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Below are small illustrations
to
show
the major paint jobs available for the Chessie System.
There were three major versions of the Chessie
System
paint scheme (Chessie B&O on the left, Chessie C&O in
the
middle,
and Chessie WM on the right).
There were two all blue predecessor paint jobs (B&O on the left, C&O on the right). The C&O had several variations on the all blue scheme.
There were two main versions of the WM predecessor paint job. The "Circus" paint job is on the left, the "Speed Lettering" paint job on the right.
Additionally there were several other paint jobs that were applied to just a few units. These minor paint jobs are explained here.
WM blue
In 1976 the WM recieved 25 GP9
units
from the C&O railroad as compensation for the Chessie System
retiring
so many older WM units. These GPs came over to the WM in
both
Chessie
and C&O blue paint schemes. The Chessie ones simply
had the
"C&O"
on the cab overpainted with "WM" letters. The remaining
C&O
blue
painted units were hastily repainted into a variety of unique WM
blue
paint
jobs.
GM50
This is a one of a kind gold
paint
job was the Chessie System's locomotive celebrating the 50th
anniversary
of General Motors.
TORCO
There were three Chessie System
locomotives
that were based at a C&O subsidiary the Toledo Ore Company
Railway
(TORCO) (#7800-7802). These engines were based in Toledo
but did
come to Cumberland for maintenance. They were the only
Chessie
System
locomotives that carried sub-letters other than B&O,
C&O, or WM.
Click on the engine number below to see a digital pics of these model locomotives (with real locomotive pics for comparison). The type of locomotive is listed below the road number.
NOTE: None of my models have cab sunshades on them. Since I store these engines as soon as they are finished, attaching the cab sunshades would prohibit me from fitting them back in the boxes they came in. The sunshades will be attached when they are out of the box and on the layout (when its done).
| cs-b&o | cs-c&o | cs-wm | b&o | c&o | wm circus | wm speed | wm blue | other |
| 18XX SD7 |
1520
GP15T |
36
GP9 |
3556 GP35 |
2324
U23B |
3798
GP40 shell |
5961
GP9 |
GM50 GP40-2 |
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| 18XX SD9 |
3022
GP30 |
43XX GP40-2 |
4813
GP38 |
3002
GP30 |
7800 SD35 |
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| 3690
GP40 |
3301
U30C |
6XXX GP9 |
3042
GP30 |
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| 41XX GP40-2 |
5760 GP7 |
6930
GP30 |
3566 GP35 |
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| 44XX GP40-2 |
82XX U30B |
6974
GP30 |
5778 GP7 |
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| 3752 GP40 |
8250 B30-7 |
5794 GP7 |
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| 6902
GP30 |
6169 GP9 |
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| 7416 SD35 |
8501 F7B |
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| 7619
SD40-2 |
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