Grafton, West Virginia and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Author | : Scott Allan West |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Grafton (W. Va.) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Scott Allan West |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Grafton (W. Va.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bob Withers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738552835 |
In 1827, a group of Baltimore capitalists feared their city would be left out of the lucrative East Coast-to-Midwest trade that other eastern cities were developing; thus, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered. Political pressure kept the B&O out of Pennsylvania at first, and so track crews headed for what is now West Virginia, building mountainous routes with torturous grades to Wheeling and Parkersburg. Eventually the B&O financed and acquired a spiderweb of branch lines that covered much of the northern and central parts of the Mountain State. This book takes a close look at the line's locomotives, passenger and freight trains, structures, and, most importantly, its people who endeared their company to generations of travelers, shippers, and small Appalachian communities.
Author | : Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Public Relations Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 9 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bob Withers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531633165 |
In 1827, a group of Baltimore capitalists feared their city would be left out of the lucrative East Coast-to-Midwest trade that other eastern cities were developing; thus, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered. Political pressure kept the B&O out of Pennsylvania at first, and so track crews headed for what is now West Virginia, building mountainous routes with torturous grades to Wheeling and Parkersburg. Eventually the B&O financed and acquired a spiderweb of branch lines that covered much of the northern and central parts of the Mountain State. This book takes a close look at the line's locomotives, passenger and freight trains, structures, and, most importantly, its people who endeared their company to generations of travelers, shippers, and small Appalachian communities.
Author | : Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bob Withers |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2007-09-26 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439619379 |
In 1827, a group of Baltimore capitalists feared their city would be left out of the lucrative East Coast-to-Midwest trade that other eastern cities were developing; thus, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered. Political pressure kept the B&O out of Pennsylvania at first, and so track crews headed for what is now West Virginia, building mountainous routes with torturous grades to Wheeling and Parkersburg. Eventually the B&O financed and acquired a spiderweb of branch lines that covered much of the northern and central parts of the Mountain State. This book takes a close look at the line's locomotives, passenger and freight trains, structures, and, most importantly, its people who endeared their company to generations of travelers, shippers, and small Appalachian communities.
Author | : John F. Stover |
Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781557530660 |
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad in America. As an economic historian, Stover tells the history of the B & O from its beginnings in 1928, and through the dark times of this country's economic growth and downswings. He examines the programs undertaken by the company throughout its history to improve its lines, equipment, and service.
Author | : Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : Railroad law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bruce Elliott |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467123765 |
The Pittsburgh Division had its earliest beginnings in 1837, but what would be known as the main line was not completed until 1871. At its height, the Pittsburgh Division consisted of five distinct main lines and 14 branch lines, and the division had trackage rights over the Western Maryland and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroads. Images of Modern America: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Pittsburgh Division looks at five of these lines: the B&O Main Line from Cumberland to Pittsburgh; the Pittsburgh and Western; the Somerset and Cambria; the Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh; and the Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.