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Chessie the Railroad Kitten

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AmtrakGuy365

AmtrakGuy365

4 жыл бұрын

Not only am I an Amtrak guy, I'm also a cat guy. I love cats, and trains. What better way to combine the two than talk about the Chesapeake & Ohio/Chessie System? The C&O skyrocketed into popularity with the introduction of their little kitten mascot in 1933. Derived from an Austrian etching by cat and animal artist, Guido Grunewald, the C&O acquired the rights to use the image and made the kitty their mascot. But how popular was Chessie the Railroad Kitten and her family? How long did Chessie act as a mascot? Find out in this video!
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@OuijTube
@OuijTube 4 жыл бұрын
Every so often I’ll still see a Chessie System rolling stock. Even faded and neglected, it’s a nicer livery than CSX.
@carsonneeley4862
@carsonneeley4862 4 жыл бұрын
CSX still means Chessie System Railroad(AKA Chessie System)!
@connerrolofson1585
@connerrolofson1585 4 жыл бұрын
For me, it’s Chessie-Seaboard
@meimei5961
@meimei5961 4 жыл бұрын
I HATE CSX we want chessie back!
@davidmcallaster7085
@davidmcallaster7085 3 жыл бұрын
csx sucks
@heyitshuttz3705
@heyitshuttz3705 3 жыл бұрын
Norfolk Southern for a win
@traintraveler5413
@traintraveler5413 4 жыл бұрын
If you want more people to love your RR: Make a cat your logo.
@BNSF4706
@BNSF4706 Жыл бұрын
Moxie Pacific might add that.
@voshanimacoon-jagarnauth2457
@voshanimacoon-jagarnauth2457 Жыл бұрын
Guys please stop saying that csx is bad just last month the railroad planted locomotive no 1973 in the chessie system livery
@BNSF4706
@BNSF4706 Жыл бұрын
@@voshanimacoon-jagarnauth2457 ITS NOT ENOUGH
@TheSudrianTerrier653
@TheSudrianTerrier653 3 ай бұрын
And then for the funny , slap the scheme onto a steam locomotive from another railroad , but then it gets scorched in a roundhouse fire-
@fernandomarques5166
@fernandomarques5166 4 жыл бұрын
Now I understand why everybody says "CSX bad". Completely understandable. #BringBackChessie
@vitissubrailfan2540
@vitissubrailfan2540 4 жыл бұрын
yes.
@844SteamFan
@844SteamFan 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@fernandomarques5166
@fernandomarques5166 4 жыл бұрын
@Coolt’s trains Yes, you are, CSX 366. A small sticker is not heritage livery.
@雪者
@雪者 4 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@justaP42DC
@justaP42DC 3 жыл бұрын
CSX Just...... WHY??!! #BringBackChessie
@braysfinds7479
@braysfinds7479 4 жыл бұрын
Not only was the kitten on railroad equipment. She was on the C&O's railroad ferries, and tugboat smokestacks.
@senic3515
@senic3515 3 жыл бұрын
Nice i didnt knew that also like the Metra E8 on your profile pic
@braysfinds7479
@braysfinds7479 3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, thanks! There's actually an ex Metra E8 and F7 at the Illinois railroad museum. Both in running condition!
@cavalierliberty6838
@cavalierliberty6838 4 жыл бұрын
Chessie stays very popular with the railroad. She's used for a lot of csx posters inside their yard offices.
@BlindingLight
@BlindingLight 4 жыл бұрын
That’s nice.
@connerrolofson1585
@connerrolofson1585 4 жыл бұрын
Would you, @cavalier liberty, want to put the Chessie System logo on a hard hat?
@cavalierliberty6838
@cavalierliberty6838 4 жыл бұрын
@@connerrolofson1585 I don't see why not. She is an icon.
@chatanugadotorg
@chatanugadotorg 4 жыл бұрын
I named my first cat Chessie after the railroad. If I'd adopted his sister instead of him, she would have been named after the kitten in the advertising. Not only was he named after the railroad, he was also a "railfan". When I first adopted him, I had my Lionel train going around the perimeter of my living room. He never attacked it but would follow it around the living room. When it went behind the couch, he would even run around the couch to wait for it and follow it around again. In the basement, he loved to curl up on the stairs to watch me and the trains on my layout.
@floridianrailauto9032
@floridianrailauto9032 4 жыл бұрын
That's adorable. My doberman is scared of my trains and my Boston Terrier doesn't care much for them unless he so happens to be in the way of one
@Bluegoose-df7if
@Bluegoose-df7if 4 жыл бұрын
How Chessie doing
@vitissubrailfan2540
@vitissubrailfan2540 4 жыл бұрын
Floridian Rail & Auto my (former) friend Nik has a cat named chessie.
@Its_PacFan
@Its_PacFan 4 жыл бұрын
Thats Cool!
@chatanugadotorg
@chatanugadotorg 4 жыл бұрын
@@Bluegoose-df7if Chessie passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2010. He was born with a heart defect and was a little over 3 1/2 years when he passed.
@ryanchannel8485
@ryanchannel8485 4 жыл бұрын
We love chessie the cat bc she was given a great railroad and a cute little symbol of her
@connerrolofson1585
@connerrolofson1585 4 жыл бұрын
I love her too 😺
@thatd59ladlarry
@thatd59ladlarry 4 жыл бұрын
Never thought a kitten would have such an impact on a railroad
@SoutheastPARailfan
@SoutheastPARailfan 4 жыл бұрын
Chessie was a icon for the C & O and Chessie System of 67 years. Chessie did her job and she deserves a good retirement. Don't forget Chessie!
@JawTooth
@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын
I have a dog named Chessie. She is a railfan dog and I take her to see local trains. I lived next to the Chessie System in the early 80s to mid 80s. I could watch the trains from my bedroom. I also rode the Chessie Steam Special that you show in this video. This video is awesome!
@NorthernIndianaRails
@NorthernIndianaRails 3 жыл бұрын
I have a cat named cheesie.
@joeleugene4406
@joeleugene4406 3 жыл бұрын
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@bryanclark2404
@bryanclark2404 3 жыл бұрын
@Joel Eugene instablaster :)
@joeleugene4406
@joeleugene4406 3 жыл бұрын
@Bryan Clark thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@joeleugene4406
@joeleugene4406 3 жыл бұрын
@Bryan Clark it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my account!
@whistlinturbosrailfanprodu4652
@whistlinturbosrailfanprodu4652 4 жыл бұрын
That’s great! It’s kinda sad to see that sleeping kitten losing popularity for some reason, but made me feeling better knowing there still are pictures, locomotives, and rolling stock with the logo of the kitten on it.
@izumishion6267
@izumishion6267 4 жыл бұрын
CSX should consider changing their normal C into the Chessie C
@guyname8760
@guyname8760 3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't the C already mean the Chessie System though?
@Sovayer
@Sovayer 3 жыл бұрын
Chessie Seaboard X
@SoonerStateSirens1
@SoonerStateSirens1 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sovayer x means consolidated also I’m water lever railfan on ts200
@Sovayer
@Sovayer 3 жыл бұрын
@@SoonerStateSirens1 dafuq u doin' here
@SoonerStateSirens1
@SoonerStateSirens1 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sovayer get on ts200
@thatguyy7581
@thatguyy7581 4 жыл бұрын
if you look up the song “Driver-8” by R.E.M, they feature many clips from the Chessie System in the 80’s. Great song with great clips of the Chessie.
@KCSRailstudios
@KCSRailstudios 4 жыл бұрын
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how GOOD this is?? Like, everything about it is just amazing. The audio, pictures, videos, editing, it all goes so well together and makes a really incredible video. I can’t wait to see more of these! Keep up the great work my guy.
@Triplex5014
@Triplex5014 4 жыл бұрын
When I was a 8yo kid in 2003 my dad got me a electric train set from Mehano, the locomotive was a Chessie System EMD SD40-2, I liked that paint scheme. As a kid I didn't know anything about trains but as I grew up I discovered EMD and I was amazed by the 2-stroke diesel rumble. As a kid I just loved trains and cats are my favorite animals. Today I'm a train engineer! Thank you little kitten! ❤️ Greetings from Croatia!
@scottfw7169
@scottfw7169 4 жыл бұрын
Hello Croatia! Greetings from Missouri! Almost 30 years ago moved out here from the Virginia coast near where both N&W and Chessie met the ocean to unload their coal. YES, that EMD rumble is nice. Tell you a tale about that; some years ago I was at my parents house visiting & Dad is in to those flight simulator computer programs and had gotten Microsoft Train Simulator. I'm not in to computer stuff but he thought I might like driving the scenario which had a lashup of Chessie SD9's climbing Sand Patch grade. His computer of the time had a _Very_ good sound system. Computer was in family room in their basement. At some point Dad came down and asked me to turn down the sound because it was making the silverware on the kitchen table vibrate. Oops! Sorry, Dad!
@DWBurns
@DWBurns 4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it appropriate that I watched this with an orphaned kitten sleeping on my chest. He and his 3 other litter mates have been with us for 3 weeks after his mother, a wild barn cat, was killed on the road.
@janmelantu7490
@janmelantu7490 3 жыл бұрын
How’s the kitten doing now?
@deewesthill4705
@deewesthill4705 2 жыл бұрын
"Sleep like a kitten. Arrive fresh as a daisy.". What a cute slogan. I sure wish one could do that on a Greyhound! Only once did i get to sleep on a train, it was the early 80s, i slept like Chessie in an AmTrak sleeping compartment and did wake up fresh as a daisy. In the late 80s, touring the southwest including the Grand Canyon, i also slept like a kitten on a "Green Tortoise" bus that provided very comfy mattresses for all-night traveling.
@vitissubrailfan2540
@vitissubrailfan2540 4 жыл бұрын
I’m wearing a chessie shirt while watching this. *yes I like chessie*
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR 4 жыл бұрын
This was so cool to watch!
@familycat9949
@familycat9949 3 жыл бұрын
I want to kick you now!
@trashrabbit69
@trashrabbit69 4 жыл бұрын
The kitten seemed to do more than boost morale: it helped the system remain profitable through its fame, and its part of the reason why Chessie was pretty much the only East Coast system during the 70s next to Norfolk and Western that could keep their tracks in shape. That alone meant many companies would be repeat customers for their service compared to many of the larger ailing systems during that era (ESPECIALLY compared to Penn Central.) so I gotta give that adorable feline a lot of respect for that.
@tommythomason6187
@tommythomason6187 4 жыл бұрын
Lots of people mention missing the Chessie System paint on locomotives and rolling stock. It was one of the finest contemporary paint schemes in railroading. Others would be Conrail, new Florida East Coast, and Kansas City Southern, IMHO. It was a fine railroad, at that - efficiently run, not burdened with passenger service, and its trains ran on a pristine roadbed.
@jakeleitten4117
@jakeleitten4117 4 жыл бұрын
If the C&O or Chessie System were still around, they'd be Titans of internet advertising.
@Paraffinmeister
@Paraffinmeister 4 жыл бұрын
A couple of years ago I adopted 2 cats who were looking for a home together. They had been given the most God awful names by their previous owner (Capri and Sparkles, Sparkles being the male) so guess what names they have now? Yup, Chessie and Peake.
@metraforce441
@metraforce441 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows the Chessie System is a legend of the railroad market!
@yeoldeseawitch
@yeoldeseawitch 4 жыл бұрын
why do i see you everywhere
@cmag19
@cmag19 4 жыл бұрын
this has allowed for a single piece of dopamine to be produced by my brain because kitty
@Cbazz
@Cbazz 4 жыл бұрын
We have our own version of Chessie the Cat at the Virginia Museum of Transportation We don't have a name for her but she loves to hide out in the Virginian #4 So I just call her Virginia
@TheMrPeteChannel
@TheMrPeteChannel 4 жыл бұрын
How about Ginny!
@previouslyettle
@previouslyettle 2 жыл бұрын
nah what about Vanny
@TheeFishGuy
@TheeFishGuy 4 жыл бұрын
So here’s an idea, get rid of the most loved logo in the United States.
@swpandwleandcsx459
@swpandwleandcsx459 3 жыл бұрын
Why?
@therosijedha
@therosijedha 3 жыл бұрын
@@swpandwleandcsx459 thats what csx did
@therosijedha
@therosijedha 3 жыл бұрын
@@swpandwleandcsx459 its sarcasm
@NorthWARail
@NorthWARail 2 жыл бұрын
Its seaboard fault
@stingraybeach9710
@stingraybeach9710 2 жыл бұрын
That's an advertising agency for you. Charged many thousands of dollars to fix something which was not broke.
@DiamondMaster20
@DiamondMaster20 4 жыл бұрын
Chessie has a wicked paint, change my mind.
@Fullsenddiesel
@Fullsenddiesel 4 жыл бұрын
I agreed, more better than the G&W paint scheme for sure.
@DUBMANS
@DUBMANS 4 жыл бұрын
Cn 5334
@SgtChip
@SgtChip 4 жыл бұрын
You want someone to do the impossible?
@bobfrapples1208
@bobfrapples1208 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the old Vancouver Canucks colors.
@myeyeisnotblue
@myeyeisnotblue 4 жыл бұрын
SP & CB&Q has entered the chat
@MasonFowlkesKenneth
@MasonFowlkesKenneth 3 жыл бұрын
This was the most wholesome thing I've seen all day. I'm not crying, you are!
@The8BitNerd
@The8BitNerd 4 жыл бұрын
It’s cool that a Kitten was a mascot for a railroad
@santranquil
@santranquil 4 жыл бұрын
My mom actually has a Chesapeake and Ohio mug with that kitten on it!!
@norfolksoutherntrainguy5857
@norfolksoutherntrainguy5857 4 жыл бұрын
This cat will be missed
@amtrakproductions-mx9ib
@amtrakproductions-mx9ib 2 жыл бұрын
Cause she died of a car crash at the age of 91
@jackkreacherr9339
@jackkreacherr9339 4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow.. it really was a cat all along? No wonder I absolutely loved the Chessie liveries! Edit: I learned way more then I should've in under 7mins, Thanks for this video bud!
@BlaxlandRidge3
@BlaxlandRidge3 4 жыл бұрын
I liked all the parts showing who merged when to form what. I was always a bit confused with exactly what railroads csx came to be. Chessie is like the queen of England. She is immortal, and will never die In our hearts. :`)
@FXE-zh2jf
@FXE-zh2jf 4 жыл бұрын
We will never forget chessie
@cmw184
@cmw184 4 жыл бұрын
I had an old ho scale f7 diesel that i got from an old lady, and it had chessie system on the side. Glad to finally know the heartwarming story.
@VT29steamtrain
@VT29steamtrain 4 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the station master's cat, something iconic of the railways of the past.
@wmsr7343
@wmsr7343 4 жыл бұрын
Also still used by the Chessie credit union in Cumberland, MD
@spiralhillrailfan3768
@spiralhillrailfan3768 3 жыл бұрын
But it is “kind of” Butchered
@kelsogray
@kelsogray 4 жыл бұрын
I grew up near Corbin, KY. I can remember seeing CSX locomotives still in the sleeping cat scheme. So grateful for that.
@REDACTED4503
@REDACTED4503 2 жыл бұрын
2 of the things I love: trains and cats!
@punchfisttop
@punchfisttop 4 жыл бұрын
Growing up along the steel mills in Youngstown my mom and I would always count all the Chessie cars that would pass us by! Great vid!
@fazthatcoyote
@fazthatcoyote 4 жыл бұрын
I love these "history of thr logo" videos (that is, assuming that this was one of those videos) and I cannot wait for the next one. As for Chessie herself, she'll always hold the place as being on my first model train (an old bachmann boxcar)
@miriambucholtz9315
@miriambucholtz9315 4 жыл бұрын
I can't help but wonder if the person who came up with the "sleep like a kitten" bit ever watched very many of them sleep. They twitch, move around, make faces, etc. just like human babies. They're hilarious.
@scottfw7169
@scottfw7169 4 жыл бұрын
Well, we humans also use the phrase "eat like a bird" for someone who barely nibbles at their food when in fact birds often eat twice or more their body weight in a day.
@Trainboy17
@Trainboy17 4 жыл бұрын
Animals Can Be Memorable In Every Way, Including Railroads Back In The Day
@rosetintedtankergoggles897
@rosetintedtankergoggles897 4 жыл бұрын
I love Chessie! One of my first Model trains was a Chessie system and I've been loving it ever since!
@CaseysTrains
@CaseysTrains Жыл бұрын
My ex once expressed intressed in Chessie Cat cuz she remembers the trading cards and memoribilia from the 70s and 80s growing up in Findley, OH in the heart of C&O Land. So at a train show, I got her a Pink Chessie Cat shirt. She was trilled and still wears it often. Even though we don't date anymore, she's still grateful for it.
@NERRP2017
@NERRP2017 4 жыл бұрын
The most classic image of CSX to date, and will remain like that for years to come!
@haroldalexis4200
@haroldalexis4200 4 жыл бұрын
I agree with one comment bring back Chessie The 🐈 Cat! How I remember when the Penn Central was pulling equipment from C&O and I still remember " For Progress" & all the liveries in their originals during the 1960's & 1970's into the 1980's. Thanks for the making of this video! I love it!👍🙂
@joecummings1260
@joecummings1260 4 жыл бұрын
The same marketing guy who came up with "New Coke" got a job at CSX and decided to drop Chessie
@yeoldeseawitch
@yeoldeseawitch 4 жыл бұрын
i dislike that man even more now. wait is that even true?
@thedude3423
@thedude3423 4 жыл бұрын
Grew up near Youngstown, Ohio. Remember all the Chessie locos going through Struthers, Ohio to the mills(well, what was left of them at the time, *sniff*) Great, fond memories. Thanks for upload.👍😊
@colonelcactus2462
@colonelcactus2462 4 жыл бұрын
I love chessie so much I even named my pet cat after Chessie. I found him stuck in my pool as a month old kitten after getting home from a vacation and after I recused him we couldn't find his family so we adopted him. He even looks exactly like the Chessie in the advertisements.
@johnroberts7924
@johnroberts7924 4 жыл бұрын
I rescued a kitten 14 years ago on the railway across the road where I live and named her Chessie after the famed Chessie. I did not know what the famed Chessie looked like so I checked and they looked almost identical! I still have her she is my life! Thank you so much stay safe and God bless.
@TJusnow
@TJusnow 4 жыл бұрын
Chessie System colors were so wild and fun looking i loved it.
@brightlineflorida1221
@brightlineflorida1221 Жыл бұрын
CHESSIE IS BACK ON CSX as a heritage unit
@evanharkin
@evanharkin 4 жыл бұрын
I swear to god there are like no good train documentaries I’ve watched like all of your videos atleast 3 times each
@Baltic115
@Baltic115 10 ай бұрын
We all miss Chessie and her family.
@Survivor1547
@Survivor1547 Жыл бұрын
Csx just recently bought back the sleeping kitty in their Heratage Locomotive 1973 in the modern era. It started with B & O Heratage Locomotive.
@mccoy79productions66
@mccoy79productions66 Жыл бұрын
Great video and some awesome history! Wish Chessie was still around today!
@TrainNut85
@TrainNut85 4 жыл бұрын
Very good documentary of a great era!
@davidwillis1435
@davidwillis1435 4 жыл бұрын
Never knew about this adorable kitty. I'd seen the logo but never knew the origin. I paint oil paintings and use my kitty Moonbeam for the logo on all my paintings. Moonbeam is a black cat!
@dragondancer1814
@dragondancer1814 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been a fan of Chessie since I was a kid! When we were railfanning by my maternal grandmother’s apartment in Kingstree, South Carolina (the train tracks running from DC to Miami ran by at the corner of her block), we used to count the Chessie silhouettes on the freight cars, and we mourned the loss of her logo when CSX bought out Chessie System. I have the book telling her history, model railroad cars with the Chessie logo, and several T-shirts featuring her. It’s great fun when people recognize Chessie on my shirt, and even more fun telling her history to people who don’t recognize her. But we also have a real-life Chessie-one of our three cats, a gray marble tabby, is named Chessie in honor of the great railroad mascot. She’s featured in videos on my channel along with her adopted brothers Raven and Eragon.
@johncarlson3061
@johncarlson3061 9 ай бұрын
As a kid who grew up in Worthington next to the now CSX line,I vividly remember all of the beautifully painted Chessie System trains. We even had the Chessie system safty films shown to us in elementary school due to the rail line bordering the east side of Brookside elementary where I attended. CSX is a cold unappealing emblem. BRING Back the Cat!
@nationalcapitalrails2088
@nationalcapitalrails2088 4 жыл бұрын
One other item of interest: under C&O control, the B&O also had a cat named "Bessie", but apparently she was not as popular as mama Chessie.
@844SteamFan
@844SteamFan 4 жыл бұрын
Bessie sounds like a bootleg Chessie, lol.
@pidgeydoodles7549
@pidgeydoodles7549 2 жыл бұрын
what about Newton, the N&W's cat?
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Жыл бұрын
I can't tell if you are joking or not
@midwesternperson5740
@midwesternperson5740 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I can remember from when I was a little kid, there was an old boxcar with the Chessie System railroad logo sitting in an abandon siding at the railroad yard in Zanesville, Ohio. I think it was scrapped when the railroad was sold in 2008.
@4.99dollarchickenstripbask7
@4.99dollarchickenstripbask7 4 жыл бұрын
I remember going to a train convention, I got a Chessie Railroad Christmas ornament. It said the story on the back of the box.
@FreihEitner
@FreihEitner 4 жыл бұрын
I love cats and I always loved the Chessie System locomotive paint scheme. Thank you for this look at the history of their logo.
@chickenadobo7649
@chickenadobo7649 4 жыл бұрын
Weird. Yesterday, I read an article about Chessie and then the next day this shows up in my reccomended nice
@rogerbaker5112
@rogerbaker5112 3 жыл бұрын
AI isn't playing any games. Be afraid of the brave new world lil
@garyclouse7234
@garyclouse7234 4 жыл бұрын
Ah! I see her all the time on rail cars! We have a rail yard in our town and Chessie is there every month!
@Brandonbuilt
@Brandonbuilt 4 жыл бұрын
I grew up with Chessie System. It will always be my favorite. I am also a cat guy and I actually named my first cat "Chessie." Great video! Thanks for sharing!
@Modeltnick
@Modeltnick 4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the Chessie symbol on freight cars as a kid. I always thought the Chessie was short for Cheshire Cat. Know I know! Thanks for posting this!
@TehBellcarl
@TehBellcarl 4 жыл бұрын
Chesapeake and Ohio 614 was part of the chessie steam trips. She didn’t have a fancy paint scheme but did have the chessie logo on her tender during the 614-T test Trips
@TailsFan369no2
@TailsFan369no2 3 жыл бұрын
1985
@ChinaAl
@ChinaAl 4 жыл бұрын
I still have my new napkins and match books from Chessie along with a free pass on the C&O Ferry on Lake Michigan. worked as Switchman for the C&O 1973
@daclark100
@daclark100 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a rail fan because of Chessie! My first model train was a Chessie.
@Red-rl1xx
@Red-rl1xx 4 жыл бұрын
While I've lived in TN for the past 35 years, I was raised just north of Baltimore and remember seeing the Chessie symbol all during my youth.
@paulausherman727
@paulausherman727 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that Every time I watch a train I always look to see if I can find any remaining chessie logo
@SMichaelDeHart
@SMichaelDeHart 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the coal fields of southern West Virginia. I rode behind 614 Chessie Steam Special from Saint Albans, WV to Hinton, WV as a teenager in 1977. I modeled my HO Scale layout off the southern West Virginia Coal Fields and its was called the Coal River and Horse Creek RR. Based on areas from Kanawha County, WV to Logan County, WV. Still support the C&O, B&O, WM and Chessie System Historical Societies.
@djmattson6491
@djmattson6491 4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful vid bud much respect
@dennisshoffner5201
@dennisshoffner5201 4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I know putting this video together was a lot of work. Thanks so much for doing it! I’d seen the logo for decades and had no knowledge about what was behind it.
@jacksondeibler9103
@jacksondeibler9103 4 жыл бұрын
My dad was an engineer for the B&O, he then was an engineer for the Chessie System, then an engineer for CSX which is who he retired from.
@ElmerCat
@ElmerCat 4 жыл бұрын
Adorable!
@lazyrrr2411
@lazyrrr2411 4 жыл бұрын
As a boy in the 60s, ℹ loved Trains ~ ℹ didn't know much , but ℹ knew THE CAT 🐈 You'd better Know you'll find that kitten mixed in with My model layout !
@d-mack7053
@d-mack7053 4 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!! Me and my dad always wondered what was with the cat everytime we were at a railroad crossing.
@3xfaster
@3xfaster 4 жыл бұрын
It’s so interesting, Cats guard the grain, and they travel in style in sleeper cars. Thanks for the note on Tama, she has a whole line of stationmaster successors too!
@debthomas8799
@debthomas8799 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness... I had no it was a train thing... when I was a kid I had the playing cards, bedside lamp (actually just got rid of that a few months ago!), couple through pillows, and a bed comforter/blanket!
@jackspicyeye9006
@jackspicyeye9006 Жыл бұрын
I still see chessie rail cars (mainly hoppers) a lot. It’s nice.
@MerlinPrismriver100
@MerlinPrismriver100 2 жыл бұрын
How adorable! I love Chessie and her family. Thank you so much for teaching me something new!
@chief1b
@chief1b 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I always wanted to know about the cat
@trainfever2223
@trainfever2223 4 жыл бұрын
Today we learn about a cat/kitten
@surreal3900
@surreal3900 6 ай бұрын
my grandfather worked track labor on the railroad for 48 years, retired in 1989.
@DUBMANS
@DUBMANS 4 жыл бұрын
2:23 I have that on a stamped tin picture.
@kitchenjail3546
@kitchenjail3546 4 жыл бұрын
They really missed a chance to keep the Chessie C in the CSX logo
@johndanford-xb4ih
@johndanford-xb4ih 4 ай бұрын
I would LOVE CSX if they made Chessie system paint schemes where the full train is that paint scheme.
@jasonhumphry5836
@jasonhumphry5836 Жыл бұрын
Always my favorite train cars and engine cars
@rarexxxtentacionsongtrainf4755
@rarexxxtentacionsongtrainf4755 4 жыл бұрын
Story story, I have always wondered about chessie system pics
@commandermeow6790
@commandermeow6790 4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who didn't know the back story of Chessie because I never knew (or could figure out) what that logo image was? It drove me crazy and now, thanks to this video I know.
@philliplee980
@philliplee980 4 жыл бұрын
very cool i grew up with Chessie System back in the 80's. i'm 37 now and remember alot of it
@norfolksoutherntrainguy5857
@norfolksoutherntrainguy5857 4 жыл бұрын
Rip and love the video man thumbs up
@RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx
@RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx 4 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine a SD70ACE or evan a GEVO IN that paint scheme.
@warrenwilson4818
@warrenwilson4818 2 жыл бұрын
Will always love to see that kitten. Great job. 10-19-21 St. Joseph, MO (Age. 77)
@TheLongIslandRailfan
@TheLongIslandRailfan Жыл бұрын
6:12 Rest easy, Dirt. You served the Nevada Northern well.
@Paraffinmeister
@Paraffinmeister Жыл бұрын
Dirt is a legend who will live on like Chessie.
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