Miller Engineering - N Scale - Signs - Chessie System Billboard - small (SKU 502-339070)
Available On: August 1, 2017
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and several smaller carriers. It was incorporated in Virginia on February 26, 1973, and it acquired the C&O (which controlled the other companies) on June 15. C&O had been popularly known as the "Chessie System" since the 1930s. One of the most endearing of railroad signs!