 2/10/2010 10:13:50 AM
Location:  Rochester, NY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3519(GP35)
Views:  646   Comments: 1
B&O GP35 3542
Title:  B&O GP35 3542
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad GP35 3542 at an unknown location, Kodak date stamped September 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I didn't travel much in 1979, so I think this was shot in the Chicago, Illinois area. It was unusual for me to not mark the slide mount, so I believe this was on the end of roll of film I was taking to the lab, and shot this on the way.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/23/2015 11:25:21 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3542(GP35) BO 4046(GP40)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
B&O GP35 3547
Title:  B&O GP35 3547
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad GP35 3547 passing below Akron Junction in Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The engineer's cab heater intake is covered over, a common adjustment on EMD locomotives in winter. This locomotive was built in July 1964 (c/n 29379) on EMD Order 7736. I believe this was called Akron Junction. Fred Stuckman adds the following (valid as of 1/1/11, no kiddding) :

The tracks below are the old Cleveland line, it originates in Cleveland and winds it's way through eastern Ohio and ends at the Ohio River across from Wheeling WV. That line was originally called the CT&V (Cleveland Terminal & Valley). The line today is abandoned from Urichsville Ohio to the river. CSX still owns a small portion in Cleveland, CVSR from Cleveland to Akron, Metro, our bus company, from Akron to Canton. Wheeling & Lake Erie operates the Akron-Canton line for the industries and CVSR runs passenger excursions on it June through August. South of Canton, it's abandoned to Dover. From there to Urichsville is operated by RJ Corman. Finally, the Pennsy, CA&C (Cleveland Akron & Columbus) came onto the main just 100' or so to the left of that image at AY interlocking, and ran concurrent with the B&O until Warwick Ohio. (Clinton) From there, it would continue to Columbus. Each company owned one main track between AY and Warwick. From Hudson south, most of it is torn up. The track through Hudson is the Cleveland & Pittsburgh line. That has been PRR/PC/CR/NS, still quite active today.

Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:47:33 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  BO 3547(GP35)
Views:  2602   Comments: 10
B&O GP35 3547
Title:  B&O GP35 3547
Description:  B&O GP35 3547 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in July 1964 (c/n 29379) on EMD Order 7736. It was leased to the Milwaukee Road during early 1978, assigned CSXT 4387, retired by mid-August 1986, sold for scrap to Midwest Steel and Alloy, Youngstown, Ohio during mid-March 1987.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 1/5/2011 11:17:25 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3547(GP35)
Views:  970   Comments: 1
B&O GP35 3547
Title:  B&O GP35 3547
Description:  B&O GP35 3547, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. The weather is still cold as evidenced by the cab heater intake being taped over. The trailing unit is WM 6409, built in June 1956 as WM 34 (c/n 21619) on EMD Order 5451, traded to EMD for new power sometime during 1984.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 3/4/2010 11:25:46 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3547(GP35) WM 6409(GP9)
Views:  1885   Comments: 0
B&O GP35 3547
Title:  B&O GP35 3547
Description:  B&O GP35 3547, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This was a small service yard located just below Akron Junction, the PRR/B&O tracks are passing overhead to the right of the of the locomotives. The rails the locomotives are on connect to a tunnel that passes below the elevated rails, which was the old B&O Cleveland line.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/11/2010 11:31:50 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3547(GP35) BO 4019(GP40)
Views:  1340   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3684
Title:  B&O GP40 3684
Description:  B&O GP35 3684 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. There was a small service yard located just below Akron Junction on both sides. The rails the locomotives are on pass over the old B&O Cleveland line, which pass below through a short tunnel at Tower AY, located at the safety railings to the left. Fred Stuckman adds this:

From left to right in the frame: left two tracks are/were the Cleveland Akron & Columbus (CA&C/PRR/PC/CR), that's the line from Hudson to Columbus. The next two tracks, including the one the train is on are the B&O's New Castle Sub. Pittsburgh to Chicago. Finally, the track to the far right that diverges from the eastbound goes into the B&O Hill Yard and serves the coal tower. It looks pretty much the same today as in 1983, when you took that shot, except for the CA&C being completely removed. The track below the bridge the train is about to pass over is only active for summer tourist operations on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway. I have posted an album called B&O Boneyard, that shows how that area has changed. Also of interest might be the album called B&O Coal Tower. A third album shows the coal tower at night and is called Nightlife in the Boneyard.

Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/11/2010 12:21:40 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  BO 3684(GP40)
Views:  1043   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3684
Title:  B&O GP40 3684
Description:  B&O GP40 3684 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1966 (c/n 32644) on EMD Order 7943, it became CSXT 6500 and later was restored to B&O 3684 and donated to the B&O Museum.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:05:39 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 3684(GP40)
Views:  879   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3687
Title:  B&O GP40 3687
Description:  B&O GP40 3687, Cicero, Illinois, October 1979. photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1966 (c/n 32647) on EMD Order 7943, it became CSXT 6503, rebuilt December 28, 1990 to SSW GP40M-2 7287, renumbered July 25, 2006 to UP 1522.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/11/2010 1:06:01 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3687(GP40)
Views:  864   Comments: 1
B&O XM3688
Title:  B&O XM3688
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad XM3688 at an unknown location on an unknown day in June 1981, by Chuck Zeiler. This photo was shot from a passing Chessie Safety Special steam excursion.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/29/2018 11:54:39 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  172   Comments: 0
B&O GP40 3739
Title:  B&O GP40 3739
Description:  B&O GP40 3739, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in April 1969 (c/n 34862) on EMD Order 7158 and later became GATX 3739, then BN 3084, then MNA 3084, then CORP 4024. A search of this web site by location indicates that this is Akron Junction, the building is Tower AY.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 11:09:41 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3739(GP40)
Views:  733   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3739
Title:  B&O GP40 3739
Description:  B&O GP40 3739 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. There are five kitty (Chessie) logos pictured here, I challenge you to show me five or more kitty logos in a single shot.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 12:38:07 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3739(GP40)
Views:  755   Comments: 3
B&O GP40 3739
Title:  B&O GP40 3739
Description:  B&O GP40 3739 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Nice vest pocket car repair facility in the background, perfect model railroad design.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 1:09:11 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BO 3739(GP40)
Views:  876   Comments: 2
B&O GP40 3739
Title:  B&O GP40 3739
Description:  B&O GP40 3739, Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Overhead is the Akron Branch, which split off of the ex-PRR Valley Main at Hudson, Ohio, and ran southwest through Akron and Orrville, ending at Columbus. It was made redundant with the Penn Central merger by the ex-Big Four/NYC mainline between Cleveland and Columbus, and was mostly abandoned later when washouts took out several portions of the line. Out of the picture to the left is B&O's office and Tower AY, which controlled Akron Junction, the overhead tracks continued south to JO Interlocking, and South Akron Yard. From Akron Junction at MP 11.5 to Warwick Tower at MP 27, the PRR's Akron Branch and the Baltimore & Ohio main line had a joint-track arrangement. Operators at JO Tower on East Market Street controlled the intersection of the Erie Railroad with the B&O and PRR joint line, as well as the switches and signals at Akron Union Depot and, after 1967, Arkon Junction. Below is the B&O's Cleveland to Canton Valley Line curving to the right. The track to the left led to the coaling tower and small yard, and a connecting track between the Valley Line and the joint B&O/PRR tracks overhead, which the B&O called the Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 4/3/2010 9:50:13 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  BO 3739(GP40)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
B&O GP40 3739
Title:  B&O GP40 3739
Description:  B&O GP40 3739 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 4/6/2012 6:30:58 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BO 3739(GP40)
Views:  549   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3754
Title:  B&O GP40 3754
Description:  B&O GP40 3754 backing at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 3754 was built in January 1971 (c/n 36735) on EMD Order 7275, became CSXT 6530, was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen January 25, 1991 to GP40M-2 and became SSW 7293, and on September 10, 2004 became UP 1528.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/13/2010 11:35:12 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3754(GP40) BO 4232(GP40-2)
Views:  700   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3760
Title:  B&O GP40 3760
Description:  B&O GP40 3760 assisting in the turning of the Safety Express at Fort Wayne, Indiana on an unknown day in June 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in February 1971 (c/n 36741) on EMD Order 7275, it became CSXT 6536, rebuilt April 1994 to GP40-3 as KCS 4754, then KCS 2855.
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 2/13/2010 1:16:26 PM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 3760(GP40)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
B&O GP38 3808
Title:  B&O GP38 3808
Description:  B&O GP38 3808, on L&N rails at Cowan, Tennessee, April 1, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in October 1967 (c/n 33326) on EMD Order 7060 and later became CSXT 2008.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:58:04 AM
Location:  Cowan, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3808(GP38)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
B&O GP38 3828
Title:  B&O GP38 3828
Description:  B&O GP38 3828, Indianapolis, Indiana, February 4, 1987, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1967 (c/n 33346) on EMD Order 7060, it became CSXT 2028. At some point it was rebuilt by Motive Power Industries to GP38M-3 for Helm Financial, then leased to the UP, first becoming UP 2413 on June 6, 1997, renumbered to UP 913 on June 11, 2003, retired by the UP and returned to Helm November 26, 2007.
Photo Date:  2/4/1987  Upload Date: 2/14/2010 11:52:44 AM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 3828(GP38)
Views:  687   Comments: 0
B&O GP40 4006
Title:  B&O GP40 4006
Description:  B&O GP40 4006, Detroit, Michigan, December 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4006 was built in August 1971 (c/n 38486) on EMD Order 7340, and became CSXT 6581, rebuilt to GP40-3 becoming KCS 4746.
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 2/15/2010 10:39:43 AM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4006(GP40) BO 4248(GP40-2)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
B&O GP40 4012
Title:  B&O GP40 4012
Description:  B&O GP40 4012 at Akron Junction in Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1971 (c/n 38492) on EMD Order 7340, it became CSXT 6587, then CSXT 9717, then LLPX 3105. Obviously a grab shot, I'm not in the right place for anything in this photo except weeds.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/15/2010 12:31:11 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  BO 4012(GP40)
Views:  685   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 4019
Title:  B&O GP40 4019
Description:  B&O GP40 4019, Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in September 1971 (c/n 38499) on EMD Order 7340, later becoming CSXT 6594. One source shows this locomotive becoming a road slug (RM-1) on the Saint Lawrence and Atlantic (SLR) as #806.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/16/2010 10:23:55 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4019(GP40)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 4019
Title:  B&O GP40 4019
Description:  B&O GP40 4019 at Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 2:09:53 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4019(GP40)
Views:  336   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 4028
Title:  B&O GP40 4028
Description:  B&O GP40 4028, Detroit, Michigan, December 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1971 (c/n 38508) on EMD Order 7340, it became CSXT 6603, then IORY 6603, then IORY 4031.
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 2/15/2010 1:19:49 PM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4028(GP40)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
B&O GP40 4028
Title:  B&O GP40 4028
Description:  B&O GP40 4028, Detroit, Michigan, December 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1971 (c/n 38508) on EMD Order 7340, it was leased to the AT&SF during March 1980, temporarily renumbered to 9028. It became CSXT 6603 sometime after April 30, 1987, retired September 22, 1995, sold to National Railway Equipment Company on January 10, 1996, sold to IORY as 6603, renumbered to 4031 during mid-1999.
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 4/2/2010 11:47:19 AM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4028(GP40)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
B&O GP40 4031
Title:  B&O GP40 4031
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad GP40 4031 at an unknown location on an unknown day in June 1978, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was shot from a passing Chessie Safety Express steam trip. I believe this was in the Gary, Indiana area.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 2/23/2015 1:12:19 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4031(GP40)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
B&O GP40-2 4101
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4101
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4101 at Akron Junction in Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in August 1972 (c/n 7365-2), it became CSXT 6002.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/18/2010 12:01:15 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4101(GP40-2)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
B&O GP40-2 4189
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4189
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4189, Harvey, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in April 1975 (c/n 74695-5), eventually becoming CSXT 6088.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/16/2010 12:09:11 PM
Location:  Harvey, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4189(GP40-2)
Views:  480   Comments: 2
B&O DR-4-4-1500 4201
Title:  B&O DR-4-4-1500 4201
Description:  B&O DR-4-4-1500 4201, La Grange, Illinois, November 15, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built by Baldwin as the trailing cab of demonstrator 6001. Previous to October 1948, the styling of the DR-4-4-1500 was known as Babyface to the casual observer, and was first ordered by the CNJ in September 1945, not delivered (because of post-war material and labor shortages) until mid-1947. The only other Babyface DR-4-4-1500's ordered were for the NYC and MP, with no orders from May 1947 to October 1948, when the PRR ordered 26 cabs and 26 boosters. However, the PRR specified a cab units matching their Raymond Loewy-styled Baldwin passenger DR-6-4-2000 units delivered in 1947, which took their styling from the T-1 steam locomotive, a design which earned the diesels the nickname Sharknose. In November 1949, the PRR followed up with an order for eight more cabs and eight more boosters.

With no more orders for the DR-4-4-1500 on the books, in June 1949 Baldwin built demonstrator 6001, an A-B-B-A set, and sent it out on tour. Competing against EMD's F3 and Alco's FA1, no sales were forthcoming, although the tour may have influenced sales in the DR-4-4-1500's sucessor, the RF-16. The demonstrator was sold to the EJ&E December 22, 1950 under a lease-purchase agreement, the cabs were renumbered 700A and 701A (the pictured unit), and the boosters were 700B and 701B. They did not work out well on the EJ&E, and the poorly maintained units were transferred to the EJ&E's sister US Steel owned railroad, the DM&IR. On the DM&IR only two units (a cab and a booster) were found operable, and were renumbered 728-729, but not repainted from the EJ&E orange and green. Because of poor maintenance on the EJ&E, although the DR-4-4-1500's could out-perform matching sets of EMD F-units, their maintenance costs were three times as much. At the end of the EJ&E's lease-purchase agreement in 1955, all four units were sold to the B&O. Delivered to the B&O on March 11, 1955, the DR-4-4-1500's were renumbered 847-847X-849X-849 (the pictured unit was 849), refurbished at the Glenwood Shops (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) during April 1955, and put to work with the Baldwin RF-16's the B&O already had on the property. During 1957, the B&O renumbered the units to 4200-5200-5201-4201, and during 1961 number 4201 was equpipped with a snowplow pilot. It was retired January 31, 1963, traded to EMD on July 3, 1964 for new SD35's, and is pictured here on the Pielet Brothers (scrap yard) setout track across the IHB tracks from EMD's plant.
Photo Date:  11/15/1964  Upload Date: 3/20/2010 10:23:02 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4201(DR4-4-15)
Views:  3183   Comments: 4
B&O GP40-2 4232
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4232
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4232 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4232 was built in June 1975 (c/n 74695-48), later becoming CSXT 6131. These are actually two light engines backing to pick up their train. Obviously, the hogger just hauled back on the throttle.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/17/2010 9:43:21 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4232(GP40-2)
Views:  511   Comments: 2
B&O GP40-2 4232
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4232
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4232 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. The building is Tower AY, the tracks the locomotives are on are former B&O rails between Warren and Columbus, Ohio, and the former PRR's Akron Branch, which split off of the ex-PRR Valley Main at Hudson, Ohio, and ran southwest through Akron and Orrville, ending at Columbus. The tracks below are B&O rails running between Chicago and Pittsburgh. Fred Stuckman offers the following additional information:

In this photo, the train is headed west on the New Castle Sub. which is the Pittsburgh-Chicago line. The tracks below are the old Cleveland line. It originates in Cleveland and winds its way through eastern Ohio and ends at the Ohio River across from Wheeling West Virginia. That line was originally called the CT&V (Cleveland Terminal & Valley, part of the B&O). The line today is abandoned from Urichsville Ohio to the river. CSX still owns a small portion in Cleveland, CVSR (Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad) from Cleveland to Akron, Metro, our bus company, from Akron to Canton. Wheeling & Lake Erie operates the Akron-Canton line for the industries and CVSR runs passenger excursions on it June through August. South of Canton, it's abandoned to Dover. From there to Urichsville is operated by RJ Corman. Finally, the Pennsy, CA&C (Cleveland Akron & Columbus, part of the old PRR) came onto the main just 100' or so to the left of that image at AY interlocking, and ran concurrent with the B&O until Warwick Ohio. (Clinton) From there, it would continue to Columbus. Each company owned one main track between AY and Warwick. From Hudson south, most of it is torn up. The track through Hudson is the Cleveland & Pittsburgh line. That has been PRR/PC/CR/NS, still quite active today. The tower/depot at Hudson still stands, but efforts to preserve it have failed and so it will be razed soon.

Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 7/15/2010 12:09:06 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4232(GP40-2)
Views:  688   Comments: 1
B&O GP40-2 4248
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4248
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4248, Detroit, Michigan, December 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4248 was built in February 1977 (c/n 767034-2) and later became CSXT 6147.
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 2/17/2010 10:20:57 AM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4248(GP40-2) BO 4006(GP40)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
B&O GP40-2 4311
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4311
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4311, Riverdale, Illinois, March 10, 1984, photo by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 4311 was built in March 1978 (c/n 777051-4) and became CSXT 6210.
Photo Date:  3/10/1984  Upload Date: 2/17/2010 11:17:53 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Gib Allbach
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4311(GP40-2) BO 4306(GP40-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
B&O GP40-2 4351
Title:  B&O GP40-2 4351
Description:  B&O GP40-2 4351, Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built as B&O 4351 in March 1979 (c/n 787227-30) it became CSXT 6250, later CSXT 6943 and mated with Road Slug 2218.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/18/2010 11:07:54 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4351(GP40-2)
Views:  467   Comments: 1
B&O F7 4632
Title:  B&O F7 4632
Description:  B&O F7 4632 at the Robey Street Roundhouse in Chicago, Illinois on March 7, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Robey Street was renamed Damen Avenue. Left to right: B&O F7 4632 built January 1953 as 989A (c/n 17525, EMD Order 6467A), B&OCT SW1 8418 built May 1942 as B&OCT 218 (c/n 1603, EMD Order E462), B&O SW1 8415 built September 1940 as B&O 215 (c/n 1113, EMD Order E324), two unidentified GP30's or GP35's, C&O E7 4522, built June 1946 as PM 102 (c/n 2912, EMD Order E643A), later C&O 102, then C&O 4522, then C&O 1425 sold for scrap sometime in 1968.
Photo Date:  3/7/1965  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 2:24:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4632(F7A) BOCT 8418(SW1) BO 8415(SW1) CO 4522(E7A)
Views:  4348   Comments: 6
B&O GP38 4809
Title:  B&O GP38 4809
Description:  B&O GP38 4809, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 13, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1970 (c/n 36685) on EMD Order 7274, it became CSXT 2109, then CSXT 9660, then LLPX 2055. Keeping the 4809 company on this day is CPR 8921, built in 1957 as MLW RSD-17 demonstrator (c/n 81603) on order 4901, first painted as CPR 7007, from May to December 1957, then CN 3899 from December 1957 to March 1958, then PGE 624 from April to October 1958. It was fully painted for each of these railroads. It was acquired by CPR in 1959 and became CPR 8921.
Photo Date:  12/13/1983  Upload Date: 2/27/2010 11:02:15 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4809(GP38) CP 8921(RSD17)
Views:  1978   Comments: 1
B&O GP38 4818
Title:  B&O GP38 4818
Description:  B&O GP38 4818, Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1970 (c/n 36694) on EMD Order 7274, it became CSXT 2118, then CSXT 9662, then LLPX 2023.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/28/2010 9:27:02 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4818(GP38)
Views:  838   Comments: 0
B&O GP38 4818
Title:  B&O GP38 4818
Description:  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad GP38 4818 at Akron Junction in Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1970 ( c/n 36694 ) on EMD Order 7274, it became CSXT 2118, then CSXT 9662, then LLPX 2023. The building was Tower AY, the tracks the locomotives were on were former B&O rails between Warren and Columbus, Ohio, and the former PRR's Akron Branch, which split off of the ex-PRR Valley Main at Hudson, Ohio, and ran southwest through Akron and Orrville, ending at Columbus. The tracks below were B&O rails running between Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/10/2017 3:39:54 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BO 4818(GP38)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
B&O GP38 4818
Title:  B&O GP38 4818
Description:  B&O GP38 4818, Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio, March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1970 (c/n 36694), this locomotive was leased by the B&O to the Canadian Pacific Railway during 1983-84 and again during 1984-85. It became CSXT 2118 sometime after the April 30, 1987 merger, renumbered March 22, 1996 to 9662 for maintenance of way service, retired on June 6, 2000, traded to LLPX for credit on new power, renumbered to LLPX 2023 during June 2002, leased to Iowa Northern by October 2002.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 10:56:11 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BO 4818(GP38)
Views:  1116   Comments: 0

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