Thomas W. Dixon, Jr. This book is a comprehensive look at the C&O during its years of growth and modernization from the period just after WWII to the B&O affiliation. It is based on the 1954 issue of Modern Railroads and features a chapter on each significant area of the railroad: freight, passenger, coal, the transition to diesels, shops, yards, leadership, even the advent of computers. This book will become a standard for the study of the C&O in the modern era. Hard cover, 176 pages, 299 B&W photos
