into one mega-railroad. The process began when SCL merged its railroads into the Seaboard System Railroad in 1982. Western Maryland was merged into B&O on May 1, 1983. B&O was merged into C&O on April 30, 1987. Seaboard changed its name to CSX Transportation on July 1, 1986. Finally, C&O merged into CSX Transportation on Aug. 31, 1987. After acquiring 42% of Conrail in 1999, CSX became one of four major railroad systems left in the country. See also C&O desk, donated to the White House List of Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives George Washington, the C&O's premier passenger train from 1932 to 1971 Charles T. Hinde, Successful businessman and riverboat captain. Greenbrier River Trail References Further reading External links Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Heritage Center Steam Operations of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway at Hinton, West Virginia Predecessors of CSX Transportation Former Class I railroads in the United States Standard gauge railways in the United States Baltimore and Ohio Railroad American companies established in 1878 Railway companies established in 1878 Railway companies disestablished in 1987 Defunct Maryland railroads Defunct Ohio railroads Defunct Virginia railroads Defunct West Virginia railroads Defunct Washington, D.C., railroads Defunct Illinois railroads Defunct Indiana railroads Defunct Kentucky railroads Defunct Michigan railroads Defunct Missouri railroads Defunct Ontario railways Railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area Companies based in Cleveland Defunct companies based in Ohio Coal mining in Appalachia James River (Virginia) Rail transportation in Cincinnati