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This
40’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was rebuilt in 1965 from
older cars built in the late 1940s to fill the growing need
for additional boxcars. It featured DF-8 loaders and movable
bulkheads to help secure loads. C&O was formed in 1869 in
Virginia, and became a large Class I railroad on the East Coast,
headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1972, it became part of
the Chessie System, after merging with B&O and Western Maryland.
After several more mergers, the heritage of C&O lives on
today as a part of CSX Transportation.
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