Comments on: A ten year mystery – solved! http://www.daveho.com/2008/04/02/a-ten-year-mystery-solved/ DaveHo's home on the web. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: relantel http://www.daveho.com/2008/04/02/a-ten-year-mystery-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-21 relantel Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:59:13 +0000 http://www.daveho.com/blog/2008/04/02/a-ten-year-mystery-solved/#comment-21 Ah, the saddest dumbest choice in marketing. Go from a sure asset in the Chessie Cat to an entity known just by the letters CSX. The holding company came into being in 1980, with control of the Seaboard and Chessie System. 1986 was the critical year that the old paint started to disappear in earnest, though one can still find mostly unrepainted locomotives out there. CSX broke my heart when the State of Virginia sold the RF&P to them in 1991. (I didn't get my fraternal nickname of "Chattanooga" for nothing!) Ah, the saddest dumbest choice in marketing. Go from a sure asset in the Chessie Cat to an entity known just by the letters CSX. The holding company came into being in 1980, with control of the Seaboard and Chessie System. 1986 was the critical year that the old paint started to disappear in earnest, though one can still find mostly unrepainted locomotives out there. CSX broke my heart when the State of Virginia sold the RF&P to them in 1991.

(I didn’t get my fraternal nickname of “Chattanooga” for nothing!)

]]> By: tomwest http://www.daveho.com/2008/04/02/a-ten-year-mystery-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-20 tomwest Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:53:26 +0000 http://www.daveho.com/blog/2008/04/02/a-ten-year-mystery-solved/#comment-20 You should've asked me. My dad worked for ALCOA corporate in Pgh. for 19 years as a rail rate analyst. I knew about the Chessie cat as a pre-teen. You should’ve asked me. My dad worked for ALCOA corporate in Pgh. for 19 years as a rail rate analyst. I knew about the Chessie cat as a pre-teen.

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