The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 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: Bob Withers
ISBN-10: 0738552836
ISBN-13: 9780738552835
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.54w x 0.35d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2009 pg. 146