Neither! They all were part of the Family Lines System - until they became Seaboard System in 1982 (?). One of those merger things where they all operated separately - sort of.
Found the answer- Clinchfield was absorbed into SCL RR during June, 1982. About six months before the SBD merger. Boxcab E50
Here we go: Order 345 May 22, 1962 (my birthday is May 22) engine 5574 - RSD-5 Order 7 Aug. 20, 1970 - engine 6088 - GP9 at Fremont MI - the Fremont Subdivision runs through my backyard! Order 106 Oct. (?) 21, 1972 - 3527 - GP35, & 6088 - GP9 at Fuller, Grand Rapids - believe these would have been heading up north - most traffic was east-west. This line used to go up to Baldwin, Ludington where the car ferry to Wisconsin was, and up to Petoskey. The Fremont Sub goes from Holland north to Muskegon, and up to Fremont to service the Gerber Baby Food plant and the paper mills.
I've a friend who lives near Grand Rapids. CSX employee. But he's a B&O guy mg: ... And not very active on the web. Wish he'd get on with us. Bet he'd enjoy these. And possibly have some input. Boxcab E50
Well, I was going to work through the alphabet. But, give me a while. May have time later this afternoon, to dig them out, and get Peru scanned. Boxcab E50
Better than nothing. But it's a late computer printer version. These were used by many companies. The dispatcher actually sends these. The operator would tear it off, and hand them out. If no operator, then the train crew themselves picked them up at the printer. Gladstone (Bent Creek), Virginia: Boxcab E50
A clearance card only- On this one, I'm not 100% certain. I believe it's C&O. But cannot swear it as fact. Perhaps someone can take the train number shown, and check an ETT? Griffith, Indiana: Boxcab E50
Order 1 Oct. 13, 1966 - Engine 5818 - EMD GP7 Order 110 Nov. 12, 1980 - 5768 - GP7 Clearance Form A Sept. 11, 1976 - 5 railroads crossed in Griffith Indiana at one time. C&O, Erie/Erie Lackawanna, Grand Trunk, Elgin Joliet & Eastern, and the Michigan Central. There were up to 180 trains per day at one point - wish I could have been there with video camera and digital camera!!! I think that there are onlty two railraods there now - Grand Trunk and EJ&E...
A few more. Seem to be hitting a fair number of slow orders right now. Hallett (Toledo), Ohio: Boxcab E50
Here's another from Canada. Now that I've posted several, from north of the USA, I'm curious about how C&O got into Canada. When? Predecessor company? Anyone? Harrow, Ontario: Boxcab E50
