I’m hoping to learn about the B&O both for layout design and personal interest. Does anyone know any good books about the B&O, hopefully with some good prototype information? Information on the locomotives/train cars or about the lines would be really useful (especially info about the lines).
Thanks
-Aton
For locomotives, the Staufer B&O Power will get you a good way along. I thought Stover’s (John Stover is not to be confused with Al Staufer!) History of the B&O (1987) was a pretty good introduction.
The B&O historical society ‘store’ has quite a list of interesting material:
https://borhs.org/Shopping/Books.html .
I would find and join the B&O group that used to be on Yahoo Groups (it is now on groups.io) and ask the members their preferences.
Aton
The B&O technical and historical society puts out a modelers PDF publication on modeling everything B&O. It’s called modelers mag.
Pete.
There are numerous books on the B&O with all the information you ask about. It might help to know which era and area you’re interested in modeling though. Here are links to the B&O Historical Society and their B&O Modeler magazine. They ought to get you on your way!
https://borhs.org/ModelerMag/index.html
oldline1
Steve Saloman, a member of my club, has published three books with various lines and plans to do more. The one I have since it included Toledo, documents the old CH&D line with branches from Toledo to Cincinnati with diagrams and pictures. If you would be interested PM me and I will get him the information and he would contact you regarding the lines he has done and cost.
Rick Jesionowski
David
I would sugget reading “Impossible Challenge” by Herbert Harwood, Jr about the building of the lines in Maryland. He also did a nice companion book about the Royal Blue Line. Also if you ever run across one in a used book store “The Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad” by Edward Hungerford which was written for the 1927 centenial. Both very good histories.