$68.00
Dining with Chessie: Chesapeake and Ohio Dining Cars, Service, China, and Silverware 1890-1971
This book is a summary history of dining service on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, concentrating on the cars, china, and silverware used to provide meals to passengers on board C&O’s passenger train fleet from about 1890 until 1971. It also provides a chapter of information about the Pere Marquette Railway’s dining car operations, since the C&O and the PM meshed together in the 1940’s.
208 page hardbound book with dust jacket in 8 chapters. Hundreds of never before seen photographs, many in color. Price: $68.00. C&O HS Members save 10%.
It is the author’s hope that the work will be useful for:
· railway historians interested in the development and decline of dining service in general;
· people interested in passenger train operations;
· those interested in C&O history;
· and as a detailed resource for those interested in collecting Chesapeake & Ohio and Pere Marquette Railway dining car tableware.
Dining with Chessie: Chesapeake and Ohio Dining Cars, Service, China, and Silverware 1890-1971
This book is a summary history of dining service on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, concentrating on the cars, china, and silverware used to provide meals to passengers on board C&O’s passenger train fleet from about 1890 until 1971. It also provides a chapter of information about the Pere Marquette Railway’s dining car operations, since the C&O and the PM meshed together in the 1940’s.
208 page hardbound book with dust jacket in 8 chapters. Hundreds of never before seen photographs, many in color. Price: $68.00. C&O HS Members save 10%.
It is the author’s hope that the work will be useful for:
· railway historians interested in the development and decline of dining service in general;
· people interested in passenger train operations;
· those interested in C&O history;
· and as a detailed resource for those interested in collecting Chesapeake & Ohio and Pere Marquette Railway dining car tableware.
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