page_title: Buckhannon, West Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: Buckhannon, West Virginia
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: baltimoreohioemp03balt (find matches) 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 View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ou wish&#160;; you can be-eoine a clear thinker, ami in public speakln&gt;r never be at a lossf(&gt;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 &amp; 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. Text Appearing After Image: 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 Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,639 at the 2010 census. The city is located 60 miles southwest of Morgantown, WV, 115 miles northeast from the capital city of Charleston, 140 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 260 miles west of Washington, DC. Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival, held annually on the third week of May.
context_section_description: Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River.  The population was 5,639 at the 2010 census.  The city is located 60 miles southwest of Morgantown, WV, 115 miles northeast from the capital city of Charleston, 140 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 260 miles west of Washington, DC.  Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival, held annually on the third week of May.
caption: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad "Blue Goose" in Buckhannon, 1914
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