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The workers and caboose belong to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.

1. Railroad Workers in front of a Caboose

The former employees pose for a group portrait. Pictured is Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock, Henry Lee, Thomas Haskins, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Krim Bess, Mr. King, J. W. McCallister, Jr., D. B. Murphy of Clifton Forge, Va., E. L. Wiseman, Mr. Reese, and W. L. Taylor. The group was attending the 38th convention of the Veterans' association held in Greenbrier Valley Fair Grounds.

2. Retired Employees of the C. & O. Railroad in Hinton, W. Va.

Daughter of Jeremiah Mills and Louisa Elva Cassell (Mills). Grace had one brother, Jeremiah IV, and four sisters, Mabel, Elizabeth, Susie, and Louisa Elva.Grace was born December 3, 1871. She was employed by the C. &  O. Railroad as a telegraph operator from July 1, 1893 to August 11, 1942. She died July 8, 1958.

3. Grace Mills Diefenbach of Hinton, W. Va.

Mrs. Diefenbach pictured with the horse she rode to and from the cabin.

4. Mrs. Diefenbach on Horse, Hinton, W. Va.

The C. & O. engineer Burdette, pictured on the far right, laughs beside two unidentified men.

5. John " Cannonball" Burdette and Associates, Hinton, W. Va.

A group of unidentified workers and what appears to be their African-American cook gather for a picture. Behind them are Chesapeake and Ohio Railway cars.

6. Railroad Workers in Summers County, W. Va.

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.

7. C. & O. Section Gang, Summers County, W. Va.

The legendary C. & O. engineer Richardson pictured with his wife.

8. Portrait of Billy Richardson and Wife, Hinton, W. Va.

Engineer L. J. Brown, left, and fireman Lloyd Bryant, right, are pictured next to the locomotive.

9. C. & O. Railroad Emloyees Beside Engine No. 602, Hinton, W. Va.

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

10. C. & O. Train Passing through 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.

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

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

12. C. & O. Meeting at Peck Building, 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.

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

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

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

Mrs. E. M. Marable stands outside the cabin beside the railroad tracks.

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

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.

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