1962 B&O Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - B&A Baltimore & Annapolis Bus timetable Oct

For auction is a Train and Bus Schedule Card from the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) and Baltimore & Annapolis Company (B&A). It is dated October 28, 1962.

One of the oldest railroads in the US and the first common carrier, the B&O served the area from New York to Philadelphia to Baltimore to Washington and thence westward through Maryland into West Virginia and Pennsylvania; it extended as far west as Chicago and St. Louis and as far north as Detroit, Buffalo and Rochester. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad (C&O) took control of the B&O in 1963. The C&O combined the two railroads with the Western Maryland Railway, which it also controlled, and renamed the railroads the Chessie System in 1973. in 1980, the Chessie merged with the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and its lines to form CSX Transportation, today one of the four largest railroads in the nation. Surviving B&O lines are operated by CSX.

The B&A was a bus company that replaced trains operated by the Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad in 1950.

One side contains train schedules between Baltimore and Washington; the other side has bus services between Baltimore & Annapolis and between Baltimore and Fort Meade, Maryland. The schedule card measures appx 6x3 inches and is printed on medium-weight cardstock. It appears to be unused and is in excellent condition, with no rips, tears, writing or markings.

A nice collectible item for any B&O or B&A fan.