Chessie System History The Coming of the Chessie System. SEAtkinson, April 15, 2025May 3, 2025 When the association between the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) and the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) grew into successful, integrated system, there was a need to name it something. The story of this success is about the C&O and B&O maintaining their separate corporate identities and growing together, successful without a legal merger. People then branded it with the most enduring symbol of railroad history – Chessie the Sleeping Kitten. Continue Reading
Chessie System History The C&O-B&O Unity, the beginning of the Chessie System SEAtkinson, February 9, 2025February 18, 2025 The start of the C&O – B&O relationship in May, 1960 put into motion the spin toward the Chessie System as a holding company led by the C&O.for the purpose of diversifying the C&O. What begin in May 1960 was the beginnings of the Chessie System Railroads. Continue Reading