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'C. & O. R.R. Locomotive #32; Builder Name--Danforth Loco, Co. placed in service 1870.  Cylinders 16" x 24"; weight of engines with three gauges of water 61650 pounds;  Diam drivers 60:; dimensions of fire box 58 1/2 feet by 35 feet by 60 1/2 feet; No. of Flues 149; Diam of flues 2 inches; length of flues 11 feet, 1 inch; Diam of Boiler 46 7/8 feet; Service Passenger.'

1. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 32

'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.'

2. Huntington to Richmond Express Train at Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.

3. Transfer of Freight from Chesapeake and Ohio Cars to the Steamboat 'Potomac' at Huntington, W. Va.

Legendary engineer, Richardson, pictured in white coveralls, poses next to new American engine No. 70 after a run from Hinton.

4. Billy Richardson with C. & O. Class-A Locomotive in Huntington, W. Va.

'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.'

5. Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14 on the Platform at the Depot in Alderson, 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.'

6. Ohio River Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

Telegraph tower located in Alderson W. Va. Operators: O.D. Massey, in door; J Abe Bright, on left roof; J.G. Houchins, on right roof.

7. Chesapeake and Ohio Telegraph Tower at Alderson, W. Va.

'Top: John Calhoun, E. P. Fullerton, unknown, Chas Delabar, unknown, Walter Beuhring. Bottom: Walter L. Irwin, Chas Hunter, Abe Pane [sic], unknown.'

8. Chesapeake and Ohio Front Office Force, Huntington, W. Va.

Portraits of C&O Railroad Officials in the early days of Huntington, West Virginia.

9. Officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Huntington, W. Va.

Railroad tracks beside a building.

10. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Being Built at Cass, W. Va. Mill Site

The train was carrying lumber from Robson, W. Va. to a C. & O. station at Deepwater, W. Va before wrecking. J. S. Blake is standing on the wheel near the ground. Also pictured are D. P. Craig, William Darlington, and Pete Foster.

11. First Railroad Wreck on Virginian Railway

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.

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

Post card sent on August 27, 1906.

13. Chesapeake and Ohio Bridge across the New River, Thurmond, W. Va.

The steam powered Marion Shovel, Model 60 and two unidentified workers. Information on the back includes: "From Roy Long Coll..."

14. Sims Brothers' Steam Shovel On New Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Grade Near Barboursville, W. Va.

Three employees standing on the C&O locomotive are, left to right: W. L. Buck, engineer; G. L. McShartney, engineer; Hamm Bobbitt, fireman.

15. Railroad Employees Pose on Chesapeake & Ohio Engine, Quinnimont, W. Va.

Train engine.  At bottom of pix says:  Note:  Also applicable to shop No. 2248, C&O Rd. No. 11 (1910), built to same plan No. 1586.

16. Shay Shop No. 1933 Chesapeake & Ohio Road No. 8

'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.

17. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No.13

'Chesapeake & Ohio train #4 thunders over the Monroe Street crossing at Alderson, W. Va. in 1909.'

18. Chesapeake and Ohio No. 4

'(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.'

19. Chesapeake and Ohio Atlantic Type Locomotive No. 8

People outside C&O railway passenger and express depot (Adams Express Co.)

20. Portion of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Passenger and Express Depot in Alderson, W. Va.

21. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Charleston, W. Va.

Employees stand with a Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) locomotive sitting on the track in front of the Yellow Goose Boarding House and the McKendree Hospital (a miners' hospital) behind the boarding house. The employees are, left to right: W. L. Burke, Engineer; H. E. McFadden, Fireman;; Jim Johnson, Boy mast(?); Pete Challonen, Dispatcher; D. H. Hontsovln, Conductor; Floyd Lewis, Brakeman.

22. Railroad Workers and Engine No. 372, McKendree, W. Va.

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.)

23. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Alderson, W. Va.

Left to right: Cecil Upton, Monroe Cales, Louis Rosemire - Supervisor of Track on the Northern Division, C and O (Chesapeake and Ohio) died in 1930, Evert Johnson died 1952, and Elbert Cales. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "New Richmond Su Co WV - from Jerome Barr and wife - Stephen Trail".

24. Group Posed on Porch at Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, Springdale, Ky.

Group portrait of operators in front of a C&O Railway schedule board. L to R; David W. Morgan, Valmer A. Meadow, J. B. Thomas, Todie B. Green. Other information the back of the photograph includes: "from Roy Long Coll 1998"

25. Telegraph Operators, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Prince, 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.

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

Loading or unloading the Chesapeake and Ohio Express. ' Mrs. Ernest Rogers, 704 Temple Street, Hinton. Daughter of Allen W. Hedrick.'

27. Chesapeake and Ohio Express, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Andrew Rush rides a hand operated rail cycle, also known as a velocipede, at the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot.

28. Telegraph Operator Andrew Rush on Velocipede at Prince, W. Va.

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.

29. Beckley Coal at Tams, Raleigh County, W. Va.

View looking at the building from across the tracks.

30. C. & O. Station at Admiralty and Post Office, Eccles, W. Va.

Old-fashioned coke ovens pictured in the background where pollution fills the surrounding area.

31. C. & O. Railway Looking West From Rear Car of Train No. 14 at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Standing from left to right is Clarence E.; B. Frank; Vernal S.; and William G. Front row from left to right is Walter S.; Ellery C.; and Atchless Murat Long.

32. C. & O. Employees and Long Brothers Gather for Mother's Death, Summers County, W. Va.

Front, Left to right: Tom Epperley, Perry Goff, Joe Conner, ___ Bragg, Adolphus Harvey, H. F. Burrow; Back Row, Left, Nathan Lane and ___ Clark.

33. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Fire Brigade, Hinton, W. Va.

34. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Glade, W. Va.

35. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Meadow Creek, W. Va.

36. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Pence Springs, W. Va.

'Looking up Greenbrier River about half a mile above mouth.  Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at left.'

37. New River Near Greenbrier River in West Virginia

'Looking east southeast at mile 55.8.  Main line of Chesapeake and Ohio to left of river.'

38. New River

'Looking east at mile 39.1.  Quinnimont, West Virginia, at upper right with branch of Chesapeake and Ohio extending up Laurel Creek.'

39. New River Near Quinnimont, West Virginia

'Looking south across Stretcher Neck at mile 34.8.  Chesapeake and Ohio tunnel near center; Royal, West Virginia, across river.'

40. New River Near Royal, West Virginia

'Looking west at mile 21.9.  Berry in left foreground.  Settlement of Rush Run near center of picture.  Tracks of Chesapeake and Ohio railroad on both sides of river.'

41. New River Near Rush Run, West Virginia

'Hawks Nest and mouth of Mill Creek.  Below here the two tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio are together on west side of river.  Looking east southeast at mile 7.4.'

42. New River Near Hawks Nest, West Virginia

'London Lock under construction by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, to replace Lock 2, two miles upstream.  Handley, West Virginia, at right, London at left.  Chesapeake and Ohio in foreground.  New York Central and route 60 beyond river.  Looking east southeast 14 miles below mouth of Gauley River.'

43. Kanawha River Near Handley, West Virginia

'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).'

44. Grand View looking towards Quinnimont, W. Va.

Those killed as a result of the accident were William Blankenship, Homer Cart, Thomas W. Craft, James Hunter, Eddie Huelett, Steve Kozma, Everett Leach, John Long, William J. Maynus, Henry McMillian, J. L. "Pat" Murphy, Delmar Oxley, Jesse Persinger, S. L. Runyon, Ray Tartar, William Turner, and Jerome Walters. In addition to those who lost their lives, 43 or 46 were injured.  A Chesapeake and Ohio derrick car works to clear the wreckage.

45. Work Train Explosion in Powellton Hollow, McDunn, W. Va.

'2nd east of Hinton (12 m.).' M. E. Nelson store is on the right

46. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Lowell, W. Va.

C. & O. Railway tracks pictured beside the small buildings.

47. McKendree Station Looking West, Fayette County, W. Va.

Three unidentified men are pictured outside the wooden building. The picture view looks east at milepost 369.9 at the New River sub-division.

48. C. & O. Station at Meadow Creek, W. Va.