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 ...

"Brakeman Jim Grant's voice sounded bravely thru the sudden silence of the crowd huddled on the Lancaster railroad station ... The train was the Chesapeake and Ohio's No. 37.

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 ...

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 ...

Sealed with the driving of a commemorative spike in Williamsburg on Oct. 16, 1881, the Peninsula Extension of the C&O connected the region’s farms, deep water port and Old Point Comfort resort ...

CLIFTON FORGE, Va. (WDBJ) - The George Washington Train Show is back in Clifton Forge March 2nd and 3rd to celebrate the local history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The C&O railroad was ...

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 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019: Chesapeake & Ohio K2 2-8-2 The Class K2 had 63 diameter drivers, 28 x 30 cylinders, had a 200 psi boiler pressure and ...

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