CHESAPEAKE & OHIO ALLEGHANY SUBDIVISION Tapa blanda - 1985

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. 2010 printing, with alternate cover. Softcover, very clean copy. Contents clean and tight. 143 pages, bibliography, b&w photos and illus.

USA: C&O Historical Society Inc, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 144 pages b/w photos - Cresting the Eastern Continental Divide at 2,072 feet, Alleghany, Virginia is the second highest point of elevation (North Mountain being the highest at 2,082 feet) on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. From here to Virginia's Tidewater region, via the James River and Rivanna Subdivisions (the "James River Line") it is essentially all downhill. Despite its remote location, Alleghany was an exceptionally busy and exciting place to be during the age of steam. As many as 36 trains passed through or stopped at Alleghany Station each day including the C&O's famed passenger trains, the George Washington, Fast Flying Virginian, and Sportsman. Sandwiched amongst this traffic were several locals and numerous freight manifests. C&O's magnificent Allegheny H-8 locomotives led an eastward parade of coal extras bound for Newport News, meeting an equal number of empty hoppers being returned to the mines of West… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!