Chesapeake & Ohio
Maintenance of Way Motor Cars
by Charles W. Ford
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This book tells the story of the C&O’s fleet of maintenance-of-way motor cars that were used to transport men and material for track repair in the decades from the 1920s to the 1970s.
They were preceded by non-powered lever cars (“handcars” in popular parlance), and in the late 1970s were superseded by highway trucks that were fitted with railroad guide wheels, called “Hi-railers.”
However, during the forty years or so they were the primary conveyance for C&O employees working on the track and were seen everywhere along the system.
Author Bill Ford tells the story not just of their use on C&O, but gives background on the motor car in generic terms.
C&O called them motor cars, but many other railroads called them “speeders.” They were the backbone of the M-of-W work for the middle years of the 20th century.
Softbound, 8.5x11, 80 pages, 150+ photos, diagrams, mechanical drawings, maps.
Printed on quality 100-pound glossy paper for photographic enhancement.
They were preceded by non-powered lever cars (“handcars” in popular parlance), and in the late 1970s were superseded by highway trucks that were fitted with railroad guide wheels, called “Hi-railers.”
However, during the forty years or so they were the primary conveyance for C&O employees working on the track and were seen everywhere along the system.
Author Bill Ford tells the story not just of their use on C&O, but gives background on the motor car in generic terms.
C&O called them motor cars, but many other railroads called them “speeders.” They were the backbone of the M-of-W work for the middle years of the 20th century.
Softbound, 8.5x11, 80 pages, 150+ photos, diagrams, mechanical drawings, maps.
Printed on quality 100-pound glossy paper for photographic enhancement.
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