Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia, The - by Robert Carlton Withers (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> 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<br>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, <br>structures, and, most importantly, its people who endeared their company to generations of travelers, shippers, and small Appalachian communities."
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