Directories

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...

Alleghany Iron By Alfred L. Kresse 64 pages 100 illustrations   First published by C&OHS in 2012, this excellent book was highly acclaimed...

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...

Periodically the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway issued a booklet showing coal district maps and depicting the relative location of each mine and...

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 Local Train Service, Jan. 24, 1969. This is a 25-page C&O memorandum outlining schedules for the remaining local freight train service on...

This interesting pamphlet shows the major specification and capacities for all C&O-operated freight cars in merchandise service (especially every...

A wonderful data book for modelers and historians that tells everything about stations subdivision, by subdivision with alphabetic cross reference,...

C&O Steam Locomotive Tender Capacities and Assignments This pamphlet reprints two C&O rosters that show the numbers, capacity, etc., of steam...

Chesapeake & Ohio Business Car Data This is a compendium of information about Chesapeake & Ohio’s business car fleet, compiled in the...

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 coal...

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,...

Fairbanks Morse Coaling Stations -- 1935 Catalog Reproduction of a 32- page Fairbanks, Morse catalog showing photos and diagrams with descriptions of...

George Washington China Brochure – 1932 Reproduction Full-color Brochure of 18 pages issued in 1932 and given as a souvenir to people who dined...

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...

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 each station,...

Pere Marquette Outline of History for Fifty Years (1873-1913) This Outline Corporate History was prepared by the Pere Marquette offices for use in...

The PM, like all major railroads, issued various manuals and documents that enumerated the operating divisions, station names, agents appointed to...

All Color Pullman Accommodation Brochure – 1948 Titled “On Dress Parade” this 40-page booklet illustrated with full color artist...

This is a reprint of a book issued by the C&O in 1938 which compiled recollections originally published in Chesapeake & Ohio Lines Magazine,...

The financial services firm of Cyrus J. Lawrence & Co, did this study on the C&O’s operations, management, resources, and prospects in...

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...