Well-done pictorial showing the Chesapeake &amp; Ohio in West Virginia in the last days of steam and the first days of diesel (roughly 1940-1960). The crisp black and white photos are intelligently captioned and show everything from the classic White Sulphur Springs station to tiny terminals on small branch lines. The photos are full of action and show trains, trackside features and stations in a way that should delight modelers and C&amp;O fans. With maps. 80 pages.

Chesapeake and Ohio: Main lines & mine runs in West Virginia

Dixon, Thomas W.

Distributed by Carstens Publications

Well-done collection of schematic drawings and photographs showing a wide variety of the Chesapeake and Ohio's standard structures. This book is designed to show the structures most likely to be of interest to the historian and modeler: stations, platform sheds, signal towers (cabins), station with signal tower, telegraph tower, section houses and dwellings, water stations and pump houses. The buildings are often shown from different angles and the blueprints on the same or facing page. There is also information on the standard paint scheme for the buildings. Most of these structures are long gone and this is an invaluable reference work for anyone interested in trackside structures. 64 pages.

Chesapeake & Ohio standard structures

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society

Chesapeake & Ohio E7 and E8 Diesel Passenger Locomotives 1946-71

C&O Historical Society

Early diesels: Chesapeake and Ohio

Andover Junction Publications

Full color pictorial showing the C&amp;O in the modern era, from the end of steam up to the Chessie system. The photos are arranged geographically with coverage in almost every part of the system from Newport News through Canada. The photos are of the highest quality -- this was the first all-color C&amp;O book -- and have excellent captions describing the action. A must for any C&amp;O fan! 88 pages.

The Chesapeake & Ohio in color: 1950-1975

Tlc Pub

Courage, Commitment & Change is the first definitive account of the 75-year history of Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. This compelling story of a school and those who built it is told by Landon's well-respected Shakespeare master, who has personally experienced more than five decades of the story. This story is rich in detail, drawn from original research in Landon archives, about the men and women who turned boys into men through a rigorous academic schedule and a daily regime of athletics, with a significant nod to the arts and humanities. It recognizes the uncommon tenacity and enthusiasm of the four men who have led the school over its history: Founder Paul Banfield, Hugh Riddleberger, Malcolm Coates, and Damon Bradley. The author saves his highest praise for the individuals whose daily contact with Landon boys has made the Landon experience one of joy and discovery - its many fine faculty members, dozens of whom spring from the pages of this history in high spirits and as exemplary models of the teacher-coach.

Courage, Commitment & Change: A Personal History of Landon School

History

Americas

Landon School

C&amp;O's subsidiary Pere Marquette Railway was used by C&amp;O's pro-passenger Chairman, Robert R. Young, as a test bed for his ideas on how to cure the passenger train problem in America. He ordered two diesel-powered 7-car lightweight trains that went into service in mid-1946 on the Detroit-Grand Rapids corridor. Over the next year they reversed the passenger losses on this line and actually built up traffic. The trains were the first to emerge all-new from the clogged car builder's shops after WWII. The new trains were of latest design and the on-board services were superb for a coach operation with hostesses, on-board passenger representatives, tickets delivered on the train, credit cards, no-tipping, etc. Many of these things were later tried on C&amp;O's mainline trains, and the equipment showed the way for the huge re-equipping of the name trains on the old C&amp;O in 1950. Eventually affected by the continued erosion of passenger traffic, the trains experienced a slow decline, but lasted as a shadow of themselves down to Amtrak on May 1, 1971. The story is told in great detail from original documents and illustrated with great photos, many of them from C&amp;O official files.

Chesapeake & Ohio's Pere Marquettes: America's First Post-War Streamliners

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

TLC Publishing

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