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

A new look at mines, towns, trains and people that were involved in transportation of coal from mine to market on the 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 photographs are from C&O official files and illustrate every aspect of coal mining and transportation. Maps show branches and their relationship to the whole scheme. Ideal for C&O fans, modelers, and those interested in the coal fields of Appalachia. If you have the C&OHS's 1995 book C&O in the Coal Fields, this book is ALL NEW, and does not repeat the photographs or data.

C&O Historical Society, laminated hard cover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., 165 b&w photographs and illustrations.