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The C. & O. train idles in the engine terminal ready to embark.

25. Train No. 1621 Ready to Head Eastbound on Tracks in Front of Mallet House, Hinton, W. Va.

In the center is Oce Bobbitt. To the right is Bill Echols. The man on the left is unidentified.

26. Early C. & O. Conductors in Hinton, W. Va.

Supervisors and clerks gather for a group photo. Pictured, from left to right, is Tony Young, Earl Meador, Charley Young, Ernest Hunter, Herb Comer, Bill Fitzsimmons, Hobson Marks, Ben Hamer, V. V. Viars (master mechanic), Bill Tyree, I. E. Gore, Jake Miller, M. T. Llewellyn, Andy Hopkins, Jess Gore (laborer), Earl Bleay, Mervin Shull, and A. J. McAllister.

27. C. & O. Mechanical Department Picnic at Camp Summers near Hinton, W. Va.

A group of unidentified men gather for a group photo in the building located on Third Avenue.

28. C. & O. Meeting at Peck Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured from left to right is engineer John Scott, conductor J. C. Morgan, fireman J. B. "Bert" Hatcher, engineer E. T. Lawson, Sr., and standing in the back is engineer G. R. Sale.

29. C. & O. Employees at Local Chairmen & Representative Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas

View of the wreckage.

30. Crane Lifting Derailed C. & O. Cars After Engine 1642 Explosion at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.

Johnny Richmond, pictured in the center with a cigarette in his mouth, and associates observe the wreckage which occurred around 5:00 p.m.

31. Men Inspect Engine Explosion Damage at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.

Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.

32. Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

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.

33. Men Observe the Remnants of Engine 1642 After Exploding at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.

Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.

34. Locomotive No. 175 on Hinton Round House Turntable, Hinton, W. Va.

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.

35. Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

Looking at the engine sitting on the tracks, following by train cars reading, "Chesapeake & Ohio".

36. C. & O. Engine No. 128, Hinton, W. Va.