Chesapeake and Ohio 1309
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 1309 is a steam locomotive built in 1949 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) where it pulled coal trains until retirement in 1956. It was the last steam engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the North American market. In 1976, it was moved to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum for static display. The engine was purchased in 2014 by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad which began restoration with the intention of returning it to service as the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309.
Port Huron and Detroit Railroad
On December 13, 1984, the Port Huron & Detroit Railroad was sold by the Duffy family, who owned it since 1922, to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad (at that time controlled by CSX Corp.). The locomotive used on the last train, number 60, was pulled in to the Port Huron roundhouse that evening for a closing ceremony and farewell party. The sale was initiated by the 1981 death of James Duffy, Jr., whose son, James Duffy III who was living in New York, chose to sell the majority stake in the company he had inherited to Chessie System; the sale was approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission in September 1984. CSX Transportation Co. still owns and operates the ex-Port Huron & Detroit Railroad trackage from Port Huron to the City of St. Clair but runs it as part of its operations and not as a separate railroad.