The Durbin Route: The Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Author Bill McNeel shares his extensive knowledge, research, and affection for the Greenbrier Valley and the railroad that served it. McNeel chronicles the rail line's construction in the late nineteenth century; its turn-of-the-century boom years, which lasted (except during the Depression) through World War II; accidents on the line; and its eventual decline. With hundreds of period photographs, The Durbin Route recalls an era when the C & O was a critical link for the people of southeastern West Virginia. 170 pages.
