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Chessie System History – Learn some interesting history about the Chessie System

Chessie System History
  • The C&O-B&O Unity, the beginning of the Chessie System
  • Chessie System History: The C&O and the B&O start their association.
  • The C&O-B&O and the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • The Coming of the Chessie System.
  • The Happy Railroad Occasion!

Coming — Select bimonthly articles from the pages of Chessie News. This was a publication put out for Chesapeake & Ohio employees, and also later included Baltimore & Ohio and Chessie System.

Typical Chessie!

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Vermilion is the name of the "orange-red," third color of the Chessie System. It's the text color of the banner! Below are the codes to reproduce this color!

Hex #EC3817
RGB 236, 56, 23
CMYK* 0, 76, 90, 8
HSL* 9, 85%, 51%
Pantone* Bright Red C (#F93822)

The "orange-red" is a color called "vermilion." Hex	#EC3817
RGB	236, 56, 23
CMYK*	0, 76, 90, 8
HSL*	9, 85%, 51%
Pantone*	Bright Red C (#F93822)

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