It was acquired by the southern railway in 1974, which merged with the norfolk and western railway in 1982 to form the current norfolk southern railway. Chesapeake and ohio railway in hinton, west virginia from. It operates railroads in 18 states, located mainly east of the mississippi river, and in ontario the chessie system was created as a holding company for the chesapeake and ohio railway company q. Us access only baltimore and ohio railroad company. The chapter on the history is limited to 8 pages, half of which is taken up with. A concise history and fact book, the roads ultimate goal was to reach the shenandoah.
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The book has excellent black and white and color photographs of baltimore and ohio passenger trains like the national limited and capitol limited and freight trains. A guide to the chesapeake and ohio railway company records. Huntington, one of the greatest railroad entrepreneurs in american history. Founded as the louisa rr company in virginia in 1836, the railroad changed its name to the virginia central company in 1850. Miscellaneous documents of the baltimore and ohio railroad company and subsidiary companies.
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