Cumberland and Eastern Railway and Transportation Company

Alright, finally some more C&E steam.

Dave

Yup, C&E OCS/steam program train,

my idea is that the C&E program continued with chessie due to sponsors in the 80s. The program would have continued into early CSX and would end in 1993. About as long as southern, 1966-1993.

C&E trains pass under the reading railroad on the paintsville branch.

Between 1966 and 1987, C&E/Chessie/CSX ran TOFC trains over the C&E route. The road owned about 33 TOFC flats and 100 trailers in 1970. "The Baltimorean" named after the famous C&E passenger train, is seen near Big Pool, MD on the mainline in 1978

Been a hot minute...

A derailment in Port Covington caused a 10 mile long hold up of over 14 trains coming off the Hanover sub, East sub, Harrisburg sub, and more coming off the Washington Branch which choked things up even more at PC Tower where the B&O, and C&E connected/crossed.



Moving a block forward we see 6318 at the head of a small coal train.

Tragedy would find its home one june morning in 1968. C&E train T9 The Alpha-Jet (Baltimore leg) ran away from the yard after an electrical fault, by time it hit B5.8 where it crossed the B&O, it was up to almost 70 MPH. an empty B&O coal train entered the diamond very slowly here. C&E 4107 T-Boned B&O 3555 and threw it 90 degrees into a building. The 4107 slowed ~35 MPH and toppled to the side. Sliding about 600 feet before coming to a stop. The 1326 slid the other way and landed on the F7 on an angle. The leading TOFC car flew up the side of the 1326 and a trailer fell off. The second car came beside the first. The third car flipped over and landed in the station, said station would be demolished 2 days later due to damage. The fourth car became victim to a passenger. when the 3555 was ripped violently from the train, it accelerated the last 3 units and train greatly. The 3rd unit flew up onto the TOFC car knocking the trailer right off. Below are pictures of the wreck and details on the fates of the two units that were highly damaged.






C&E 1326 (EMD GP35)
C&E 4107 (EMD F7)
B&O 3554 (EMD GP35)
B&O 3555 (EMD GP35)
B&O 3551 (EMD GP35)
B&O 6530 (EMD GP9)
B&O 5486 (Dead B Unit on the way to Cumberland for disposal)
3555 would be salvaged for parts and scrapped
the horn was found in the grass 13 years later when crews were tearing up the remainder of the interurban line
Kmaster — Today at 7:57 PM
4107 was sent to Hagerstown Shops, (4107 was one of 4 F units still on the roster) suffered a roundhouse fire, another derailment, and would sit in the woods on an abandoned spur for 46 years. In that time, it had been broken into, organizations stole parts off of it, the numberboards removed, the cab components were stolen. Trees grew through fans, grass was in the floor of the engine loco. In 2017 the land was bought by private investors, the Penn Central historical society was contacted as they thought the loco was ex PC. after tracing the serial number, it was found it was a C&E loco. The investors gave the C&EHS 6 months to get the loco off property. C&EHS couldnt raise the funds and eventually called on any contact they could get. A donor purchased the engine with in about an hour of the deadline, the private investors didnt contact anyone. It was found half the loco was gone by the next day.
The HS took the land owners to court and they were found guilty, the funds from the case made it so the 4107 could be fixed. The engine is in display in Carlisle, PA. Soon to be moved to Hagerstown to the new roundhouse complex.

Also found on this film roll were two shots of a small freight, here they are

Working Eastward to B0.0, the junction here is the "beginning" of the C&E. The Washington branch breaks off to the right here, along with the B&O. The line to the left is part of the Baltimore Terminal company (C&E owned with some control by the PRR/B&O). The line coming in from the bottom is the Hagerstown Division (Baltimore sub until Ownings Mills, MD). This spot was a bee hive of activity, most of which is gone, the only trains to pry through here in modern day are CSX trains coming up from Washington. Port Covington was shut down in 2003, the B&O Branch wasnt needed when CSX gained control of all the lines, and for no reason to connect them, the connection tracks were abandoned. In 2019 the shops were torn down. The bank which leads to the swing bridge is under heavy fire from the Baltimore government as ships are trying to get up river. Some people have wanted to rebuild the port, but nothing much has come of it. The Baltimore Terminal Company still exists and handles dispatching in Baltimore county.

Very nice routes.

Thanks! more work and some screenshots. In this shots you will see a C&E/B&O/PRR subsidiary. The Baltimore Terminal Company. Formed in 1904 to take over sections of track in the Baltimore, MD area to give more consistency and efficiency to the city's rails. In this map we see the trackage that was taken under BTCo's wings. Any joint trackage, street running, ports, etc were transferred to the BTCo. Electrics were still run by their respective roads but the terminal company did own 4 electrics, two for B&O and two for PRR. The company still exists but only handles dispatching and some other odd things. The Canton Railroad broke away into its own company in the 80s (it was included in 1951, a few years after this map is dated).

Impressive work, love the Map, and your Derailment is the most interesting, your skill in turning the Trains on end and such quite a sight to see.........

!4 Trains tied up from the Derailment, lots of lost revenue me thinks.......

(sorry for the late reply) Thanks! Well its time to give an update, and a preview of thinks to come...

What? Say it ain't so :'(.

Dave

Dated 1966, afraid so . Here are some screenies from the 100 percent not ripped off farewell to steam trip (this was the last revenue SG steam run/railroad in the US)

Thanks for the farewell screenshots, it's great to see presentations from historical events!

Thank you!

Welp its been over a month, and new things have come to the C&E...

Train QI113 passes MP H16 doing about 50 MPH. The C&E's new route on the former reading was built to eliminate curves and about 3 miles, the signals below protect the interlocking.