WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Chessie System
Videos
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Western Maryland Railway, and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad.
The Chessie System as of 1975.
The Chessie System as of 1975.
Chessie System SD50 locomotive in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Chessie System SD50 locomotive in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
The former Reading 2101 leading the "Chessie Steam Special" into Plymouth, Michigan in 1977.
The former Reading 2101 leading the "Chessie Steam Special" into Plymouth, Michigan in 1977.
Chessie (mascot)
Videos
Chessie was a popular cat character used as a symbol of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Derived from an etching by Viennese artist Guido Grünewald, the image first appeared in a black and white adver
Chessie System
…vehicles. "Chessie" had been a popular nickname for the C&O since the 1930s, cemented with an advertising campaign that featured a sleeping kitten named Chessie. The 1970s holding company developed the "Ches-C" emblem: a kitten outline imposed on a circle, creating a rough letter C. This emblem was emblazoned…
Guido Grünewald's original etching of a sleeping kitten, from which Chessie originated.
Guido Grünewald's original etching of a sleeping kitten, from which Chessie originated.