The continuing saga:
Chessie System painted B30-7 emerges from CSX shops in West Virginia
By Chase Gunnoe | March 20, 2017
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
