Sand Patch Grade
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Sand Patch Grade is an approximately 100-mile-long section of railroad track known for its steep grades and curves through the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania and western Maryland. Dropping over 1
A B&O (Chessie System) EMD GP40-2 enters the Sand Patch Tunnel eastbound in 1987.
Chessie System
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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.
Sand Patch Grade
…tunnel was decommissioned and demolished. The P&C became the Pittsburgh Division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), which became a component of the Chessie System in 1972, then was merged into CSX in 1987. The line is now part of the Keystone Subdivision, an East–West main line operated by CSX Transportation…
The Chessie System as of 1975.
Chessie System SD50 locomotive in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
The former Reading 2101 leading the "Chessie Steam Special" into Plymouth, Michigan in 1977.