Chessie Steam Special
Season One
Car #PC-100
Power Car

CSS (S1) Power Car #PC-100 was C&O Power Car 100, originally C&O express car 209, built in 1937 by St. Louis Car Co. It was rebuilt into a power car in 1947. After its time on the CSS, the car became C&O 914100, a Maintenance-of-Way car.

The power car contained generators to provide electricity to the passenger cars.

Image: August 1977 by Russell T. Sharp, courtesy of Laura Sharp and Bill Gwodz

Following the steam locomotive as it "steam cleaned" the roofs of Chessie System tunnels was a cosmetic hazard for the PC-100.

Photographed at Thurmond, WV.

Image: Courtesy of Roy Gabriel estate

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