Chessie System

E62343

defunct railroad company railroad holding company

Chessie System was a major American railroad holding company formed in the 1970s that operated several eastern U.S. railroads under the iconic “Chessie the cat” branding before eventually becoming part of CSX Transportation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chessie System canonical	10
Chessie System brand	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railroad company ⓘ railroad holding company ⓘ
abbreviation	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ surface form: C&O/B&O/WM
brandingIntroduced	1970s ⓘ
brandingTheme	sleeping kitten logo ⓘ
ceasedOperatingIdentityBy	mid-1980s ⓘ
corporateStructure	holding company for multiple railroads ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formedIn	1973 ⓘ
formedInDecade	1970s ⓘ
hasCategory	Defunct railroads of the United States ⓘ Predecessors of CSX Transportation ⓘ Railway holding companies of the United States ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
heritagePreservedBy	CSX Transportation ⓘ
industry	rail transportation ⓘ
liveryColors	dark blue ⓘ vermilion ⓘ yellow ⓘ
logoFeature	stylized cat silhouette ⓘ
mergedWith	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad ⓘ surface form: Seaboard Coast Line Industries
mergerCompletedIn	1980 ⓘ
mergerFormed	CSX Transportation ⓘ surface form: CSX Corporation
namedAfter	Chessie advertising mascot ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive locomotive paint scheme ⓘ use of unified corporate image across multiple railroads ⓘ
operatedInRegion	Eastern United States ⓘ Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States Midwestern United States ⓘ
operatedService	freight transportation ⓘ limited passenger services via subsidiaries ⓘ
parentCompanyOf	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
predecessor	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ Western Maryland Railway ⓘ
railroadType	freight railroad holding company ⓘ
successor	CSX Transportation ⓘ surface form: CSX Corporation CSX Transportation ⓘ
usedBrand	Chessie the cat ⓘ
usedOn	cabooses ⓘ corporate stationery ⓘ freight cars ⓘ locomotives ⓘ
usedReportingMarks	B&O Warehouse ⓘ surface form: B&O Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ surface form: C&O WM ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CSX Transportation → predecessor → Chessie System ⓘ

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad → becamePartOf → Chessie System ⓘ

Class I freight railroads in the United States → historicallyIncluded → Chessie System ⓘ

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → mergedInto → Chessie System ⓘ

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → parentCompany → Chessie System ⓘ

Western Maryland Railway → successor → Chessie System ⓘ

Western Maryland Railway → parentCompany → Chessie System ⓘ

Chessie the cat → associatedWith → Chessie System ⓘ

Chessie the cat → usedBy → Chessie System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chessie System brand

WM → becamePartOf → Chessie System ⓘ

WM → successor → Chessie System ⓘ