Chessie (train)
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title:
Chessie (train)
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The Chessie was a proposed streamlined passenger train developed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in the late 1940s. The brainchild of C&O executive Robert R. Young, the Chessie would have operated on a daylight schedule between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The train's luxury lightweight equipment was built new by the Budd Company. A revolutionary new steam turbine locomotive would have provided power, including speeds up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Although the equipmen
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Proposed passenger train
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_(train)
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2024-03-15T17:06:16Z
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