This book is about Baltimore & Ohio's Cincinnatian, one of scores of new trains inaugurated by many railroads in the decade after World War Two when passenger train travel was booming. It was an all coach train consisting of only five cars, powered by a streamlined Pacific type (4-6-2) steam locomotive. This one small, but highly advertised train served somewhat as an emblem of the enthusiasm on the part of many railroads with high hopes that passenger business could be retained by the railroads in the face of highway and airline competition.

Contents:
Ch. 1: The Concept, pp. 4-8;
Ch. 2: The Train (Locomotive and Car Details) pp. 9-30;
Ch. 3: Operations, pp. 31-36;
Ch. 4: The Beginning, pp. 37-46;
Ch. 5: Regular Service, pp. 47-66;
Ch. 6: A New Lease on Life, Detroit-Cincinnati Service, pp. 67-80.

TLC Publishing, soft cover, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w photographs, text, captions, timetables, advertising. TLC851 
Price: 16.95 USD

C&O for Progress: The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway at Mid-Century.

This book is a comprehensive look at the Chesapeake & Ohio during its years of growth and modernization from the period just after WWII to the Baltimore & Ohio affiliation. It is based on the 1954 issue of Modern Railroads magazine and features a chapter on each significant area of the railroad: freight, passenger, coal, the transition to diesels, shops, yards, leadership, even the advent of computers. This book will become a standard for the study of the C&O in the modern era.

Contents:
Introduction, Foreword, pp. 5-12;
C&O For Progress-What Did It Mean?, pp. 9-12;
Background on the C&O, pp. 13-20;
The Pere Marquette Region/Northern Region, pp. 21-24;
Leadership-The Men at the Top, pp. 25-34;
Employees, pp. 35-40;
Public Relations, Advertising and Chessie, pp. 41-49;
Passenger Service, pp. 49-68;
The Greenbrier, pp. 69-72;
Merchandise Freight Operations, 73-86;
Coal Operations, pp.87-96;
The C&O's Big Terminals, pp. 97-104;
Motive Power, pp. 105-120;
Freight Cars, pp. 121-142;
Shops, pp. 143-152;
Post-War Roadway Upgrade, pp. 153-158;
Maintenance of Way, Signals and Communications, pp. 159-168;
Research & Development, Test Labs and Innovation, pp. 169-174;
The End of an Era, the C&O/B&O Merger, pp. 175-176.

C&O Historical Society, laminated hard cover, 176 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .75 in., 299 b&w photographs, illustrations and ephemera. COHS882 
Price: 22.95 USD

C&O's subsidiary Pere Marquette Railway was used by C&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 builders 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&O's main line trains, and the equipment showed the way for the huge re-equipping of the name trains on the old C&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 photographs, many of them from C&O official files.

Contents:
Ch. 1: Rolling Through Michigan, Getting Ready, Motive Power, Waitresses, Public Relations, Newspaper Trip and Christening, pp. 1-13;
Ch. 2: Regular Trains, 1946-1948, pp. 14-17;
Ch. 3: To Chicago and Trouble, pp. 18-21;
Ch. 4: Decline, 1950-1971, pp. 22-29;
Cars, Motive Power, Rolling Through Michigan, Color Album, Grand Rapids Station, Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot, Amtrak, pp. 30-92.

TLC Publishing, soft cover, 92 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w and color photographs (16 pages), car diagrams, C&O publicity photographs and ephemera. TLC887 
Price: 18.95 USD

This book details the equipment, motive power, schedules, service and overall life of the Powhatan Arrow, Norfolk & Western's flagship passenger train from 1946 until its discontinuance in 1969.

Using photographs, advertising art, timetables, and maps, the author not only describes the train and its service in detail, but sets it in the context of its eras: 1946, when it was inaugurated;
1949, when it received new cars;
1958, when it was downgraded;
and 1969, when it was discontinued.

Contents:
Foreword, Introduction and Background, pp. 4-7;
Enter the Powhattan Arrow, pp. 8-17;
The New Arrow, 1949, pp. 18-23;
Scheduling and Connections, pp. 24-27;
Consists, pp. 28-29;
The Last Years, pp. 30-33;
Motive Power, pp. 34-40;
Cars in the 1946 Train, pp. 41-44;
Cars in the 1949 Train, pp. 45-71;
Car Roster, pp. 72-75;
Powhatan Arrow Album, pp. 76-107;
1949 Car Drawings (by Robert L. Hundman), pp. 108-112.

TLC Publishing, soft cover, 113 pages., 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., b&w photographs, roster and plans. TLC912 
Price: 21.95 USD

A book about roundhouses, engine houses, water service, cinder and coal service, ready tracks, sanding, etc. This book is a follow-up to the Coaling Stations book released by TLC previously. Facilities from many railroads are presented but the most common herein are from the Norfolk & Western.

Contents:
Engine Houses and Environs, pp. 6-37;
Ready Tracks, pp. 38-44;
Coaling Stations, pp. 45-50;
Coaling Stations, pp. 45-50;
Sanding Facilities, pp. 51-52;
Cinder Conveyors, pp. 53-58;
Water Service, pp. 59-64;
Train Washers, pg. 65;
Diesel Servicing, pp. 66-69;
Norfolk & Western's Ultra-Modern Steam Terminals, pp. 70-80.

TLC Publishing, soft cover, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w photographs and illustrations with captions. TLC214 
Price: 15.95 USD

The story of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's largest non-articulated Superpower locomotives.

Includes a general discussion on this locomotive's influence on other lines locomotives and vice versa.

Contents:
The Texas in Ohio, pp. 3-21;
The T-1: An Update, pp. 22-35.

C&O Historical Society, soft cover, 35 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .1 in., b&w photographs. COHS115 
Price: 5.25 USD

We have had no books about C&O in West Virginia as a whole and those treating specific areas (Riding That New River Train and C&O Allegheny Subdivision) are long Out-of-Print. This new book traces the C&O from where it enters West Virginia in the Allegheny Tunnel, until it exits the state across the Big Sandy Bridge at Kenova.

Includes many great photographs, mainly from the C&O Historical Society collection, as well as maps and even building drawings! Something for everyone interested in the C&O in West Virginia.

C&O Historical Society, soft cover, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., 120 b&w and 25 color photographs; illustrations; maps and track diagrams. COHS776 
Price: 16.95 USD

West Virginia Railroads: Railroading in the Mountain State

The purpose of this book is to give the general reader an illustrated overview of the railroads serving the state of West Virginia, including maps and photographs, with emphasis on the period from 1940 into the 1960s. This was a period when the railroads were replacing steam locomotives with diesel-electric locomotives and faced increased competition from highways, airlines and waterways. West Virginia as a scenic, mountain state has much to offer the railroad enthusiast's interest in main line, short line, mining and lumber-hauling railroading.

Contents:
Foreword and Introduction, pp. 4-17;
Ch. 1: Baltimore & Ohio, pp. 18-39;
Ch. 2: Chesapeake & Ohio, pp. 40-59;
Ch. 3: Norfolk & Western, pp. 60-81;
Ch. 4: Virginian, pp. 82-97;
Ch. 5: Western Maryland, pp 98-107;
Ch. 6: New York Central (Kanawha & Michigan), pp. 108-111;
Ch. 7: Railroads in the northern Panhandle, pp. 112-113;
Ch. 8: Short Lines, pp. 114-117;
Ch. 9: Logging Railroads, pp. 118-128.

TLC Publishing, soft cover, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w photographs and illustrations. TLC936 
Price: 22.95 USD