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Still and dark here.
Awwww.... Squee! I love sleepy kitties. They look so harmless. ;o]
Chessie was the 'mascot' for the C&O passenger service. As the passenger business dried up (and ended in 1971 when Amtrak was formed) she became less visible.
In 1973 the C&O (along with the B&O and Western Maryland) was rolled into the 'Chessie System' which used the Ches-C as their logo..
In 1980 Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Lines and present day CSX was born. CSX continued to use the Ches-C logo until about 1986 when CSX introduced its own paint scheme.
And Chessie quietly disappeared.
Except in the hearts and minds of ferroequinologists.