Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia - Withers, Bob
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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…mehr

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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.
Autorenporträt
Bob Withers, 72, has written, co-written, edited or contributed to 27 books, dozens of free-lance magazine articles, and hwidreds of newspaper articles about railroads, steamboats, and historical subjects. His first book, The President Travels by Train, was published in 1996 and he has kept it up to date with a supplement that can be inserted into lhe book. He retired from The Herald-Dispatch on April I, 2007, after a 3 8-year career as a reporter and copy editor. He became a member of Guyandotte Methodist Church when he was l l, and has been a pastor for more than 45 years, 34 of which has been at Seventh Avenue ·aaptist Church in Huntington. He bolds bachelor's and master's degrees iti journalism from Marshall University in Huntington. He is a 58-year charter member of the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society Inc., and also belongs to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Inc. He worked i:IS a brakeman and f1agn:ian for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company during his college-era summers, and he is a veteran of the U.S. Anny and the West Virginia Anny National Guard - in which he attained the rank of captain. He has been married to the former Sue Ann Sawidcrs for 47 years. They have three daughters and four grandchildren.