Shenandoah (B&O train) Shenandoah (B&O train) The Shenandoah was an American named passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), one of four daily B&O trains operating between Jersey City, New Jersey and Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, via Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the 1930s to the 1950s. Other B&O trains of that period on the route were the "Capitol Limited", "Columbian", and the "Washington - Chicago Express". An alternate branch originated in Detroit and met with the Chicago part of the train at Deshler, Ohio, south of Toledo. While the trains were advertised as beginning in New York
R. O. B. Manley O. B. Manley did not actually enjoy the taste of honey. Faced with the problem of drips of honey running down the sides of jars, the 'production line' featured an ordinary vacuum cleaner to 'suck' the last drops away. Rumour has it that this was the domestic vacuum cleaner from the house and that Mrs Manley was entirely opposed to this, but this rumour appears to have been started by R. O. B. Manley himself, so may lack veracity and is included here rather more to provide an insight into the dry wit of this man. R. O. B. Manley