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050 4 $aHE2791.B3$bS76 1995
082 04 $a385.06574
100 1 $aStover, John F.
245 10 $aHistory of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad /$cJohn F. Stover.
250 $a1st pbk. print. 1995.
260 $aWest Lafayette, Ind. :$bPurdue University Press,$c1995.
300 $axiv, 419 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 393-400) and index.
520 $aThe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad in America. As an economic historian, Stover tells the history of the B & O from its beginnings in 1928, and through the dark times of this country's economic growth and downswings. He examines the programs undertaken by the company throughout its history to improve its lines, equipment, and service.
505 0 $aA tale of three cities -- Baltimore obtains a railroad charter -- First rails -- Cumberland-- but no further -- On to the Ohio River -- Railroad operations in the fifties -- A railroad at war -- President Garrett faces postwar problems -- Garrett expands his lines -- Many presidents and a receivership -- A reorganized railroad faces a new century -- Daniel Willard comes aboard -- The Baltimore and Ohio goes to war -- Prosperity and a birthday party -- The depression years -- The Baltimore and Ohio again aids a nation at war -- Postwar problems -- The Baltimore and Ohio accepts the diesel -- The Simpson era: years of a declining traffic -- The Baltimore and Ohio is taken over by the Chesapeake and Ohio.
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