Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky by Thomas W. Dixon, Jr.

Mines-Towns-Trains. - Included are detailed drawings of mining operations and hundreds of photos from the time period on the trains, coal operations, equipment, and the coal towns along the line C&O in Southern West Virginia during the post WWII era. This fully illustrated book shows typical coal mining and transportation along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in southern West Virginia, 1945-1960. Includes detailed drawings of a typical mine of the era. Ideal for historians and modelers!

Hardbound, 108 pages.