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Tracks running through the station along the Chesapeake & Ohio (C & O) Railroad. Town seen in the background.

1. Hinton Freight Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047183
Title:
Hinton Freight Depot, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
Tracks running through the station along the Chesapeake & Ohio (C & O) Railroad. Town seen in the background.
Engine No. 7 sitting beside stall No. 1 of the roundhouse. A group of unidentified workers stand on along the tracks and sit on the train.

2. C. & O. Locomotive Outside of Roundhouse, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048584
Title:
C. & O. Locomotive Outside of Roundhouse, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1905
Description:
Engine No. 7 sitting beside stall No. 1 of the roundhouse. A group of unidentified workers stand on along the tracks and sit on the train.
A train car reads, "Chesapeake & Ohio".

3. C. & O. Train Passing through Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048610
Title:
C. & O. Train Passing through Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940
Description:
A train car reads, "Chesapeake & Ohio".
Mrs. E. M. Marable stands outside the cabin beside the railroad tracks.

4. C. & O. Operator Outside MX Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048611
Title:
C. & O. Operator Outside MX Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1943/07
Description:
Mrs. E. M. Marable stands outside the cabin beside the railroad tracks.
The C. & O. train idles in the engine terminal ready to embark.

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

IDNO:
048612
Title:
Train No. 1621 Ready to Head Eastbound on Tracks in Front of Mallet House, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1947
Description:
The C. & O. train idles in the engine terminal ready to embark.
In the center is Oce Bobbitt. To the right is Bill Echols. The man on the left is unidentified.

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

IDNO:
048613
Title:
Early C. & O. Conductors in Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
In the center is Oce Bobbitt. To the right is Bill Echols. The man on the left is unidentified.
Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.

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

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.
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.

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

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

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

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".
Two unidentified railroad employees stand beside Engine No. 201 on the C. & O. Railway.

10. C. & O. Train Passing through Hinton, W. Va.

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.
Engine No. 307 pictured pulling "Chesapeake & Ohio" cars.

11. C. & O. Train in Avis Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048816
Title:
C. & O. Train in Avis Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
Engine No. 307 pictured pulling "Chesapeake & Ohio" cars.
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.

12. C. & O. Engine No. 500 in Hinton, W. Va.

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.