Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In West Virginia (WV) (Images of Rail)

ISBN: 9780738552835

出版社: Arcadia Publishing

出版年: 2007-09-26

页数: 127

定价: USD 19.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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 BandO 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 BandO 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 lines locomotives, passenger and freight trains, structures, and, most importantly, its people who endeared their company to generations of travelers, shippers, and small Appalachian communities.