Chessie (train)
Type Capacity Number Road numbers Disposition
Baggage-coach 28 seats 3 1400-1402 1402 retained by C & O , 1400-1401 sold to the Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Coach 36 seats 12 1500-1511 Sold to the Seaboard Air Line Railway and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , 1501-1502-1503-1506-1507-1508-1509-1511 sold to Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Coach 36 seats 10 1600-1609 Sold to the Seaboard Air Line Railway and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Family coach 32 seats 3 1700-1702 Sold to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway ( C & EI )
Private room/dome car 3 drawing rooms , 5 roomettes , 1 bedroom 24 seats in the dome 3 1850-1852 Sold to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( B & O ) in 1950 and branded as Strata-Domes
Dome coach/observation 20 seats 3 1875-1877 Sold to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Lunch counter/tavern lounge 3 1900-1902 1900 retained by C & O ( R. Young 's private coach ) , 1901-1902 sold to Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Lunch counter/dining/observation 3 1920-1922 Retained by C & O
Dormitory/lunch counter/kitchen 3 1940-1942 Sold to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Dining room/theater 3 1970-1972 Sold to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Equipment -- Roster
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 . Although the equipment was delivered, a worsening financial outlook led to the cancellation of the train before it operated in revenue service.