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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Chessie/Chesapeke and Ohio Railroad |
| Title: | Collection 259. Chessie/Chesapeke and Ohio Safety Poster, 1985 - 1986, n.d. |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | The Chessie/Chesapeke and Ohio Railroad Safety Posters includes sixteen 18" x 22" posters dating from 1985 to 1986. |
| This collection provides insight into the merchandising practices of the Chessie and Chesapeke and Ohio Railroads. | |
| Extent: | 0.001 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 259. Chessie/Chesapeke and Ohio Safety Poster, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish on 11 July 2005. The accession number is 05-25. The collection was opened on 2005.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, October, 2005
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, October, 2005
Chessie System Inc. was a railroad system headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1971 out of the Baltimore and Ohio railway and the C and O railway. In 1980, it merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries Inc., headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Renamed the CSX Corporation, it was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
CSX Corporation is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries that provide freight transportation services. CSX corporation's headquarters is Richmond, Virginia, which has the historic association with both Chessie and Seaboard. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, part of the Chessie System Railroads, traced its corporate ancestry to the Louisa Railroad Company which was chartered in Richmond in 1836, and the C and O railway had its headquarters in that city for many years.
CSX Transportation operates the eastern United States' largest rail network and is the main business unit of CSX Corporation. CSXT provides rail freight transportation consists of more than 23,000 route miles in 23 states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces. CSXT headquarters are in Jacksonville, Fla.
For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad website.
This collection was arranged chronologically.
| Chesapeke and Ohio Railway Company |
| Chessie Systems Inc. |
| Railroad companies -- Appalachian Region, Southern |
| Calendar |
