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Post by smr on Jan 9, 2018 6:26:47 GMT -5
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_(mascot)#/media/File:Chessie.jpg writes: Chessie was a popular cat character used as a symbol of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Derived from an etching by Viennese artist Guido Gruenwald, the image first appeared in a black and white advertisement in the September 1933 issue of Fortune magazine with the slogan "Sleep Like a Kitten." The advertisement makes no mention of the cat's name. When the ad generated a positive response, the railroad developed an advertising campaign around the image and chose the name Chessie as a derivation of the railroad's name. The promotion proved widely popular and, in addition to national print advertising, grew to include calendars, clothing, and even two children's books about the character. Chessie's mate was Peake, who was introduced in the June 1937 issue of Life magazine and was the father of her two kittens, "Nip" and "Tuck". During World War II, the Chessie character was used to promote War Bonds and support for the war effort, depicted as working on the home front to support Peake, who was off to war. The Chessie image continued to appear in advertising until 1971 when passenger train travel was consolidated under Amtrak. When in 1972 the C&O merged with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Western Maryland Railway, the newly formed company was named the Chessie System after the popular image and adopted the "Ches-C" logo, which incorporated the silhouette of the kitten into the "C" of the railroad's name. The Chessie System merged with other railroads to become the CSX Corporation in 1986. Though the Chessie logo is no longer found in advertising and was phased out of usage on trains, Chessie is still the mascot of the CSX Corporation, and there are many examples of rolling stock that still feature the kitten logo, having yet to be repainted.   This is the string for all Chessie fans !! Please put your pictures, videos, stories, custom paints, layouts, depots etc. up here. Thank you & have fun! |
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Post by smr on Jan 9, 2018 19:07:47 GMT -5
Ok, ok, I do the start...........  Two SD40-2 and a SD50 pulling a WM wood chip train !!  |
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Post by smr on Jan 11, 2018 17:01:11 GMT -5
 Yes, there had been a tug boat named "Chessie" operated by CSX... (I hope the pictures transport some of the Newport News flavor)   In 1983, what was by then the Chessie System was looking for a way to downsize the tugboat fleet at Newport News while still being able to dock the new large colliers that were being built and calling at the coal piers. By then, the 1980 merger with the Seaboard System into CSX had created a new all-rail routing into Norfolk and Portsmouth from the former C&O Railway. Thus, the need for the cross harbor car floats was eliminated. The only job left for the tugs was docking and undocking ships. An order was placed with the Jakobson Shipyard of Oyster Bar, New York for two new tugs. They are among the most powerful tugboats ever built. Costing $3.3 million each, they were 105 feet long and had two General Motors diesels with 3,900 horsepower. At the request of and with financial help from Newport News Shipbuilding, the new tugs had twin screws and special thrusters called kort nozzles that enabled them to have greater thrust and maneuverability. The new tugs were called Chessie (second) and Seaboard. These were the last two railroad tugboats built in the United States. At the height of the tugboats usage in Newport News there were 124 men working on them. Each tug had three daily crews with up to six men on each crew. The car floats had a captain and a fireman and the house barges had a deckhand. The reason for the captain and fireman on the car floats was that they could be steered to assist the tugboats while docking and undocking at float bridges. The fireman manned a small boiler that provided the “power steering” to move the rudder. |
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Post by smr on Jan 11, 2018 17:04:53 GMT -5
 .... and out in the Bay!  |
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Post by smr on Jan 12, 2018 9:04:57 GMT -5
At the moment AZL only offers the EMD GP30 (62115) in the Chessie colors.  Which you see here as the front engine on the mole - Chessie C&O 3022.  Best, Sven |
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Post by smr on Jan 13, 2018 17:56:18 GMT -5
 At night, all cats are grey. Really?    Did you notice the light in the one porthole window of the tug boat? Good night! Sven
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Post by smr on Jan 13, 2018 17:57:39 GMT -5
... and a simple reefer in the spot light ......  |
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Post by smr on Jan 25, 2018 10:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 12:33:24 GMT -5
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Post by neverland on Feb 12, 2018 12:44:48 GMT -5
Quite a Chessie stable you have there!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 13:40:40 GMT -5
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Post by neverland on Feb 14, 2018 16:03:08 GMT -5
Who made this lovely little loco? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 16:06:50 GMT -5
It’s a zthek my I put together and painted. I actually made a few of my own switchers out of brass too. But this isn’t one of them.
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Post by neverland on Feb 14, 2018 16:18:44 GMT -5
It’s a zthek my I put together and painted. I actually made a few of my own switchers out of brass too. But this isn’t one of them. You did a terrific job! I didn't think I had seen one in the rr marketplace 'cause I would have bought one in a heartbeat! |
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Post by smr on Mar 24, 2018 14:18:39 GMT -5
Here is another one............  Best, Sven
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This is the string for all Chessie fans !!
At night, all cats are grey. Really? 
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