CHESSIE SYSTEM, The Final Days of pure Chessie power. 1989/90. Part III

"CHESSIE SYSTEM, The Final Days Part I and Part II" , being a success, and many of you have asked for more, here is a PART III.
I want to thank my viewers for the interest in this older stuff.
I have a good bit more of pure Chessie in the CSXT era that may be add to new parts if the interest is still there..
CSXT is a reality in 1988, and power from all the joined railroads is showing up everywhere. This clip, like Part I andPart II, is nothing but pure Chessie painted locomotives. Some already have been patched with small CSXT decals on the cab.
Here is the link to the successful PART 1
• CHESSIE SYSTEM, The Fi...
and Part II
• CHESSIE SYSTEM, The Fi...
Thanks for watching. Please be sure to check out my many other video clips from the 1970's up to today.
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[@Rob-tr1st]

So sad to see that the CEOs of today's class 1 railroads have ruined what railfans used to love. Hopefully one day we will get back to stuff like this. Great video series jack! Love this classic stuff!

[@davidremy4470]

Thanks so much for posting these old VHS video's. You were SO far ahead of your time as a rail fan! Please keep them coming , great work.

[@1jackdk]

Thanks David, glad you enjoyed them. Probably get some more editted and up this coming week. Thanks for watching...

[@solomongainey838]

Great video, brought back a lot of my childhood memories.

[@michaelmcdougall4527]

Ya BABY THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT 🚂🚂 THANKS 🙏🏼 THANKS WOW

[@jebbthetrainkid1281]

I'm 55 years old and seeing this Video of those Great Chessies makes me feel like it was just yesterday watching them run in front of my childhood home. Just Subscribed. Matt

[@nathanbarger3449]

The very last time I seen any Chessie locomotives was in the summer of 1998 in Knoxville, TN. They were pretty rough looking. But I was glad to see them one last time.

[@chadmartin2170]

You made an excellent video. You make this old man very happy. Thank you very much Sir.

[@loganedwards4647]

As a kid growing up in Gainesville NY we had an average of 3-5 trains a day. Chessie and B&O engines mainly. It’s what started my love of trains. Thanks so very much for your videos, especially the ones from Wyoming County NY

[@michaelmcdougall4527]

And back in the DAY WHEN EMD DOMINATED 🚂👍🏻 THANKS AGAIN 🙏🏼

[@Galaxy2517]

Would love to see a modern unit painted in Chessie heritage...

[@dontaviouschandler3961]

CSX has one now. But it's painted half and half, CSX paint scheme at the nose and cab and Chessie System towards the back and the typical blue/yellow color up top as well

[@scotabot7826]

Not like the ugly scheme they just came out with either!! Horrible looking!!!

[@paulquick8806]

It sounds Soo natural..thanks for following with the camera action💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍

[@moonbeamskies3346]

I like that last train. Engines at the front and engines in the middle. I'd love to have seen if there were cabooses on these trains. It was fun to see a caboose and wave to the guy in it.

[@1jackdk]

Saddly the caboose was gone by this time period on section of the railroad. I miss seeing them as well. Thanks for watching...

[@svenmartin840]

I always wonder how the classic Chessie power was. And now I do. Thanks for the videos. I hope one day you can film. In Palmer Mass where the CSX meets the Mass Central and New England Central. Ex Central Vermont and Ex-NYC,Penn Central,Conrail

[@scotabot7826]

Love the Seaboard locomotives!!!!!

[@proudfoamer2]

I love it! Not a GE in sight.

[@rainmancw9022]

How time passes. Had a few in my immediate familiy that were on the Chessie crew. Memories of Grafton and Cumberland dance in my mind. Makes me homesick for those days. I really enjoyed this whisper from the past. I think this is the same guy that I use to talk with when Google+ was still alive. Anyway, everyone have a great year!

[@MacquarieRidge]

I love this old footage. It makes me nostalgic for a time I didnt experience.

[@Chessie1985]

Excellent video and love the old chessie Jack!!!!

[@crushhardtack2870]

Excellent video! You’re always in the right place, at the right time! I wish I would’ve had the foresight to video trains 30-40 years ago.

[@rimodeler7963]

Hi Jack - Really great video footage of some classic Chessie power. I appreciate you posting these excellent videos. Please keep them coming! Thanks so much. Mike

[@kelvintorrence5994]

I always loved the old colors not the new c.s.x. blue and gold color.

[@tombell108]

WOW! Now that was absolutely ONE amazing VIDEO Jack! Brings back memories of when my friends and I visited the region back in the early 80s into the late 90s! In 97 my friend and I were quite amazed at one of the helper sets. 2 SD45-2s! 1 ex Clinchfield still in black and yellow! And a Family Lines SD! They were both running elephant style!

[@1jackdk]

Thanks Tom, glad you enjoyed it. That would have been great catching those two as helpers. Thankfully, I have seen a good many on the line in road power, and mixed in with other helpers. Sure miss those days. Thanks for watching...

[@tombell108]

@@1jackdk Thank God you had a video camera back in that era that sadly is no more!!

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Oh my gosh Jack that was freakin awesome. I’m a Conrail fan and I bleed blue, but that was a great video. For so many years I never knew what Sand Patch was all about, then I got sandpatch for Microsoft Train Simulator and I understood! Those crews strapped up and went to war with that grade everyday! What an underrated piece of railroad from a rail fan’s perspective. Thank you for posting this, keep them coming!!

[@1jackdk]

Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it. Sand Patch was a grerat place to go. Real mountain railroad that really tested the men, and machines. It sure isn't as fun going there anymore. With all the code lines gone, everything has grown in, and you can't shoot at most of the place I went to. Thanks for watching...

[@eugeeropel5572]

I totally agree, keep these CHESSIE SYSTEM videos coming. LOVE THEM. Thank you

[@anb7408]

Nice! I'll personally take this psychedelic 1970's paint scheme over the current CSX junk any day.

[@hunterriley9904]

Wow great footage. Love the chessie locomotives Weird watching this seeing the date , i was only a few months old lol

[@joeraderblackrockcentralrr]

another great video. thanks of old Chessie

[@RodPower78]

Excellent video footage, Jack. Seeing those Chessie System units in person were always a special treat back in the early years of CSX, especially with my hometown being Family Lines (SCL/L&N) country pre merger.

[@mile57.2galtsub6]

Put simply, l am glad someone captured on video and not just photos. Nice, thanks for uploading.

[@1jackdk]

Thanks mile57.2. Sure glad I decided to get video of this stuff as well. I did take a lot of 35mm slides, and the video was only secondary. But it worked out well, and there is a huge interest in these older video clips. Thank for watching. There is tons more that will be edited. Thanks for watching...

[@dumptruckdave423]

Excellant Video!!!!👍

[@tommythomason6187]

Read in Wikipedia, I believe, that Chessie System's primary traffic was coal, steel and autoparts, with a growing trailer train presence in later years. And, maybe the best of the modern paint schemes.

[@1jackdk]

Sounds right to me Tommy, and one of the best scheme I can think of as well.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

I remember in middletown,ohio,,in 1989,,catching 2 blue B&O GP38s. just the 2 of them in the snow. working armco.

[@westvirginia24]

I miss chessies

[@drive9997]

Awesome

[@sony197]

that was also when they started to fade the cabooses out as well.

[@1jackdk]

Yes it was sony. Thanks for watching...

[@amessman]

7:25 - Ten engines! On one train! I didn't hear a single one not running either! That SD40-2 in the back wasn't very happy though, at high throttle settings, the turbo's clutch can stick, leading to insufficient airflow and a rich burn, hence the intermittent smoke.

[@jimthomefan50025]

6:33 looks like that engine has a leaking injector

[@kelvintorrence5994]

That coal train had a lit of power pushing it up that hill.about 10 engines did I count.

[@heavyobject4809]

Another great one! Thanks for sharing

[@1jackdk]

Thanks HO, and thanks for watching...

[@8thnotchjoe2000]

Best one by far😁🔥

[@1jackdk]

Thanks PT. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching...

[@legoose1380]

It’s weird not seeing an ACC unit

[@straypacket]

If by "weird" you mean "awesome" - I totally agree :)

[@jamesmark782]

Love it. TAIL-END and not one GE to be found in ludind a GP-30 !!!

[@cnw8717]

Awesome videos man! Please keep boring me with this "older" content.

[@1jackdk]

LOL, I'll try to keep getting some more of this boring old junk up! LOL. Thanks for watching, and glad you enjoyed it.

[@HuntOfficial1776]

May I use this in a music video I’m making with my song Ballad Of The Chessie System? I will provide credit in the description

[@scotabot7826]

SD40-2's to the rescue!!

[@nashdill7919]

Amen to John 3:16 my friend so does John 15:13

[@woods840]

That coal train was fantastic! Look at that guy move! Too bad this area was destroyed by penndot.

[@Metalrails]

A shame what Cumberland has become. Connellsville yard is even busier now.

[@samsmith5556]

Was that a CSX gp35 pusher at 745

[@1jackdk]

Yes it was Sam.

[@samsmith5556]

@@1jackdk those were rare outside yard service even back then they were well seasoned

[@hunterriley9904]

What happened to all the chessie locomotives? Where they repainted as csx?

[@1jackdk]

Lots of the Chessie units are gone. sold off, or scraped. There are some old units still in service all in CSX paint now.

[@trainknut]

I think a decent chunk of CSX that isn't GEVOs or Dash-9s is still old Chessie, Seaboard and Conrail equipment, but it's been a long time since you could see any of them in their true colors.

[@walshrd]

Great that these videos exist. Too bad the resolution isnt all that good. The guy running the camera did not know how and when to use the camera zoom. Many screens showed too much background, and the subject matter was too far away for too long. When the locos came close, the camera followed the lead loco. Oh boo! Follow the last loco down the track. At times watching this guy's Chessie videos was annoying knowing that they could have been much better.