Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky: Mines Towns Trains

A new look at mines, towns, trains, people that were involved in transportation of coal from mine to market on C&O in the period 1945-1960. Chapters include Background; Coal Fields Motive Power; Coal Fields Rolling Stock; C&O Coal Operations; Coal Towns; Mines & Tipples. Most photos are from C&O official files and illustrate every aspect of coal mining and transportation. Maps show branches and their relationship to whole scheme. Ideal for C&O fans, modelers, and those interested in the coal fields of Appalachia. If you have the C&OHSrs"s 1995 book C&O in the Coal Fields, this book is ALL NEW, and does not repeat the photos or data.Dixon, Jr Thomas W. is the author of 'Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky: Mines Towns Trains', published 2008 under ISBN 9780939487813 and ISBN 0939487810.