Menu Expand Menu Close
Back to Top
Filter Search Expand Close Filter
Search Expand Search Close
'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

IDNO:
026172
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 32
Date:
1870
Description:
'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.'
'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.

IDNO:
004910
Title:
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.'

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

IDNO:
017002
Title:
Transfer of Freight from Chesapeake and Ohio Cars to the Steamboat 'Potomac' at Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1888
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.

IDNO:
048906
Title:
Billy Richardson with C. & O. Class-A Locomotive in Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1891
Description:
Legendary engineer, Richardson, pictured in white coveralls, poses next to new American engine No. 70 after a run from Hinton.
'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.

IDNO:
025755
Title:
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.'
'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.

IDNO:
025825
Title:
Ohio River Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1892
Description:
'The new Ohio River passenger station 1892 with horse drawn street cars that connected the C.& O. and the Ohio River station, Huntington.'