White, Roger B.

Abstract Howard E. Simpson was the last president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; employee of Central of New Jersey Railroad; member of the United States Navy, Great Lakes area during World War I. In this oral history interview, he discusses: Daniel Willard; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Baltimore and Ohio luxury trains during the Depression; the merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, reasons, and the fight of fifty-one percent stock ownership; Walter J. Tuohy; problems of the railroads...

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John Barnes was a Comptroller for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1946-1961. In this interview, he discusses: railroad finances; the Chandler Act; the McLaughlin Act; 1955 refinancing; equipment trusts; Daniel Willard; early days in Lonaconing and Cumberland (Maryland); John J. Ekin; Walter Price; the Queen City Hotel, Cumberland.

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Lawrence W. Sagle was the first curator of the Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum, after a career as draftsman at the Baltimore and Ohio's Mount Clare shops. He was a public relations representative, 1936-1961; and the author of books and articles on railroading and model railroads. In this oral history interview, Sagle discusses the origin of the collection in the Baltimore and Ohio museum; the arrangement and renovation of the museum in 1953; film-making of restored locomotives.

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William C. Baker was Vice President in charge of operations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1949-1961. In this interview, he discusses his railroad career (beginning in 1906) in Baltimore, Western Maryland, Ohio, and Chicago; diesel engines replacing steam; servicing steam engines; trainmaster duties; and "Fair of the Iron Horse," the 1927 celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.