Search Results
- IDNO:
- 048648
- Title:
- Men Inspect Engine Explosion Damage at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1953/06/09
- Description:
- Johnny Richmond, pictured in the center with a cigarette in his mouth, and associates observe the wreckage which occurred around 5:00 p.m.
- IDNO:
- 048650
- Title:
- Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.
- IDNO:
- 048655
- Title:
- Men Observe the Remnants of Engine 1642 After Exploding at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1958
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men huddle around parts of the blown off engine where a handful of bodies were found. Among those killed were engineer W. H. Anderson, fireman J. W. Sullivan, and head brakeman O. L. Richmond.
- IDNO:
- 048689
- Title:
- New and Old Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad M. W. Cabins, Hilldale, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1931
- Description:
- The new and old structures sit next to each other beside the C. & O. railroad tracks.
- IDNO:
- 048692
- Title:
- Locomotive No. 175 on Hinton Round House Turntable, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.
- IDNO:
- 048700
- Title:
- Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Huntington was the president of the C. & O. Railway when the line moved, in 1972, into what would later become Hinton and Summers County, W. Va.Huntington purchased, for the railroad, all the land where the City of Hinton now stands at public auction. He later purchased from the railroad all the land that would not be used by the railroad.
- IDNO:
- 048813
- Title:
- C. & O. Engine No. 128, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Looking at the engine sitting on the tracks, following by train cars reading, "Chesapeake & Ohio".
- IDNO:
- 048814
- Title:
- C. & O. Train Passing through Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890
- Description:
- Two unidentified railroad employees stand beside Engine No. 201 on the C. & O. Railway.
- IDNO:
- 048816
- Title:
- C. & O. Train in Avis Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Engine No. 307 pictured pulling "Chesapeake & Ohio" cars.
- IDNO:
- 048842
- Title:
- C. & O. Engine No. 500 in Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1947/06
- Description:
- Photo of the first coal-burning, steam, turbine, electric engine--the largest single unit locomotive in the world. As long as 154 feet and 9 3/4 inches, including the water tender. The top speed was 100 miles per hour. The engine weight 411.5 tons.
- IDNO:
- 048848
- Title:
- C. & O. Engine No. 500 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.
- IDNO:
- 048850
- Title:
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1947/06
- Description:
- Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.
