Directories

DS-02-222
1950 Listing of Businesses and Industry Part II
This is part II of the Official C&O Industrial Directory that was issued January 1, 1950 by the company s Industrial Development Department. Part...
1950 Listing of Businesses and Industry Part II $14.95... more info
DS-15-354
All Time Roster C&O Railway Steam Locomotive 1870-1956
The New All Time C&O Steam Locomotive Roster! This 78 page booklet lists every single C&O steam locomotive and cross-references them all by...
All Time Roster C&O Railway Steam Locomotive 1870-1956 $18.95... more info
DS-21-389
Alleghany Iron
Alleghany Iron By Alfred L. Kresse 64 pages 100 illustrations   First published by C&OHS in 2012, this excellent book was highly acclaimed...
Alleghany Iron $19.95... more info
DS-21-388
American Railroads – Their Growth and Development
American Railroads – Their Growth and Development This 32-page booklet was published by the Association of American Railroads in 1951 as a...
American Railroads – Their Growth and Development $9.95... more info
DS-7-045
Bridge Book - Chesapeake Region (Mar. 1960)
278 pages (8 1/2 x 11) with bridge number, date built and data on all culverts, etc. Note: includes all of the old C&O EXCEPT for the former Pere...
Bridge Book - Chesapeake Region (Mar. 1960) $25.95... more info
DS-7-041
Bridge Book - Northern Region (Mar. 1960)
Information on the bridges and culverts on the old Pere Marquette lines. 43 pages (8 1/2 x 11) with bridge number, date built and data on all...
Bridge Book - Northern Region (Mar. 1960) $6.95... more info
DS-02-224
C&O Coal Districts Location Maps and Production Charts
Periodically the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway issued a booklet showing coal district maps and depicting the relative location of each mine and...
C&O Coal Districts Location Maps and Production Charts $5.95... more info
DS-03-276
C&O Coal Districts with Maps - Oct. 1947
This booklet was provided as the introductory letter states, for a three-day tour of the Chicago Coal Merchants Association into the C&O coal...
C&O Coal Districts with Maps - Oct. 1947 $5.95... more info
DS-02-217
C&O Industrial Directory Jan. 1950
This 97 page booklet is Part I of a Two Part publication that is reprinted from an Official C&O Industrial Directory (8 ½ x 11) that was issued...
C&O Industrial Directory Jan. 1950 $14.95... more info
DS-21-392
C&O Lightweight Passenger Equipment 1946-1972 (Reprint)
Chesapeake & Ohio Lightweight Passenger Cars, 1946-1972  By H. H. Harwood, Jr. This 32-page pamphlet was the second publication issued by...
C&O Lightweight Passenger Equipment 1946-1972 (Reprint) $14.95... more info
DS-20-368
C&O Local Freight Train Service January 24, 1969
C&O Local Train Service, Jan. 24, 1969. This is a 25-page C&O memorandum outlining schedules for the remaining local freight train service on...
C&O Local Freight Train Service January 24, 1969 $8.95... more info
DS-20-373
C&O Maintenance-of-Way Work Train Cap Cars, 1948-1952 -- Photo
C&O Maintenance-of-Way Work Train Camp Cars, 1948-1952 -- Photo Album This is a set of 34 photos which were used as part of a study begun by...
C&O Maintenance-of-Way Work Train Cap Cars, 1948-1952 -- Photo $19.95... more info
DS-03-236
C&O Merchandise Freight Equipment Fleet Roster Fall 1967
This interesting pamphlet shows the major specification and capacities for all C&O-operated freight cars in merchandise service (especially every...
C&O Merchandise Freight Equipment Fleet Roster Fall 1967 $4.95... more info
DS-8-067
C&O Northern Region List of Stations Updated to 1964
34 pages of information printed on 8 ½ x 11 sheets of paper. List Stations, State, County, Line, Valuation section, Tracing Number, and Mile...
C&O Northern Region List of Stations Updated to 1964 $6.95... more info
DS-8-142
C&O Officers, Agents, and Stations No. 82 (1948)...
A wonderful data book for modelers and historians that tells everything about stations subdivision, by subdivision with alphabetic cross reference,...
C&O Officers, Agents, and Stations No. 82 (1948)... $15.95... more info
DS-09-342
C&O Railway Coal Mine Directory 1957
In intervals of every 2-3 years C&O issued a booklet with detailed information about all the coal mines on the line, their locations, addresses,...
C&O Railway Coal Mine Directory 1957 $12.95... more info
DS-09-301
C&O Steam Locomotive Tender Capacities and Assignments
C&O Steam Locomotive Tender Capacities and Assignments This pamphlet reprints two C&O rosters that show the numbers, capacity, etc., of steam...
C&O Steam Locomotive Tender Capacities and Assignments $7.95... more info
AV-04-077
CD: C&O Railway Industry Directory 1950
C&O Railway Industry Directory 1950  This is a 110 page PDF booklet that is reprinted from an Official C&O Industrial Directory (8-1/2x...
CD: C&O Railway Industry Directory 1950 $9.95
DS-21-380
Chesapeake & Ohio Business Car Data
Chesapeake & Ohio Business Car Data This is a compendium of information about Chesapeake & Ohio’s business car fleet, compiled in the...
Chesapeake & Ohio Business Car Data $12.95... more info
DS-20-369
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society Strategic Plan 2020-2021
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society Strategic Plan 2020-2021 (Free Download)                  ...
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society Strategic Plan 2020-2021
DS-03-237
Chessie System Coal Mine Directory 1981
This Coal Mine Directory was issued by Chessie System Railroads in 1981. It shows all mines served by C&O, B&O, and WM as of that date. Each...
Chessie System Coal Mine Directory 1981 $8.95... more info
DS-23-396
Chessie's 90th Anniversary
Chessie’s 90th Anniversary – The Kitten that Became a Railroad -  Since 1933 By Thomas W. Dixon, Jr. This little 8-page booklet...
Chessie's 90th Anniversary $3.95... more info
DS-8-133
Coal Mine Directory - Oct. 1950
Reprint of a 1950 C&O directory, with information printed front and back on 8 ½ x 11 paper. In the 60 pages of this booklet are maps,...
Coal Mine Directory - Oct. 1950 $9.95... more info
DS-03-258
Combined System Equipment Fleet Roster C&O/B&O
This detailed roster book shows all the freight cars in service on Chessie System Railroads in 1979. It is divided by type of car, special service,...
Combined System Equipment Fleet Roster C&O/B&O $8.95... more info
AV-15-195
Digital Magazine: Mainline Modeler Complete Collection
Digital Magazine - Mainline Modeler Complete Collection Bob Hundman of Hundman Publishing has granted the C&O Historical Society the exclusive...
Digital Magazine: Mainline Modeler Complete Collection $89.95... more info
DS-19-366
Fairbanks Morse Coaling Stations -- 1935 Catalog
Fairbanks Morse Coaling Stations -- 1935 Catalog Reproduction of a 32- page Fairbanks, Morse catalog showing photos and diagrams with descriptions of...
Fairbanks Morse Coaling Stations -- 1935 Catalog $10.95... more info
DS-21-383
Four Tunnel in the Blue Ridge Region of Virginia
Four Tunnel in the Blue Ridge Region of Virginia on The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway by James Poyntz Nelson 1917 This is a short (18 pages) history of...
Four Tunnel in the Blue Ridge Region of Virginia $15.95... more info
DS-21-386
George Washington China Brochure – 1932 Reproduction
George Washington China Brochure – 1932 Reproduction Full-color Brochure of 18 pages issued in 1932 and given as a souvenir to people who dined...
George Washington China Brochure – 1932 Reproduction $10.95... more info
DS-19-362
Guide to the Corporate Records Collection of the C&O
Free Download Guide to the Corporate Record Collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company at the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc....
Guide to the Corporate Records Collection of the C&O
DS-21-391
Handley Coaling Station Drawings - High Resolution Download
Handley Coaling Station Drawings - High Resolution This DS contains a copy of an article that appeared in the Nov./Dec. 2021 issue of the Chesapeake...
Handley Coaling Station Drawings - High Resolution Download $12.95
DS-21-379
History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway - 1837-1915 - Download
History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway -1837-1915 by Decatur Axtell This extensive history was compiled by Decatur Axtell in the early years of...
History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway - 1837-1915 - Download $27.95... more info
DS-7-052
Index of Stations and Tunnels (Revised Dec. 1943 and...
The original was issued by the C&O's Railway's Valuation Department in Richmond, VA, but this is a 122 page reproduction that includes...
Index of Stations and Tunnels (Revised Dec. 1943 and... $16.95... more info
DS-19-361
Outline History of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's Huntington Shops
Outline History of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's Huntington Shops 1871-1992 Forty-page booklet describing C&O’s primary locomotive...
Outline History of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's Huntington Shops $10.95... more info
DS-04-286
Pere Marquette Outline of History for Fifty Years (1873-1913)
Pere Marquette Outline of History for Fifty Years (1873-1913) This Outline Corporate History was prepared by the Pere Marquette offices for use in...
Pere Marquette Outline of History for Fifty Years (1873-1913) $5.95... more info
DS-03-273
Pere Marquette Railway Co List of Stations, Passing & Side Track
Pere Marquette Railway Co.:  List of Stations, Passing & Side Tracks & Capacity Ca. 1925 In this booklet the PM lists all its stations...
Pere Marquette Railway Co List of Stations, Passing & Side Track $5.95... more info
DS-03-272
Pere Marquette Railway Co. List of Stations, Officers, & Agents
The PM, like all major railroads, issued various manuals and documents that enumerated the operating divisions, station names, agents appointed to...
Pere Marquette Railway Co. List of Stations, Officers, & Agents $9.95... more info
DS-21-387
Pull – The Tractive Effort of Diesel Locomotives
Pull – The Tractive Effort of Diesel Locomotives 20-page pamphlet published by EMD in 1950 to explain tractive effort, what it is, how...
Pull – The Tractive Effort of Diesel Locomotives $9.95... more info
DS-21-385
Pullman Accommodations – 1948 in Color
All Color Pullman Accommodation Brochure – 1948 Titled “On Dress Parade” this 40-page booklet illustrated with full color artist...
Pullman Accommodations – 1948 in Color $12.95... more info
DS-16-358
Quinnimont Truck Mine Tipple Drawings 1949
Quinnimont Truck Mine Tipple Drawings 1949 The small truck mine tipple located at Quinnimont, W. Va. in 1947. Truck mine tipples loaded coal brought...
Quinnimont Truck Mine Tipple Drawings 1949 $12.95... more info
DS-03-284
Recollections by Harry Frazier
This is a reprint of a book issued by the C&O in 1938 which compiled recollections originally published in Chesapeake & Ohio Lines Magazine,...
Recollections by Harry Frazier $7.95... more info
DS-22-394
Roster of Chesapeake & Ohio Imperial Salon Cars by Ralph Barger
Roster of Chesapeake & Ohio Imperial Salon Cars by Ralph Barger This publication consists of an all-time roster for the Imperial Salon car...
Roster of Chesapeake & Ohio Imperial Salon Cars by Ralph Barger $6.95... more info
DS-03-274
Study Of The C&O 1951: Report of Cyrus J Lawrence & Sons
The financial services firm of Cyrus J. Lawrence & Co, did this study on the C&O’s operations, management, resources, and prospects in...
Study Of The C&O 1951: Report of Cyrus J Lawrence & Sons $9.95... more info
DS-19-365
The New River Company - Mining Coal and Making History
The New River Company - Mining Coal and Making History, 1906-1976 This is a complete history of the New River Company, one of the major mine...
The New River Company - Mining Coal and Making History $12.95... more info
DS-20-367
The Railroads Create Standard Time Zones
The Railroads Create Standard Time Zones The Day of Two Noons by Cralton J. Corliss This 20-page booklet was published in 1956 by the Association of...
The Railroads Create Standard Time Zones $5.95... more info
DS-21-390
Waterway to the West (JR&K Canal)
Waterway to the West -         A History of the James River & Kanawha Canal   This is the first time we...
Waterway to the West (JR&K Canal) $12.95... more info
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