Nostalgia & History > First Gen.Power on the C&O in 1975

First generation Geeps still abounded on the C&O main line in West Virginia in October, 1975.

First up is an eastbound 90-series manifest at White Sulphur Springs.

Next, an eastbound coal train waits at Quinnimont to head out towards Newport News.

Art House
Gettysburg, Pa.

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That 2nd Photo is Great !

This is how I remember the C&O in 1965 and 1967 while stationed at Ft. Eustis; endless strings of coal trains all powered by blue geeps. There was also the RDC car that operated between Main Street Station in Richmond and Newport News. I rode this train frequently on week-end passes to Richmond (had a girlfriend at RPI), boarding at Lee Hall, and remember it pulling a heavyweight baggage car.

Nice reminder of when when you could hear a distinct prime mover(s) from miles away.

That's also how I remember the C&O in the late 50s to mid 60s and along the C&Os Columbus-Toledo mainline in Columbus Ohio. Geeps Geeps and more Geeps. F units too.


terrybaker Wrote:
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> This is how I remember the C&O in 1965 and 1967
> while stationed at Ft. Eustis; endless strings of
> coal trains all powered by blue geeps. There was
> also the RDC car that operated between Main Street
> Station in Richmond and Newport News. I rode this
> train frequently on week-end passes to Richmond
> (had a girlfriend at RPI), boarding at Lee Hall,
> and remember it pulling a heavyweight baggage car.