Chessie

Chessie
Author: Thomas Dixon
Publisher: TLC Publishing (VA)
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1988
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The best-loved company symbol of all time. Introduced in 1933, Chessie appeared on calendars, railroad memorabilia, and in advertisements and was modernized to form the logo for the new Chessie System paint scheme in 1972.

Virginia Railroads Volume 2

Virginia Railroads Volume 2
Author: Thomas Dixon
Publisher: TLC Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780939487516

This second volume in a series of books about railroading in Virginia details the history of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway from its inception as the Louisa Railroad in central Virginia in 1836 up to modern times. Each chapter explains how a subdivision of the railway developed, including the types of locomotive used, the nature of the traffic carried, and geographical considerations. The many photographs are mostly from the 1930-1960 era. Maps and track plans add to the rich illustrative treatment, making this a gazetteer of the line.

The Potomac Canal

The Potomac Canal
Author: Robert J. Kapsch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Chesapeake & Ohio Passenger Service 1847-1971

Chesapeake & Ohio Passenger Service 1847-1971
Author: Thomas W. Dixon Jr
Publisher: Chesapeake & Ohio Hist. Soc.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10-04
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780939487615

This book by T. W. Dixon, Jr., details the whole history of passenger train service on the C&O. Beginning with the Virginia Central in the 1840s and ending with Amtrak's takeover in 1971, much of the information has never before been published. Especially during the 1920-1971 period, the era of the heavyweight steel passenger equipment and the lightweight streamlined cars, the heaviest and most powerful steam locomotives, and the iconic E8 diesels - a wealth of detail. Mail, express, dining car, sleeping car, and ancillary service are covered, as well as motive power, cars, schedules, consists, methods of operation, stations, staff/personnel, advertising, and all the elements that went to make the C&O's passenger trains not only highly efficient, greatly successful, widely known, and well respected. Though passengers accounted for only 5% of C&O's revenue in the mid-20th century era, the company lavished a great deal of attention on it. The feeling was that, to truly be a first class railway, C&O had to have the very best passenger service. Innovations starting in the 1880s and leading up into the 1950s, put C&O at the forefront of passenger service development from an operational and technological viewpoint. In the final decades C&O absorbed the passenger losses in the belief that the passenger train was the best advertising that it could have.

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky
Author: Thomas W. Dixon Jr
Publisher: Chesapeake & Ohio Hist. Soc.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780939487813

A new look at mines, towns, trains, people that were involved in transportation of coal from mine to market on C&O in the period 1945-1960. Chapters include Background; Coal Fields Motive Power; Coal Fields Rolling Stock; C&O Coal Operations; Coal Towns; Mines & Tipples. Most photos are from C&O official files and illustrate every aspect of coal mining and transportation. Maps show branches and their relationship to whole scheme. Ideal for C&O fans, modelers, and those interested in the coal fields of Appalachia. If you have the C&OHS’s 1995 book C&O in the Coal Fields, this book is ALL NEW, and does not repeat the photos or data.

Nickel Plate Road Diesel Locomotives

Nickel Plate Road Diesel Locomotives
Author: Kevin Holland
Publisher: TLC Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-05-30
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781883089351

Although Nickel Plate Road was widely known and respected for its great steam locomotives, its diesel roster was equally interesting. Keven Holland tells the complete story of Nickel Plate Road's dieselization and traces the history of all its diesel locomotives down to and after the N&W merger. Filled with official Nickel Plate Road photographs plus a variety of photos from railfan photographers. The last word on the diesel fleet of Nickel Plate Road diesel locomotives!

Classic American Railroads

Classic American Railroads
Author: Mike Schafer
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2003-09
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 076031649X

This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.

Chessie System

Chessie System
Author: Dave Ori
Publisher:
Total Pages: 174
Release:
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781610603683

In 1972 three great railroads-the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Baltimore & Ohio, and the Western Maryland-joined forces as the Chessie System, their diesel engines resplendent in a brilliant new yellow, blue, and vermillion scheme sporting the stylized "Chess-C" logo based on the C&O's familiar mascot, Chessie the kitten. The story of the Chessie System, unique in railroad history, unfolds in all its grit and glory in this book about a rail operation that combined the best of tradition and innovation to a remarkable. Dave Ori traces the railroad's origins from the first affiliation of the B&O and C&O in the early 1960s to the inclusion of the WM a decade later securing routes that spanned the Northeast and Midwest. He also examines the Chessie System itself, from the details of its operating divisions, major facilities, diesel fleet, and intermodal operation to the technological advances that distinguished its reign and its integration in the vast CSX system in 1987.