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Author: D. B. Arthur

Date: 06-25-2022 - 23:11

Here's a photo taken on May 21, 1978, FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO of the Chessie System "Safety Express", using the Reading T-1 4-8-4 2101 steam locomotive. They were running excursions to three destinations radiating out of Cincinnati--to Ashland, KY, North Vernon, IN and, shown here, Chillicothe, OH. This former B&O line hosted Amtrak's Shenandoah, which has since been discontinued and the track has been downgraded and ripped up east of Greenfield, OH, another victim of mergers and shifting traffic patterns. This photo was taken in the suburbs on the eastern side of Cincinnati in, I believe, Indian Hill when the train was returning to CUT.

On March 6, 1979, while being stored in a Chessie System roundhouse in Silver Grove, KY, the 2101 was severely damaged in a fire. It was cosmetically restored and placed in the B&O Railroad Museum on Labor Day, 1979, in exchange for Chesapeake and Ohio 614. Today, the locomotive remains on display in its American Freedom Train #1 paint scheme.

Sadly, I think the days of Class One railroads operating steam excursions where the public can ride are pretty much over. In 1978, in the region of the country where I was living, SOU, N&W, Chessie System (C&O-B&O-WM) and The Family Lines (SCL-L&N-GA-CC&O-A&WP) either had steam programs or were cooperative with running steam excursions.

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D. B. Arthur Wrote:
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> Here's a photo taken on May 21, 1978, FORTY-FOUR
> YEARS AGO of the Chessie System "Safety Express",
> using the Reading T-1 4-8-4 2101 steam locomotive.
>  They were running excursions to three
> destinations radiating out of Cincinnati--to
> Ashland, KY, North Vernon, IN and, shown here,
> Chillicothe, OH.  This former B&O line hosted
> Amtrak's Shenandoah, which has since been
> discontinued and the track has been downgraded and
> ripped up east of Greenfield, OH, another victim
> of mergers and shifting traffic patterns.  This
> photo was taken in the suburbs on the eastern side
> of Cincinnati in, I believe, Indian Hill when the
> train was returning to CUT.  
> 
> On March 6, 1979, while being stored in a Chessie
> System roundhouse in Silver Grove, KY, the 2101
> was severely damaged in a fire. It was
> cosmetically restored and placed in the B&O
> Railroad Museum on Labor Day, 1979, in exchange
> for Chesapeake and Ohio 614. Today, the locomotive
> remains on display in its American Freedom Train
> #1 paint scheme.        
> 
> Sadly, I think the days of Class One railroads
> operating steam excursions where the public can
> ride are pretty much over. In 1978, in the region
> of the country where I was living, SOU, N&W,
> Chessie System (C&O-B&O-WM) and The Family Lines
> (SCL-L&N-GA-CC&O-A&WP) either had steam programs
> or were cooperative with running steam
> excursions.
> 
> E.T.T.S. Everything Turns To Caa Caa
> 
> https://i.ibb.co/S0JZh8P/19780521-028-Indian-Hill-
> OH-Chillicothe-Cincinnati-excursion.jpg

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