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Collection of 1920s Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company documents - $85 (near Chelsea)
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B & O Railway Company
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railway is the first railroad in the U. S. (beginning in 1830) and the first to use a steam-operated carrier.
Early on, the B & O competed with several turnpikes and canals (The Erie Canal mostly) to ship goods to settlers on the other side of the Appalachians. Later, it developed passenger trains.
Eventually, the B & O expanded its line to Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
There are six documents in this collection.
The first form includes two copies of a blank injury report.
The second form is a work report form that involves painting done in Burlington, VT.. It lists the type of paint and amounts. It’s dated September 14, 1927. In this year, the company introduced its famous P-7 class “Pacific” locomotives.
The third form is not filled out, but it is also from the 1920s (192__). It’s another work report that has spaces for employee names and the foreman’s name on the front. On the back are spaces for overtime explanations, new employees, and what equipment was used. There are two copies of this bank document.
The fourth form, a smaller one is from the Maintenance of Way Department reporting paint work done in Baltimore between July 31-August. 4, 1929.
Fortunately, all of these documents survived nearly 100 years and are a great piece of railroad history from the first railroad in America. Similar ones, but not the same ones, are stored in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.,and the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.