Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14738560576)

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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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ou wish ; you can be-eoine a clear thinker, ami in public speakln>r never be at a lossf(>r a word. Give this method a few spare minutes daily, athome, and you will be astonished. Write to-dav for full free particulars of this mans wonder-ful iiuinory and our niTer to YOU. FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY. Dept. 404. New York Please mention this magazine The Blue Goose—West Virginias Unique Passenger Train THE most unique passenger train in^^^ this country is operated by the^^3 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad overits lines along the Tygarts Valley andBuckhannon rivers, in southern WestVirginia. The train runs on eleven dis-tinct schedules each day except Sundayand people who live along its routes call strangers in that section of West Virginiathe gay little engine is a curiosity. Thecrew in charge of the train consists ofconductor G. A. Hannon, brakeman R.Myers, baggagemaster C. G. Hoffman,engineman J. C. Bishop and fireman J.J. Madden, all of whom have been onthe run for several years.
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THE BLUE GOOSE it the Blue Goose train, probablybecause it flys about like that featheredautocrat. The Blue Goose consists of Loco-motive 835 and two coaches. The loco-motive is decorated with numerous brassornaments which have been added toits equipment by the crew, and to 108 The daily mileage of the Blue Gooseis approximately 160 miles, providingpassenger service between the townsof Buckhannon, Tygarts Junction,Century, Weston, Macpelah Junction,Lemley and intermediate points. Leaving Buckhannon at 6.30 a. m.,on its first trip, the Blue Goose runs THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES AL\(;AZL\L KM* as Train 202 to Tygarts Junction,arriving at 7.20 and making connectionwith a train on the Grafton and Bcl-ington Hne, which in turn connects withthe main line through trains at Grafton.The Bhie Goose leaves Tygarts at7.45 as Train 203 for Century, arrivingat 8.15 and leaving Century as Train204 at 9.45, to return to Tygarts at10.25. Leaving Tygarts at 10.40 asTrain 205 for Weston, arriving a