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Chessie News Magazine Vol 2 #1 1998 January Search For the Cat
Chessie News Magazine Vol 2 #1 1998 January Search For the Cat
The Chessie System Historical Society. On the Cover, Text and Photo by Jay PotterOf the 348 Chessie System GP40-2s, only 35 were Western Maryland units (4257-61, 43I2-21, 4352-71). Built between Feb. 1977 and Feb. 1979, these were the final locomotives built for WM and the only WM units delivered in the Chessie paint scheme. By the time they arrived, WM power was being intermingled with B&O and C&O power throughout the Chessie System; and the GP40-2s were used accordingly. Operated by Chessie as true "general purpose" diesels, the GP40-2s appeared in assignments that ranged from passenger specials to coal drags; however, being high-horsepower four-motor units, they were particularly well suited to high-speed freight service. On Feb. 15, 1986, only three months before CSXT began operationally combining Chessie and Seaboard power, two of the WM GP40-2s (4259, 4258) and two of their B&O counterparts (4347, 4247) were in a typical fast-freight assignment heading Train
91, a westbound manifest, on the C&O main line through St. Albans, West Virginia.
Questions and Answers 2
From the Internet 3
The Cat Patrol 4
The Search for the Cat4
Railpace Chessie Index 6
Chessie Freight Slide Request 6
Modeling CS WM GP 40-2 7
GP 40-2 Parts List 10
Chessie Strobe Lights10
WM GP 40-2 Diagram 11
Chessie WM Photo Extravaganza 13
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