Route of the National Limited (Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, 1945-1971 , Vol 1)

Hardbound reprint of this much acclaimed history of the operation of the Baltimore & Ohio's main route (Washington-Cumberland-Cincinnati-St. Louis) after World War II. The author discusses traffic, train operation, consist studies, train-by-train histories, RPO and head-end traffic. Covers the National Limited, the Diplomat, the Metropolitan Special, the West Virginian, the Tri-Stater, and the Cincinnatian as well as the mail trains and locals. Illustrated throughout with black and white (and a few color) photos, timetables, maps and diagrams of cars and consists.