Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Playing Cards presented by William McFadden I have a small collection of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad playing cards. All but the CSX printing were found in the attic of my late father-in-law's house. I think all but the CSX cards were printed and distributed in the 1950s. I don't have complete decks of the older cards, just a few examples of each design. The classic card with the original woodcut of Chessie under the blanket The ace of hearts from the deck above A card with Chessie's "Old Man" Peake, as he first appeared 1937 A card with the Lake Michigan car ferry S.S. Spartan -- In the early 1950s, C&O had seven of these boats in operation out of Ludington. They carried railroad cars on the lower decks and passengers' automobiles on the upper decks. A card with the Lake Michigan car ferry S.S. Badger A modern card produced by CSX in the early 1990s featuring the original Chessie