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Exercising track rights, with a 'red over yellow' restricting semaphore signal cleared by the BX tower. B & O 3767 East enters Canada Southern territory, BX Tower, St. Thomas, September 15, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko awaiting the C & O Noteworthy Chessie System (holdco) owned C & O; B & O; WM; B&OCHR, and trains operated with the Chessie System name 1973 to 1987. CSX Corporation created November 1980 with merger of Chessie (the holdco) into SCL. The railroads continued to operate independently, then in December 1982 the Family Lines merged into SCL; 1983 WM merged into B&O; CSX livery introduced 1986; April 1987 B&O merged into C&O; August 1987 C&O merged into CSX Transportation, the latter being a re-named Seaboard System, and the Chessie System name retired. sdfourty
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Caption:

Exercising track rights,

with a 'red over yellow' restricting semaphore signal cleared by the BX tower.

B & O 3767 East enters Canada Southern territory,

BX Tower, St. Thomas, September 15, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko

awaiting the C & O

Noteworthy

Chessie System (holdco) owned C & O; B & O; WM; B&OCHR, and trains operated with the Chessie System name 1973 to 1987.

CSX Corporation created November 1980 with merger of Chessie (the holdco) into SCL. The railroads continued to operate independently, then in December 1982 the Family Lines merged into SCL; 1983 WM merged into B&O; CSX livery introduced 1986; April 1987 B&O merged into C&O; August 1987 C&O merged into CSX Transportation, the latter being a re-named Seaboard System, and the Chessie System name retired.

sdfourty

Photographer:
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Date: 09/15/1985 (search)
Railway: Chessie System (search)
Reporting Marks: B&O 3767 (search)
Train Symbol: Chessie 3757 East (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CASO BX Tower (search)
City/Town: St. Thomas (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. Todd Steinman
    July 15, 2026 at 11:51 am

    Stellar photo.

  2. Conrailcam
    July 15, 2026 at 1:58 pm

    Nice shot a lot to see here. The old station wagon too!
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