Content provided by Those Classic Trains
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Part 3: Appalachian operations
Leaving Washington, the B & O heads west through Harpers Ferry to
Cumberland, Md., where the line splits. One route bears north to Pittsburgh,
then west through upper Ohio and along the lower lake shore to Chicago;
the line known as the "Capitol Route".
The other heads west to Parkersburg, WVa., on the Ohio river. Here, a
cross line links Pittsburgh with the C & O at Huntington WVa. Crossing
the Ohio, the "National Route" heads due west for Cincinnati and
on to St. Louis.
The hills of Virginia and West Virginia are rugged country, famous for
Sand Patch and 17 Mile Grade, where large mallets frequently double head
and helpers are common.
However, in the Appalachian mountain chain, branch line service predominates.
There are plenty of local branches feeding the small coal mining communities.
Here, the rails are light, maintenance is not up to mainline standards and
dispatching is still done by train order.
There are several top Name Trains that pass thru Appalachia - stopping
at a few major points, if at all - on their way west. However, the Appalachian
hills themselves are thinly settled and the roads are few. It is here that
local service has held on longest, with a wide array of locals and accommodation
trains. This one relatively small portion of the B&O system accounts
for roughly 1/3 of all their scheduled trains.
NOTE: refer to The Glossary
for a summary of how to interpret the train listings below.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
|
| |
|
Washington to Parkersburg / Pittsburgh
regional trains |
|
|
Effective 6/35 |
| Cumberland times
. |
Parkersburg |
Grafton |
Pittsburgh |
Versailles |
Connells'vl |
Cumberland |
Harpers Fy |
Wash D.C. |
notes |
| train |
tr # |
National Route |
Capitol Route |
|
|
|
|
| #145 |
* |
|
|
6.45 |
< 6.05 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #147 |
** |
|
|
7.20 |
6.37 |
< 5.20 |
|
|
|
ex-su |
| #87 |
** |
10.40 |
< 7.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
motor train |
| #149 |
* |
|
|
8.15 |
< 7.35 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #143 |
** |
|
|
10.40 |
10.02 |
8.45 |
< 5.20 |
|
|
ex-su |
| #29 |
** |
via bus |
12.13 |
|
|
|
< 8.08 |
|
|
|
| #150 |
* |
|
|
> 10.40 |
11.20 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #142 |
** |
|
|
> 6.00 |
6.50 |
8.40 |
11.45 |
|
|
ex-su |
| #157 |
* |
|
|
12.30 |
< 11.50 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #30 |
** |
> 4.17 |
8.30 |
|
|
|
12.25 |
|
|
|
| #152 |
* |
|
|
> 12.35 |
1.10 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #159 |
* |
|
|
2.15 |
< 1.35 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #154 |
* |
|
|
> 2.00 |
2.38 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #161 |
* |
|
|
3.45 |
< 3.05 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #156 |
* |
|
|
> 3.40 |
4.14 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #163 |
* |
|
|
5.25 |
< 4.45 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #158 |
** |
|
|
> 4.20 |
4.48 |
6.20 |
|
|
|
ex-su |
| #160 |
* |
|
|
> 5.00 |
5.38 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #165 |
* |
|
|
6.40 |
< 6.00 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #162 |
* |
|
|
> 5.30 |
6.07 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
| #31 |
** |
|
|
|
|
|
6.53 |
3.59 |
< 2.00 |
ex-su |
| #22 |
** |
> 4.10 |
7.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
motor train |
| #164 |
* |
|
|
> 9.15 |
9.55 |
|
|
|
|
commuter |
Washington to Cumberland
- B&O Washington to Cumberland, ex-Su.
- coach
- #31 (w) lv Wash DC 2.00 pm - Harpers Ferry 3.59
pm - arr Cumberland 6.53 pm.
- Notes: this train doubles as an equipment balancing
move.
-
National Route
- B&O Cumberland to Pittsburgh, ex- Su.
- coach
- #142 (e) lv Pittsburgh 6.00 am - Versailles 6.50
am - Connellsville 8.40 am - arr Cumberland 11.45 am.
- #143 (w) lv Cumberland 5.20 am - Connellsville
8.45 am - Versailles 10.02 am - arr Pittsburgh 10.40 am.
- Notes: all-stops local. #142 makes 15 minute layover and #143 a 20 minute layover at Connellsville.
- B&O Connellsville to Pittsburgh, ex- Su.
- coach
- #147 (w) lv Connellsville 5.20 am - Versailles
6.37 am - arr Pittsburgh 7.20 am.
- #158 (e) lv Pittsburgh 4.20 pm - Versailles 4.56
pm - arr Connellsville 6.20 pm.
- Notes: all-stops local.
-
Versailles
shuttle
- #145 (w)
lv Versailles 6.05 am - arr Pittsburgh 6.45 am
- #149 (w)
lv Versailles 7.35 am - arr Pittsburgh 8.15 am
- #157 (w)
lv Versailles 11.50 am - arr Pittsburgh 12.30 pm
- #159 (w)
lv Versailles 1.35 pm - arr Pittsburgh 2.15 pm
- #161 (w)
lv Versailles 3.05 pm - arr Pittsburgh 3.45 pm
- #163 (w)
lv Versailles 4.45 pm - arr Pittsburgh 5.25 pm
- #165 (w)
lv Versailles 6.00 pm - arr Pittsburgh 6.40 pm
-
- #150 (w) lv Pittsburgh 10.40 am
- arr Versailles 11.20 am
- #152 (w) lv Pittsburgh 12.35 pm
- arr Versailles 1.10 pm
- #154 (w) lv Pittsburgh 2.00 pm
- arr Versailles 2.38 pm
- #156 (w) lv Pittsburgh 3.40 pm
- arr Versailles 4.14 pm
- #160 (w) lv Pittsburgh 5.00 pm
- arr Versailles 5.38 pm
- #162 (w) lv Pittsburgh 5.30 pm
- arr Versailles 6.07 pm
- #164 (w) lv Pittsburgh 9.15 pm
- arr Versailles 9.55 pm
- Notes: all trains daily ex- Su., equipped with
commuter coaches.
-
Capitol
Route
- B&O Grafton to Parkersburg, daily.
- motor train
- #22 (e) lv Parkersburg 4.10 pm - arr Grafton
7.51 pm.
- #87 (w) lv Grafton 7.00 am - arr Parkersburg
10.40 am.
- Notes:
-
- B&O Cumberland to Grafton, daily.
- coach- no food
- #29 (w) lv Cumberland 8.08 am - arr Grafton 12.13
pm.
- Notes: this train runs opposite #30, below. It has recently
been cut back from Parkersburg to Grafton so that it's consist can be diverted
there to other assignments, eventually winding up at Parkersburg for the
reciprocal journey. Connections from Grafton to Parkersburg are via motor
coach.
- B&O Parkersburg to Cumberland, daily.
- coach- no food
- #30 (e) lv Parkersburg 4.17 am - Clarksburg 7.27
am - Grafton 8.30 am - arr Cumberland 12.25 pm.
- Notes: this train runs opposite #29, above. Both are
all-stops accommodation trains.
- - Check map
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
|
| Wheeling times |
|
Local trains via Wheeling |
|
|
Effective 6/35 |
| train |
tr # |
Pittsburgh |
Wheeling |
Parkersburg |
Zanesville |
Grafton |
Huntington |
Kenova |
notes |
| #78 |
** |
9.05 |
6.40 |
3.45 |
|
|
12.15 |
< 11.30 |
|
| #81 |
** |
|
|
> 6.20 |
|
|
1.20 |
2.00 |
mixed |
| #56 (Appalachian Dist) |
** |
|
> 8.00 |
|
|
11.50 |
|
|
|
| #43 |
** |
|
10.20 |
|
|
< 6.37 |
|
|
|
| #55 |
** |
|
|
12.00 |
< 8.20 |
|
|
|
motor train ex-su |
| #33-73 |
** |
> 8.25 |
10.55 |
2.10 |
|
|
5.55 |
6.25 |
|
| #82 |
** |
|
|
2.40 |
|
|
6.15 |
< 5.40 |
mixed |
| #56 (Cincinnati
Dist) |
** |
|
|
> 4.50 |
8.50 |
|
|
|
motor train ex-su |
| #44 |
** |
|
> 7.20 |
|
|
11.00 |
|
|
|
| #51 |
** |
|
7.33 |
|
|
< 4.05 |
|
|
|
| #72-38 |
** |
10.10 |
8.00 |
4.35 |
|
|
12.38 |
< 12.30 |
|
| #77 |
** |
> 8.20 |
10.50 |
2.10 |
|
|
6.15 |
6.50 |
|
NOTE: refer to The Glossary
for a summary of how to interpret the train listings below.
Pittsburgh - Wheeling - Parkersburg - Kenova
- B&O Pittsburgh to Kenova, part A/C, daily.
- sleeper- partition coach- diner
- #77 (s)
- lv Pittsburgh 8.20 pm - Wheeling 10.50 pm - Parkersburg
2.10 am - Huntington 6.15 am - arr Kenova 6.50 am.
- #78 (n)
- lv Kenova 11.30 pm - Huntington 12.15 am - Parkersburg
3.45 am - Wheeling 6.40 am - arr Pittsburgh 9.05 am.
- Notes: this is the principal north - south connecting
train forwarding sleepers from Pittsburgh (Capitol Route) and Parkersburg
(National Route) on a limited stops timecard. Dining car Pittsburgh to
Wheeling.
-
- B&O Parkersburg to Kenova, daily.
- mixed
- #81 (s) lv Parkersburg 6.20 am - Huntington 1.20
pm - arr Kenova 2.00 pm.
- #82 (n) lv Kenova 5.40 am - Huntington 6.15 am
- arr Parkersburg 2.40 pm.
- Notes: this is an all-stops local.
- B&O Pittsburgh to Kenova, daily.
- coach
- #33-73 (s)
- lv Pittsburgh 8.25 am - Wheeling 10.55 am - Parkersburg
2.10 pm - Huntington 5.55 pm - arr Kenova 6.25 pm.
- #72-38 (n)
- lv Kenova 12.30 pm - Huntington 12.38 pm - Parkersburg
4.35 pm - Wheeling 8.00 pm - arr Pittsburgh 10.10 pm.
- Notes: this is the accommodation train to back
up #77 / #78,
above. It makes most stops north of Parkersburg and is all-stops from there
to Kenova.
General notes:
Trains depart B&O station, Pittsburgh.
Grafton via Fairmont to Wheeling
- B&O Grafton via Fairmont to Wheeling, daily.
- coach
- #43 (w) lv Grafton 6.37 am - Fairmont 7.29 am
- arr Wheeling 10.20 am.
- #56 (e) lv Wheeling 8.00 am - Fairmont 10.57
am - arr Grafton 11.50 am.
- Notes:
-
- B&O Grafton via Fairmont to Wheeling, daily.
- coach
- #44 (e) lv Wheeling 7.20 pm - Fairmont 10.15
pm - arr Grafton 11.00 pm.
- #51 (w) lv Grafton 4.05 pm - Fairmont 4.48 pm
- arr Wheeling 7.33 pm.
- Notes:
Zanesville to Parkersburg
- B&O Zanesville to Parkersburg, ex- Su.
- motor train
- #55 (e) lv Zanesville 8.20 am - arr Parkersburg
12.00 noon.
- #56 (w) lv Parkersburg 4.50 pm - arr Zanesville
8.50 pm.
- Notes: #56 is a duplicate timecard number from the Cincinnati District
not to be confused with the #56 from the Appalachian District.
-
General notes:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
|
| Clarksburg times |
|
Pittsburgh - Clarksburg - Richwood trains |
|
Effective 6/35 |
| train |
tr # |
Pittsburgh |
New Martins |
Connellsville |
Fairmont |
Clarksburg |
Richwood |
notes |
| #62 |
** |
|
|
|
|
> 8.00 |
1.55 |
|
| #46 |
** |
|
10.45 |
|
|
< 8.10 |
|
motor train ex-su |
| #41 |
** |
|
> 10.30 |
|
|
12.45 |
|
motor train ex-su |
| #65 |
** |
|
|
|
|
1.35 |
< 7.45 |
|
| #66 |
** |
> 9.00 |
|
10.50 |
1.40 |
|
|
|
| #745 |
** |
|
> 12.45 |
|
|
3.00 |
|
motor train su-only |
| #42 |
** |
|
6.15 |
|
|
< 4.00 |
|
motor train ex-su |
| #65 (2nd) |
** |
8.54 |
|
7.00 |
< 4.10 |
|
|
|
| #45 |
** |
|
> 6.35 |
|
|
8.50 |
|
motor train ex-su |
NOTE: refer to The Glossary
for a summary of how to interpret the train listings below.
Clarksburg services
Pittsburgh via New Martinsville to Clarksburg
- B&O New Martinsville to Clarksburg, ex- Su.
- motor train
- #41 (e) lv New Martinsville 10.30 am - arr Clarksburg
12.45 pm.
- Notes: makes no specific connection.
-
- B&O Clarksburg to New Martinsville (Pittsburgh), ex- Su.
- motor train
- #42 (w) lv Clarksburg 4.00 pm - arr New Martinsville
6.15 pm.
- Notes: makes connection to #72-38 (Kenova to Pittsburgh).
-
- B&O Clarksburg to New Martinsville, ex- Su.
- motor train
- #45 (e) lv New Martinsville 6.35 pm - arr Clarksburg
8.50 pm.
- Notes: makes no specific connection.
- B&O Clarksburg to New Martinsville (Pittsburgh),
daily.
- motor train
- #46 (w) lv Clarksburg 8.10 am - arr New Martinsville
10.25 am.
- Notes: makes no specific connection.
-
- B&O (Pittsburgh) New Martinsville to Clarksburg, Su- only.
- motor train
- #745 (e) lv New Martinsville 12.45 pm - arr Clarksburg
3.00 pm.
- Notes: Sunday only timecard for #45. Makes connection
from #33-73 (Pittsburgh
to Kenova), above. The reciprocal movement is on the regular timecard of
#42.
-
General notes:
This is a connecting motor train which meets the Pittsburgh to Kenova
trains at New Martinsville. The reader should be careful not to mistake
New Martinsville for the better known Martinsburg on the main line just
west of Harpers ferry.
Pittsburgh via Connellsville to Clarksburg - Richwood
- B&O Clarksburg to Richwood, ex- Su.
- coach
- #62 (s) lv Clarksburg 8.00 am - arr Richwood
1.55 pm.
- Notes: consist remains in Clarksburg overnight
and returns as #65.
-
- B&O Richwood to Clarksburg, ex, Su.
- coach
- #65 (n) lv Richwood 7.45 am - arr Clarksburg
1.35 pm.
- Notes:
-
- B&O Fairmont to Pittsburgh, (continued) ex- Su.
- coach
- #65 (n) lv Fairmont 4.10 pm - Connellsville 7.00
pm - arr Pittsburgh 8.54 pm.
- Notes:
- B&O Pittsburgh to Fairmont, ex- Su.
- coach
- #66 (s) lv Pittsburgh 9.00 am - Connellsville
10.50 am - arr Fairmont 1.40 pm.
- Notes:
General notes:
Service via Connellsville is by three separate consists: #62
and #66 running independently
on roughly the same timecard but on respective divisions while #65 pauses at Clarksburg for a brief stint on
other duties before returning to the Clarksburg line at Fairmont and resuming
its former identity. Presently there is no direct service Clarksburg to
Fairmont. Through passengers must make two connections via Grafton. All
trains terminate at the P&LE station, Pittsburgh.
Check map
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
|
Effective 6/35 |
| Elkins times |
|
Charleston branch |
|
|
| train |
tr # |
Grafton |
Tygart Jct |
Bellington |
Elkins |
Charleston |
Buckhannon |
Pickens |
notes |
| #35 |
** |
|
|
|
> 8.45 |
4.15 |
|
|
ex- su |
| #751 |
** |
|
|
|
|
|
10.00 |
< 8.30 |
motor car su- only |
| #102 |
** |
|
|
|
|
|
> 10.22 |
12.30 |
ex- su |
| #32 |
** |
> 8.25 |
9.41 |
10.15 |
11.00 |
|
|
|
motor car via WM |
| #53-48-32 |
** |
|
1.55 |
|
|
|
1.15 |
< 7.15 |
motor car ex- su |
| #33 |
** |
3.20 |
2.02 |
1.37 |
< 12.50 |
|
|
|
motor car via WM |
| #32-47-54 |
** |
|
> 2.10 |
|
|
|
2.50 |
5.05 |
motor car ex- su |
| #36 |
** |
|
|
|
1.35 |
< 6.15 |
|
|
ex- su |
| #101 |
** |
|
|
|
|
|
3.15 |
< 12.40 |
ex- su |
| #752 |
** |
|
|
|
|
|
> 4.00 |
5.35 |
motor car su- only |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Harrisonburg times |
|
Shenandoah Valley branch |
|
|
| train |
tr # |
Baltimore |
Wash DC |
Harpers Fy |
Strasburg Jc |
Harrison'bg |
Staunton |
Lexington |
notes |
| #86 |
** |
|
|
|
|
12.52 |
11.15 |
< 8.35 |
mixed ex- su |
| #85 |
** |
|
|
|
|
> 1.15 |
3.45 |
6.05 |
mixed ex- su |
| #55 |
** |
> 7.15 |
8.35 |
10.30 |
12.20 |
2.40 |
|
|
motor train ex- su |
| #54 |
** |
11.18 |
10.20 |
7.20 |
5.37 |
< 3.25 |
|
|
motor train ex- su |
NOTE: refer to The Glossary
for a summary of how to interpret the train listings below.
Charleston Branch
- B&O / WM Grafton to Bellington, daily (to Elkins ex- Su).
- motor car
- #32 (s) lv Grafton 8.25 am - Tygart Jct 9.41
am - Bellington 10.15 am - arr Elkins 11.00 am.
- #33 (n) lv Elkins 12.50 pm - Bellington 1.37
pm - Tygart Jct 2.02 pm - arr Grafton 3.20 pm.
- Notes: operates via parallel Western
Maryland track from Bellington to Elkins. A connecting
motor car meets these trains at Tygart Jct (below) for a round trip to
Pickens.
-
- B&O Elkins to Charleston, ex- su.
- coach
- #35 (s) lv Elkins 8.45 am - arr Charleston 4.15
pm.
- #36 (n) lv Charleston 6.15 am - arr Elkins 1.35
pm.
- Notes: this route is something of the back door
to Charleston, WVa, which is primarily served by the C&O. There is presently no direct train from Charleston to
Grafton, and connections via Elkins are poor.
-
- B&O Tygart Jct to Pickens, ex- su.
- motor car
- #32-47-54 (s) lv Tygart Jct 2.10 pm - Buckhannon
2.50 pm - arr Pickens 5.05 pm.
- #53-46-33 (n) lv Pickens 7.15 am - Buckhannon
1.15 pm - arr Tygert Jct 1.55 pm.
- Notes: this is a connecting motor car which meets
#32 / #33,
above, as well as #35 / #36 up from Charleston.
-
Buckhannon - Pickens shuttle
- B&O Buckhannon to Pickens, ex- su.
- coach
- #101 (n) lv Pickens 12.40 pm - arr Buckhannon
3.15 pm.
- #102 (s) lv Buckhannon 4.00 pm - arr Pickens
5.35 pm.
- Notes:
-
- B&O Buckhannon to Pickens, Su only.
- motor car
- #751 (n) lv Pickens 8.30 am - arr Buckhannon
10.00 am.
- #752 (2) lv Buckhannon 4.00 pm - arr Pickens
5.35 pm.
- Notes: this is the Sunday only timecard for the
Buckhannon to Pickens portion of #32-47-54
/ #53-48-33, above, which operates separately
on that day.
Shenandoah Valley Service
- B&O / Sou Ry (Baltimore) Washington DC to Harrisonburg,
ex- su.
- motor train
- #54 (n)
- lv Harrisonb'g 3.25 pm - Strasburg Jct 5.37 pm
- Harpers Fy 7.20 pm - Wash 10.20 pm - arr Baltimore 11.18 pm.
- #55 (s)
- lv Baltimore 7.15 am - Wash 8.35 am - Harpers
Fy 10.30 am - Strasburg Jct 12.20 pm - arr Harrisonb'g 2.40 pm.
- Notes: operates via trackage rights on Southern
Railway from Strasburg Jct to Harrisonburg.
-
- B&O Harrisonburg to Lexington, ex- su.
- mixed.
- #85 (s) lv Harrisonburg 1.15 pm - Staunton 3.45
pm - arr Lexington 6.05 pm.
- #86 (n) lv Lexington 8.35 am - Staunton 11.15
am - arr Harrisonburg 12.52 pm.
- Notes: #85 makes a 1 hr, 10 min layover at Staunton,
#86 makes a 55 minute layover at Staunton.
Other
local trains
NOTE: refer to The Glossary
for a summary of how to interpret the train listings below.
Confluence to Kendall
- #59 - (s) lv Confluence 10.20 am
- arr Kendall 11.35 am (19.7 miles), mixed, Tu, Sa only.
- #60 - (n) lv Kendall 11.40 am -
arr Confluence 1.30 pm (19.7 miles), mixed, Tu, Sa only.
-
Green Spring to Petersburg
- #67 - (s) lv Green Spring 7.05
am - arr Petersburg 11.05 am (54 miles), coach, ex- Su.
- #64 - (n) lv Petersburg 1.05 pm
- arr Green Spring 4.55 pm (54 miles), coach, ex- Su.
Ravenswood - Ripley local
- #68 - (w) lv Spencer 7.10 am -
arr Ravenswood 9.00 am -
- #61 - (s) lv Ravenswood 10.20 am
- arr Millwood 10.45 am - lv Millwood 11.00 am - arr Ripley 11.55 am -
- #62 - (n) lv Ripley 12.40 pm -
arr Millwood 1.35 pm - lv Millwood 1.50 pm - arr Ravenswood 2.15 pm -
- #67 - (e) lv Ravenswood 3.30 pm
- arr Spencer 5.20 pm.
- B&O coach, daily.
- Notes: Service on these two neighboring branches
and the short length of main line between them is handled by a single local
train making a circuitous day long journey. Spencer to Ravenswood (32.9
miles) Ravenswood to Millwood (11 miles) Millwood to Ripley (13 miles).
-
Parkersburg to Portsmouth
- #43 - (w) lv Parkersburg 4.10 pm
- Hamden 6.30 pm - arr Portsmouth 8.55 pm, motor train, ex- Su.
- #44 - (e) lv Portsmouth 6.30 am
- Hamden 8.57 am - arr Parkersburg 11.45 am, motor train, ex- Su.
General Notes:
B&O makes extensive use of motor cars in the Appalachian mountain
region and applies an unusual distinction to them: single motor cars are
referred to as "motor cars" while a motor car hauling trailing
cars is known as a "motor train". These are not, however, motor
trains in the sense of the new lightweight articulated trains.
North East Rails © Clint Chamberlin.
Photos for personal use only. All rights reserved by original owner of image.
Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited. |