Hot Water posted:ogaugenut posted:Would it be prototypical for an Allegheny to be pulling hoppers painted with Chessie rather than C&O?
No.
I suspect that the Allegheny was retired before the Chessie markings came out.
Absolutely correct. The C&O was done using ANY steam locomotives by about 1959.
And the Chessie System came into being in 1972.
Rusty