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The new and old structures sit next to each other beside the C. & O. railroad tracks.

733. New and Old Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad M. W. Cabins, Hilldale, W. Va.

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."

734. Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia

Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.

735. Locomotive No. 175 on Hinton Round House Turntable, Hinton, W. Va.

Sign above the bar reads, "Union Liquor Co., J. A. Watkins, proprietor." The store was located on the lower portion of 3rd Avenue. Seven unidentified man pose in front of the entrance.

736. Union Liquor Co. Building on Third Avenue, Hinton, W. Va.

View of the city across the river.

737. City of Hinton on New River, Summers County, W. Va.

Three unidentified women, accompanied by two unidentified men, are pictured sitting on the railing of the wooden bridge.

738. Group Pictured on Footbridge in Forest near Hinton, W. Va.

View overlooking New River and the bridge that leads into the old city.

739. Hinton, W. Va.

Drawn, colored depiction of the city set beside New River.Postcard postmarked January 22, 1933 was published by Dolin Bros. of Hinton, W. Va. See original for correspondence.

740. Bird's Eye View of Hinton, W. Va.

View from across the river looking at the west side of the city.

741. West End of Hinton, W. Va.

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.

742. Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

A group of unidentified soldiers stand in formation at the station.

743. World War II Troop at Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

Steam engine no. 1508, to the left, and diesel engine no. 6260, pictured to the right.

744. Steam and Diesel Engines in Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.