OBSS (Orange Blossom Special-South), with CSX/B&O GP40 6638 plus four, is westbound at White Marsh on B&O's Philadelphia Sub at 09:05 on January 6, 1987. CSX/B&O 6638 is the former B&O 4063. more)
“Truncated Orange Blossom” With only two engines (Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4296 and Seaboard System/SBD U30C 7238), and fewer than 20 trailers, an unusually short Orange Blossom Spe... (more)
“Long Gone” Long gone are the CPLs, cabin cars, front runners, and the friendly wave. With RF&P GP40-2 146 plus three on the head end, Chessie System/C&O extended vision caboose (90)... (more)
“Off on a Tangent” CSX 0171, the Orange Blossom Special (formerly symbolled OBSS), powered by RF&P GP40-2 145 and GP40 126, plus three, is westbound at White Marsh on CSX’s (former... (more)