B&O Local 6449

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chessie4155

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Caught Local 6449 West at the crossing beside the ol country store.
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Walthers tankcar
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Athearn 50ft Southern Boxcar
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Atlas Trainman shorty 3 bay coverd hopper, repainted from C&O
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Intermoutain 2 bay coverd hopper
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Accurail 50ft Milwauke boxcar
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??? 50ft C&O plug door boxcar
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Roundhouse 50ft N&W gondola
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Athearn C&O/Chessie WV caboose
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Busch Dodge power wagon
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Nice roll-by indeed but you fooled me! I didn't realize right away that 6449 was running long nose first and was I surprised to see the caboose come in from the left! :) Looking back I could have picked up on some clues by looking more closely as the rolling stock passed. Is this a branch line because I think I recognise that pedestrian bridge that has track running under it in the back ground from other pics of yours...right?

Ralph
 
chessie4155 said:
Good eye Ralph. B&O ran LHF on there GP9s. The bridge is a little country road bridge though.
Mark
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Not so fast my fellow Chessie fan..After the C&O took control of the B&O they sent several GP9s to shore up B&Os power problems.These exC&O geeps ran short hood forward and kept their C&O numbers..
Here is on such unit.
http://www.trainweb.org/chessiephotos/photos/GP9/5938b&o.jpg

Also WM received some C&O geeps as well..

BTW..Every time I watch your videos I want to start modeling Chessie(c&o) full time..:mrgreen:
 
brakie said:
Not so fast my fellow Chessie fan..After the C&O took control of the B&O they sent several GP9s to shore up B&Os power problems.These exC&O geeps ran short hood forward and kept their C&O numbers..
Here is on such unit.
http://www.trainweb.org/chessiephotos/photos/GP9/5938b&o.jpg

Also WM received some C&O geeps as well..

BTW..Every time I watch your videos I want to start modeling Chessie(c&o) full time..:mrgreen:
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Very good weedhopper, you know your Chessie History well, but what I said was B&O ran their (B&O) GP9s LHF. The C&O did send the WM and B&O some of their GP9s which did run SHF. As for your modeling the C&O/ Chessie..Go for it:thumb:, I would love to see more Chessie modelers. We seem to be far and few between. :mrgreen::wave:
 
LOL I take it you guys aren't used to seeing a GP9 running long hood forward..:mrgreen:

Brakie: I guess maybe we both should have also mentioned that any engine with Chessie paint had the lil kitty on the front only..:mrgreen: :wave:

Oh honerable Rogerw: weedhopper be much higher in ranking than said grasshopper.. :wink:
 
Sorry for all the confusion about the direction of travel. I didn't know there was right or wrong way to shoot a runby:oops:. Next time I'll announce which way the engine is going so as not to cause so much confusion. Once again, Sorry Folks.
Mark
 
OK now I feel stupid :oops::oops: what did I miss on the direction thing? cant it go either way? Before you answer keep in mind there is no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people that ask questions.:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
 
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