Author:  Thomas W. Dixon

Format: Hardcover, 160 Pages

Item: 212174

ISBN: 9780939487943

Publisher:  The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society

This C&O history by C&OHS Chief Historian Thomas W. Dixon Jr. is fully illustrated with great photos from  the C&OHS Collection. It is a short but detailed history  of C&O from the days of Louisa Railroad of the 1830s to the C&O/B&O era of the 1960s. It covers people, events, development, structures, cars, locomotives, physical plant, and corporate history of the C&O. An excellent book for the casual reader and a great reference for the researcher!

The Author:  Thomas W. Dixon, Jr. has studied and written about C& O subjects for many years. He organized and has served as president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society since its inception in 1969. He has authored or co-authored 18 books, mostly on C& O subjects and hundreds of magazine articles and pamphlets.