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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia (Images of Rail)
by Withers, Bob
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0738552836
- ISBN 13
- 9780738552835
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. Paperback. Fine. 6.5"x9.25" 127 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (w/price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. 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. Source: Publisher.
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- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15740
- Title
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia (Images of Rail)
- Author
- Withers, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0738552836
- ISBN 13
- 9780738552835
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Charleston, SC
- Date Published
- 2007
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