The CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILROAD, controlled by entrepreneurs ORIS P. AND MANTIS J. VAN SWERINGEN at one time, was created by an act of the Virginia legislature on 18 Feb. 1826. The charter provided a ...

BALTIMORE, Jan. 11.--A meeting of the bondholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was held to-day at the office of Brown Lowndes, for the purpose of discussing the plan proposed, for the ...

He worked in legal departments of various railroads before becoming assistant vice president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. After serving as a colonel in the Army Air Forces in the China ...

St. ALBANS, W.Va. — The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society will host a special event at the St. Albans C&O Railway depot from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Feb. 4, featuring two retired railroaders ...

Thomas W. Dixon Jr. has likely forgotten more about the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway than most rail fans will ever know. As the founder and president emeritus of the C&O Historical Society ...

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