Remembering Chessie 614

Remember when the Chessie System had a steam program? It may not have been as extensive as the Southern Railway steam program or the Norfolk Southern steam program, but for a couple of years in the early 1980s it received a lot of attention.

Here’s a favorite photo of the photographer that you may never have seen. Chessie 614 is eastbound in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on June 27, 1981.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Tags: Chessie Steam, Chessie Steam Special, Chessie System locomotives, Robert Farkas photography, steam locomotives