To the best of anyone's knowledge, did the C&O ever pool or share motive power in the steam era with the NKP or any other railroads? I've seen some diesel era pictures where they did. Thanks!

I know they were both Van Sweringen railroads, so maybe?

I know they borrowed power from PRR for some testing locomotive designs. In 1955 they leased ten 4-8-4 s from RF&P. Also the PRR tested and used the design of the T1 2-10-4 to build their J1 &J1a. That is about all I can help you with.

Kanawha Wrote:To the best of anyone's knowledge, did the C&O ever pool or share motive power in the steam era with the NKP or any other railroads? I've seen some diesel era pictures where they did. Thanks!

Seeing both was a Van Sweringen railroads I suspect that may have happen due to coal business upswings on the C&O but,C&O was a rather proud road that preferred their locomotives-until the CSX took over and still C&O units was held for use on C&O property.

I had photos of faded C&O GP40s leading freshly painted CSX units on C&O trains out of Russell,Ky. :o

On could say the C&O didn't go silently into the history books thanks to her proud employees.

The C&O is still hanging in there. The C in CSX is for Chessie, note it is CSX not SCX. They have several divisions one of which is the Huntington division which is basically the old C&O route.

Lester Perry Wrote:The C&O is still hanging in there. The C in CSX is for Chessie, note it is CSX not SCX. They have several divisions one of which is the Huntington division which is basically the old C&O route.

There's lots of the old C&O left The Northern div-Limeville* to Toledo,the Cincinnati Div-Limeville to Queensgate,the Big Sandy Div just to name a few..

Limeville is where the Northern and Cincinnati divisions split off the Russell sub.All Northern and Cincinnati division crews was qualified on the Russell sub..It was a time table division more then anything.

I think they call the Huntington division C&O division. I will check the next time I am there.

Thanks all! I guess what I was really wondering is if you would ever see, for example, an NKP Berkshire double heading with a C&O Kanawha or something like that.