Long before the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was merged into CSX Transportation in 1987, it dominated northern and central West Virginia, carrying passengers through the Mountain State’s hills and hollows and hauling millions of tons of its coal to market. B&O’s Baltimore—St. Louis main line tapped resources in other parts of the state with a network of feeder and branch lines. (Base Map © Rand McNally, R.L.07-S-55/Bob Withers collection.) ON THE COVER: It is about 8:00 a.m. on Monday, February 26, 1951, as members of the midnight yard crew and just-arrived Freight Train 93 pose with the Huntington yard engine. On the ground are, from left to right, Thomas Bradbury, night helper; Chester “Shorty” Duvall, night foreman; Ernest Griffith, 93’s flagman; and George “Tater” Wallace, car inspector. Yard engineer Harry Burford sits in the locomotive cab. (Charles Lemley/Bob Withers collection.)