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'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.'

1. 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.'

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

2. Chesapeake and Ohio No. 4

IDNO:: 025792
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio No. 4
Date:: 1909
Description:: 'Chesapeake & Ohio train #4 thunders over the Monroe Street crossing at Alderson, W. Va. in 1909.'

'(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.'

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Atlantic Type Locomotive No. 8

IDNO:: 025793
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio Atlantic Type Locomotive No. 8
Date:: 1909
Description:: '(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.'

A view of C.& O. train station at Alderson, W. Va.; shown here passengers boarding on a train and others on a platform.

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

IDNO:: 025875
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Alderson, W. Va.
Description:: A view of C.& O. train station at Alderson, W. Va.; shown here passengers boarding on a train and others on a platform.