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Chesapeake & Ohio Diesel Locomotives in Color 1949-1971 by Jerry Doyle HardCover
Chesapeake & Ohio Diesel Locomotives in Color 1949-1971 by Jerry Doyle
122 Pages
Copyright 2006
Hard Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements iv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
Steam's Last Stand 3
Chapter 2
The Pere Marquette 11
Chapter 3
The Die is Cast 1949 -1951 19
1949S25000-5050
RS25500-5501
NW25060-5079, 5200-5213
TR36500-6501A, B, C
DRS-6-6-15 5530-5532
1950S25051-5057
SW75214-5239
GP75700-5719
TR46000-6001A, B
F7A7000-7031
F7B7500-7515
AS 616 5533-5543
1951AS 616 5544-5558
SW7 5240-5244
GP75720-5797
E8A4000-4024
SW95245-5265
Chapter 4
The End of an Era 1952-1957 43
1952E8A4025-4026
F7A7032-7093
F7B7516-7546
AS 616 5559-5569
FP78000-8013
F7B8501-8506
RSD5 5570-5595
GP75800-5839
FP78014-8015
1953SW95090-5093
GP75840-5900
E8A4027-4030
AS 616 5528-5529
S45100-5113
RS15114-5115
1954GP95901-5919
1955RS35600-5601
GP95920-6008
1956GP96009-6208
RSD7 6800-6811
RSD12 6700-6709 1957GP96209-6263
Chapter 5
The Dawn of a New Era 1962-1965 79
1962GP3O 3000-3001
GP30 3002-3015
1963SD181800-1818
U25B 2500-2537
GP3O 3016-3045
1964GP35 3520-3539
SD35 7420-7431
1965SD35 7420-7431
Chapter 6
Into the Future 1966-1971 95
1966SD4O 7450-7469
1967SD4O 7475-7481
U300 3300-3303
C6302100-2103
GP38 3850-3899
1968U300 3304-3312
1969SD4O 7501-7506
GP39 3900-3919 U23B 2300-2329
1970SD4O 7507-7526
GP38 4820-4829
1971SD4O 7527-7536
GP4O 4065-4099, 3780-3794
U30B 8200-8209
Chapter 7
Chessie and Beyond 115
The story of Chesapeake & Ohio's conversion to diesel locomotives is one of a reluctant embrace of technology driven by economics. Were it not for the introduction of new management as war raged around the world, the story could have turned out quite differently. It could have followed the path of neighbor Norfolk & Western, who embraced steam well after most railroads had dieselized in the late 195os. Certainly, the C&O's conversion to diesels was a surprise to many in the industry and indeed in the organization itself. The success of dieselization on the Pere Marquette, merged into the C&O in 1947, has been cited as a major influence. But the coal strike of 1949 was the catalyst that brought the diesel to the C&0 proper. Harsh economic realities dictated that operating expenses be cut as much as possible. Much to
the consternation of many employees and coal producers alike, the railroad set a course that ultimately meant the end of steam. Many railroads had staged champagne christenings and publicity rollouts of their new diesels. Not the C&O - it shunned publicity about its purchase of diesels. Even the employee magazine, TRACKS, hardly mentioned the coming of diesels. By waiting until later to purchase, the C&O avoided many of the missteps that other roads made in their purchase of early diesels. The C&O purchased locomotives in a consistent manner, with a great deal of standardization. In the end, some of the units purchased to replace steam would last long enough to be included on the CSX roster, outliving the railroad itself.
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