Re: West Olive Coal via Plymouth
I remember the first time I saw a locomotive painted in the new Chessie scheme. It was 1972, and I was holding down 3rd trick at Carleton Tower at that time. It was just after daybreak and train 81 (Toledo-Grand Rapids) had it as their leader that morning. 81 usually had a small pick up there from the cars that were switched out of the DT&I interchange. (In 1977, it became GR81). I also thought the yellow "Chess-C" logo looked good on those dark blue box/auto parts cars -- and the blue version on the bright yellow covered hoppers!
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