Search Results
- IDNO:
- 048646
- Title:
- Crane Lifting Derailed C. & O. Cars After Engine 1642 Explosion at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1958
- Description:
- View of the wreckage.
- IDNO:
- 048648
- Title:
- Men Inspect Engine Explosion Damage at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1953/06/09
- Description:
- Johnny Richmond, pictured in the center with a cigarette in his mouth, and associates observe the wreckage which occurred around 5:00 p.m.
- IDNO:
- 048650
- Title:
- Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.
- IDNO:
- 048655
- Title:
- Men Observe the Remnants of Engine 1642 After Exploding at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1958
- Description:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 048692
- Title:
- Locomotive No. 175 on Hinton Round House Turntable, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.
- IDNO:
- 048700
- Title:
- Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 048813
- Title:
- C. & O. Engine No. 128, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Looking at the engine sitting on the tracks, following by train cars reading, "Chesapeake & Ohio".
- IDNO:
- 048814
- Title:
- C. & O. Train Passing through Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890
- Description:
- Two unidentified railroad employees stand beside Engine No. 201 on the C. & O. Railway.
- IDNO:
- 048816
- Title:
- C. & O. Train in Avis Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Engine No. 307 pictured pulling "Chesapeake & Ohio" cars.
- IDNO:
- 048838
- Title:
- Engine No. 490 at Huntington Yards, Huntington, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1949
- Description:
- The C. & O. Engine pictured on the yard tracks.
- IDNO:
- 048842
- Title:
- C. & O. Engine No. 500 in Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1947/06
- Description:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 048845
- Title:
- Experimental Steam/Electric Locomotive on First Trial Run, Alderson, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The C. & O. Railway Company test-runs its experimental engine, part of its "500 series".
