Nostalgia & History > Thirty Thursday, C&O

The C&O had 48 GP30's, numbers 3000-3047, delivered in the "yellow-nose" paint scheme.  The GP30's were vastly outnumbered by GP7's and GP9's, of which C&O had over 500.  In their earlier years the GP30's were most commonly used on the western segments of the C&O, west of Russell, KY, and especially on the former Pere Marquette lines in Michigan and Indiana.  During the 70s, with the consolidation of B&O and C&O operations, the C&O GP30s could show up just about anywhere on the Chessie System.  Here are three examples.   

#1  The 3004 teams up with another GP30, B&O 6918, and two other units on a southbound train on B&O's Toledo Division, on the south side of Dayton, Ohio, near West River Road.  Date is May 25, 1974.  

#2  The 3011 is at the B&O engine facility at Cincinnati, with B&O GP40-2 4123, on August 3, 1975.  

#3  The 3022 was the trailing unit on a westbound train on the C&O of Indiana.  The crew made a set-off at Richmond IN, and in this photo, they are preparing to re-couple to their train.  In the background is the Richmond Ave overpass, and beyond that, a small portion of the ex-PRR bridge over the C&O and the Whitewater River (East Fork) can be seen.  Date is February 11, 1973.  These tracks are gone today.  Most of the C&O of Indiana was abandoned in 1987, and this portion is now part of the Cardinal Greenway Trail between Richmond and Muncie.  

Steve Salamon
Valley City, OH


 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/02/21 08:27 by cr7998.

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I really enjoy seeing your pics taken in this area back in "the days."   

Good set. Thanks for sharing these.
Bob

Especially like the yellow nose scheme.
Thanks for the photo posting.
ALLEN

Thanks for posting these shots!  

I find it interesting the number of people who whine about today's CSX "Dark Future" scheme and forget this C&O scheme,  Change the lettering on the hood and nose and it could be
in use today.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/11/20 10:01 by ntharalson.