Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.
Dickinson Salt Works as Seen from the Opposite Bank of the Kanawha River
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
View of Dickinson Salt Works from opposite bank of Kanawha River. Made about 1910. This is the only picture in existance showing salt loaded on barge for ferrying across river where it was loaded on C&O Railroad. The New York Central Railroad had served the plant for years before this picture was taken, but due to higher freight rates by the NYC, it was still possible to ship by C&O to some points at a saving.
Caption on back reads, 'When better coal is prepared, White Oak will load and prepare it. We are proud of this picture of a car of "White Oak" Lump coal. This picture was also taken without the knowledge of the White Oak employees who loaded it. If you drive past any of the White Oak Mines on U.S. Highway 19-21, in Fayette County, W. Va., you will see many just like it.'
Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
C&O depot in Alderson W. Va. Men standing outside left to right: Moody Hokins, Harold Flack, Fred Patton, Floyd Thomas, Frank Bordurant, Agent T.L. Jamison, unknown, unknown, Freight Agent W.A. Hancock, J.C. Boggs (in doorway.)
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Telegraph and Signal Tower at Alderson W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Telegrapher W.L.Knopp stands on right. Tower was known as "AD Cabin" and controled train movements between Ronceverte and Hinton. Twenty switches to Alderson sidings were operated here.
Interior of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'Interior of Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson W. Va. At extreme left, behind counter is the station agent T.L. Dameron and standing on extreme right is freight agent W.A. Hancock (who worked in the Alderson station for fifty years. He was a deaf-mute.)'
Huntington to Richmond Express Train at Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1885/04
Description:
'C&O Train, The Huntington to Richmond Express at the breakfast shop by the Alderson House Hotel on the morning of April (?) 1885. The locomotive is No. 32, and the engineer is ? Noel.'
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Postcard of a train engine and people outside of the C and O Depot in Huntington, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Shop Employees Car E13
Description:
'This coach was built in 1860, cost $6,036.00; used by Virginia Central during Civil War and was one of the first passenger coaches used by C&O in W. Va.; used in shop train at Huntington for many years. It is scrapped in 1931.'
Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14 on the Platform at the Depot in Alderson, W.Va.
Date:
1891/03/26
Description:
'Thirty minutes after the photograph of train 14 was taken, it wrecked in Mann Tunnel when it ran into the rear of a freight train; the locomotive and cars were completely burned, but no injuries resulted to members of the crew or passengers. Engineer Lon Alley, March 26, 1891 at 2:00 p.m.'
Bird's Eye View of Railroad Yard at Peach Creek, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
'Engine terminal, round house, coaling station, water thanks, machine shops, turntable and office building ca. 1950. The Guyan river runs between the shops and W. Va. Highway 10. This picture was produced just before the diesel came online with the C&O. All the shops are visible except the lower end where the pittracks existed.'
African-Americans at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Richmond, Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
'C&O Depot, Broad at 16th Streets...Richmond, Va... Picture about 1870. (This picture was part of the Cook Photographer collection. It is thought that the original negative was glass; that it cracked and that accounts for the dark streak across this print.)'
Chesapeake and Ohio Atlantic Type Locomotive No. 8
Date:
1909
Description:
'(American Loco. Co. 1902) at Alderson, W. Va. with special train of Baptist Sunday School members bound from Hinton, Alderson, and Ronceverte to White Sulphur Springs.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3728; C. & O. H-6 Mallet #1479 doubleheading with a second 2-6-6-2 on coal train on Piney Creek branch near Sanaford, W. Va.'
Mallet No. 1307 with Coal Train at Railroad / Highway Grade Crossing near Logan, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR 3700 H-6, 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1307 with coal train at railroad / highway grade crossing near Logan, W. Va. - condensing white exhaust.'
L-2 Hudson No. 307 on Roudhouse Turntable at Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-280; L-2 Hudson #307 being turned on roundhouse turntable at Hinton, W. Va.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2372; Right 3/4 view of H-6, 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1485 at Handley, W. Va.; K-4 #2700 in background.'
Chesapeake and Ohio Mallet Locomotive No. 1479 Passing No. 1445 on Piney Creek Branch
Date:
1945/10
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-308; C. & O. H-6 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1479 passing #1445 on Piney Creek branch.'
Chesapeake and Ohio Simple Articulated Locomotive No. 1572
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2375; C. & O. H-7, 2-8-8-2 Simple Articulated #1572 - Left 3/4 portrait view.'
Locomotive No. 1577 Climbing Allegheny Grade near White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1943/06
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-264; C.& O. H-7, 2-8-8-2 Simple Articulated #1577 on coal train climbing Allegheny grade near White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. June 1943.'
L-2 Hudson Locomotive No. 300 and H-8 Allegheny Locomotive No. 1612 Side by Side at Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-277; L-2 Hudson #300 and H-8 Allegheny #1612 side by side at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal, March 1946, Steam.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-281; K-3 Mikado #1210 at Hinton, W. Va. beside the ash pit dumping ashes. Good view of ash hoist. March, 1946.'
H-8 Allegheny No. 1638 in front of Mallet House at Hinton, W. Va. Engine Terminal.
Date:
1946/03
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-282; H-8 Allegheny #1638 in front of the "Mallet House" at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal. March 1946.'