Forgotten Real Eastern Railroading: B&O, C&O, Western Maryland & RF&P

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• DR

  @drewhuff3457 · 2 years ago

  Nice video. Love the old train depots, older diesels , interurban railcars and scenery. Sad a lot of old depots are long gone. Glad some have been saved. Times were simpler back then.

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• DU

  @Duececoupe · 2 years ago

  I can&apos;t believe that Chessie came to life in &apos;73!<br>Damn, that makes me feel.....less young! 😉😆😂

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• SA

  @sammyday3341 · 11 months ago

  The old C&amp;O Lexington (KY) Subdivision was so special to me, growing up and seeing the George Washington passenger train pass through Winchester, KY at the shared C&amp;O and L&amp;N depot. It was heartbreaking when CSX abandoned the line.

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• JE

  @jerrywoods4845 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Great video. Brings back wonderful memories. My uncle was a brakeman on the C&amp;O at Smith Yard in Clifton Forge, Va.back in the 60s. As a kid he&apos;d take me right out onto the yard into the locomotives and cabooses. I use to think that was so cool and it was. Had quite an impression on me back then and still does to this day.

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• EN

  @Engine33Truck · 2 years ago

  I remember Chessie running through the New River Gorge as a kid. &nbsp;Occasionally you’d still see pre-Chessie locomotives and rolling stock. &nbsp;When I joined my hometown’s volunteer fire dept, one of the old heads there was a freight conductor, originally for C&amp;O (pre merger), then Chessie, and finally CSX until he retired after 50 years. &nbsp;I recall him saying he loved his time with C&amp;O and Chessie, CSX however “they try so hard to hire people, then spend every hour of every day trying to fire you”.

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• DA

  @davidmaust1415 · 2 years ago

  Just imagine if everyone had smart phones and YouTube during that Era, so many unique trains to record, it took more effort to use film for these shots

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• SH

  @shortliner68 · 2 years ago

  Having been born and raised in Baltimore, this video brings back a lot of memories of railfanning the B&amp;O and WM. Rode several train excursions over both lines during the &apos;60s and &apos;70s, mostly in the Fall. Miss those days...

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• LA

  @lawrencegolba2244 · 2 years ago

  This has been the best BO, CO, WM video I&apos;ve watched thus far in terms of being more comprehensive regarding history, wm trackage. Larry from Buffalo, Ny. I remember to B&amp;O &amp; C&amp;O servicing Buffalo back in the 60&apos;s, 70&apos;s.

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• BE

  @bensullivan · 2 years ago

  The Capitol Limited sequence (at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TuMuUnahCE&amp;t=418">6:58</a>) was shot from the old East West Hwy underpass (Now Colesville Rd) facing to the southeast as the train approaches, and then the photographer swings around to the northwest, with the Spring St. bridge in the distance. Just out of view about a half mile to the northwest is Georgetown Jct where the 11.5mi Georgetown Branch split off and rand down through Chevy Chase, Bethesda and on into Georgetown. I believe the next shot, labeled Silver Springs, MD (sic) was shot just a bit further southeast, closer to downtown SS. Wonderful footage.

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• RO

  @robertanderson1986 · 2 years ago

  Thonk about this.<br>The northeast railroad colors are Civil War Union Blue.<br>And the Southern Railroads were Confederate Gray

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• RI

  @richardfay825 · 2 years ago

  Great Video ! Brings back good memories of my youth growing up in VA. During the 70&apos;s near Harper&apos;s Ferry WV....I hiked the Appalachian trail to Harper&apos;s Ferry many times and watched the parade of these locomotives. A kind engineer invited me and some buddies into the cab of a Chessie SD unit one Sunday.It was tied down with empty coal cars at Harper&apos;s Ferry Station.

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• JA

  @jackpetrof9460 · 2 years ago

  Excellent video! The sights and sounds of EMDs, ALCOs and even a FM switcher. Oh, and doodlebugs and interurbans too! Well done!

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