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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.
The locomotives sit on the tracks below the pit.
The C. & O. train idles in the engine terminal ready to embark.
Pictured from left to right is J. E. Burdette (brakeman), O. C. "Battle Ax" Allen (conductor), Hobart Akers (brakeman), and Jack Sweeney (brakeman) with N. B. Allen (engineer) on the steps and C. L. Keaton (fireman) in the cab.
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.
Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.
Two unidentified men observe the damage. Where the "X" is on the picture, body of engineer W. H. Anderson was found.
Unidentified workers walk up and down the railroad tracks after Engine 1642 exploded.
Looking at the toppled engine from the railroad tracks. To the right, a group of unidentified workers observe the damage.
Looking at the derailed train and what's left of the engine. The cabin is pictured in the background unharmed.
Johnny Richmond, pictured in the center with a cigarette in his mouth, and associates observe the wreckage which occurred around 5:00 p.m.
A group of unidentified men observe thedamage and what little is left of the engine.
The "X" on the photo marks the spot where fireman J. W. Sullivan was found dead. Parts of the engine are pictured in the river.
Two unidentified men inspect the damage along the railroad tracks.
View from above looking down on the derailed train cars.
View of the site where the engine blew up at C. W. Cabin. Parts of the damaged engine can be seen at the bottom of the photo.
A group of unidentified men observe the damage which occurred roughly around 5:00 p.m.
The train car is pictured in the pit. Two unidentified men are pictured observing the scene.
View of the wreckage.
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.
An engine pulling a single train car sits on the tracks outside the station. Hinton Power Plant pictured in the background.
Two unidentified railroad employees stand beside Engine No. 201 on the C. & O. Railway.
Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.
Mr. Harris pictured on the right, directly next to the engine.
Wm. Arrington pictured on the engine.
A train car reads, "Chesapeake & Ohio".
Engine No. 307 pictured pulling "Chesapeake & Ohio" cars.
View overlooking train cars in the railroad yard beside a river.
A group of unidentified men and small boy stand beside the massive C. & O. engine.
Steam engine no. 1508, to the left, and diesel engine no. 6260, pictured to the right.
Engineer L. J. Brown, left, and fireman Lloyd Bryant, right, are pictured next to the locomotive.
A. B. Adams and Wm. Henry Arrington pictured beside the engine.
A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.
Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924  until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."
Looking at the engine sitting on the tracks, following by train cars reading, "Chesapeake & Ohio".