Pere Marquette 1225 License Plate Convair Chessie is still the mascot

Chessie is still the mascot of the CSX Corporation

The period of railway expansion between 1900 and 1915 was unprecedented in Canada

the first coal railroad and just the second railroad company in the country to be constructed after the Granite Railroad of Quincy

in 1970 it carried 8650 million ton-miles and no passengers

and Denton Railroad is a 20-mile short-line railroad jointly owned by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Pere Marquette 1225 License Plate Convair Chessie is still the mascotPere Marquette 1225 (in snow) License Plate Pere Marquette 1225 is a 2 8 4 (Berkshire) steam locomotive built for Pere Marquette Railway (PM) by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. 1225 is one of two surviving Pere Marquette 2 8 4 locomotives, the other being 1223 which is on display at the Tri Cities Historical Society near ex GTW coaling tower, in Grand Haven, MI. Nickel Plate 765(operated by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, Inc) is also