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A view of a C&O depot near Sandstone; there are several buildings, workers, horses and buggies, and piled lumber in sight.
'Storms out of Alderson, towards Hinton on a winter day in 1909, pulled by an Atlantic (4-4-2) Locomotive, as a freight recedes into the background.
'Chesapeake & Ohio train #4 thunders over the Monroe Street crossing at Alderson, W. Va. in 1909.'
'(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.'
Baldwin Locomotive 2-8-8-2 type, Road No. 1572; Technical specifications on the back of original.
A C.& O. locomotive in a train yard with workers a round.
'Transferred from W. E. Glasscock Papers enc. w/tls Glasscock from O. E. Houchins, Hinton 10/11/1910'
'Transferred from W. E. Glasscock Papers enc. w/tls Glasscock from O. E. Houchins, Hinton 10/11/1910'
C. A. Ray and others are on a parked locomotive #378.
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.'
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.'
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.'
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.'
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.'
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.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-5158, right 3/4 view of K-4 #2700 at Handley, W. Va. engine terminal.'
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.'
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.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-3422; general view of Guyan Eagle Coal Co. Guyan #5 mine tipple, with C/O hoppers under in Kelly, W. Va.'
'One of the last diamond smoke stack engines used by C. & O. Ry. out of Huntington about 1886. Ast Nagle Sr, engineer. Mrs. T. J. Bullock has the original of this. Says it was taken circa 1875 when her husband was a hostler on the C&O,  The man at the throttle is T. J. Bullock and the foreman is ___ Bill.'
'Grand view at Quinnimont West Virginia, on main line of the Chesapeake and Ohio, route of the George Washington and the Sportsman, air conditioned flyers to Washington and the East. New River - C & O Main Line  (Ch. 36, p.472).'
'C.& O. gas-electric motor car 9054 & trailer on train no. 50 on Huntington-Logan  line at Barboursville, W. Va..  In Cabell County, southeast leg of Wye-Gas Electrics became the railroads answer for passenger-runs generated low income according to railroads but required by the interstate commerce commission.'
'(Rail Diesel Car) 'Budd Car' 9062 and others on first run at Huntington, W. Va. 1958.'
'(Wayne County) 2-tier Union station (Norfolk and Western on top) C.& O. F-15 Pacific #440 is stopped with westbound local #7 in Sept. 1947.
'Cabin Creek, Kanawha County. H-4 under small 50-ton coaling station; a shop in the background; a motor car #1686 and men working on scale track. Scale house to  right. Warming shed in center.'
'Logan County. Shows C.& O. notched oval end gondola 13089 ready to be loaded at tipple.  This is a C. & O. Historical Society Photo that can be purchased from the C.& O. Historical Society at Clifton Forge, Va, 24422.'
'Amherstdale, W. Va. (Buffalo Creek/ Subdivision--Logan County) tipple; with loaded hoppers being filled.'
'Engine terminal, roundhouse, coaling station, water tanks, machine shops, turntable and office building.  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 were visible except the lower end where the pitt tracks existed.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3261: K-4 Kanawha #2714 eastbound with empties out of Russell, Ky.  coming under highway overpass east end of town.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3400: K-4 #2705 entering Handley, W. Va. yard from the west with a coal drag from overhead.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR_304: C.& O. H-6 Mallet #1479 and a second 2-6-6-2 with coal train on Piney Creek branch near Prince, W. Va.'
'The new Ohio River passenger station 1892 with horse drawn street cars that connected the C.& O. and the Ohio River station, Huntington.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2374:H-7 2-8-8-2 Simple articulated #1572, left side view, broadside.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2373; C&O 2-8-8-2 Simple Articulated #1572. Right side view; Broadside.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-1472: C.& O. H-5, 2-6-6-2, Mallet #1521 passing tiny frame station at Brent, Ky. with merchandise freight train.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2371; Broadside (right side) of C&O H-6 Mallet #1485 at Handley, W. Va. ca. 1950.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR--285: Workman steam cleansing running gear of C. & O. Hudson (L-2) #300 at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-283: K-4 Kanawha #2716 under coal dock at Hinton, W. Va. in March, 1946.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-449; K-4 Kanawha #2716 under the coal dock at Hinton, W. Va. in misty early morning, March 1946.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-1372: H-4 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1452 with cut of coal on the Russel, Ky. Hump, February, 1948.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-312: C.& O. Mallet switching loaded hoppers at Stanaford, W. Va. Mine tipple.  Coal cars are most prominent in photo.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-262: C.& O. H-7 #1560 with coal drag at speed at Talcott, W. Va.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3350: K-4 Kanawha #2743 in nice curve, from overhead 3/4 with manifest freight on Big Sandy Subdivision, very scenic; near Prestonsburg, Ky.'
Grand view--New River Canyon.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Engine #436.
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2376: C.& O. H-7 Simple articulated #1572 - smoke box view, Headon.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3698: H-6 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1307 starting coal train on Logan branch in 1955, high straight column of exhaust.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-183: A detailed view of Consolidation Coal Co. tipple at Jenkins, Ky.  Loading c/o hoppers and gons.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-311: Brakeman signals from rear of C. & O. Caboose #90820 on rear of Piney Creek branch coal train near Stanaford, W. Va.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3417: Viw of Guyan Eagle Coal Co. Guyan #5 mine tipple, from atop C.& O. hoppers being loaded.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-315: Two C.& O. H-6, 2-6-6-2 Mallets switching coal cars at Stanaford, W. Va. tipple.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative CSPR-3423: A closeup view of coal being loaded into c/0 hoppers at Guyan Eagle Coal C. Guyan #5 mine Kelly, W. Va.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-136: A general view of Consolidation Coal Co. tipple at Jenkins, Ky.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-95: a closeup of coal tipple of Consolidation Coal Co. at Jenkins, Ky. loading coal into c/o gondola #41461.'
The steam powered Marion Shovel, Model 60 and two unidentified workers. Information on the back includes: "From Roy Long Coll..."
C&O railroad junction at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia.
C & O Railroad's mallet engine on track in Mount Hope, West Virginia.
Tracks running through the station along the Chesapeake & Ohio  (C & O) Railroad. Town seen in the background.
House built in ca. 1875 by the C&O Railroad Company to house laborers working on the roundhouse. Located on Block C #11.
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".
Mrs. E. M. Marable stands outside the cabin beside the railroad tracks.
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.
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.
A group of unidentified men gather for a group photo in the building located on Third Avenue.
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.
View of the wreckage.
Johnny Richmond, pictured in the center with a cigarette in his mouth, and associates observe the wreckage which occurred around 5:00 p.m.
Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.
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.
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.
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.
Engine No. 307 pictured pulling "Chesapeake & Ohio" cars.
The C. & O. Engine pictured on the yard tracks.
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.
A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.
Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.
Engineer L. J. Brown, left, and fireman Lloyd Bryant, right, are pictured next to the locomotive.
Workers pictured in the background at the construction site.
A look at the construction site and building materials.
C. & O. cars line along the tracks that run through the coal town.
C. & O. Railway tracks pictured beside the small buildings.
The legendary C. & O. engineer Richardson pictured with his wife.
An unidentified man is pictured outside the C. & O. station. An Esso station is also pictured in the background.
Pictured on the far left is Scott Owens (foreman). The rest of the workers are unidentified. The group is pictured on the railroad tracks with a smaller cart.
Old-fashioned coke ovens pictured in the background where pollution fills the surrounding area.
Three unidentified men are pictured outside the wooden building. The picture view looks east at milepost 369.9 at the New River sub-division.
A small C. & O. railway cart is pictured on one of the many sets of track.
Looking east from the M. D. Tower at the center of the passing track. On the west-bound is a pull-off track and connections on the left to the Nicholas, Fayette, and Greenbrier Railway.