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This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.

1. Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.

Shay No. 6 engine on tracks.  Published by C.E. Armstrong.

2. Shay No. 6 (Mountain Locomotive) New River Coal Field, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

Cass Mill in Backround (6 Stacks).

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger Train at Depot

Train engine.  At bottom of pix says:  Note:  Also applicable to shop No. 2248, C&O Rd. No. 11 (1910), built to same plan No. 1586.

4. Shay Shop No. 1933 Chesapeake & Ohio Road No. 8

Deer Creek sign to the right, houses sit on the left side of the tracks.

5. House and Deer Creek Town Sign on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Tracks.

Railroad tracks beside a building.

6. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Being Built at Cass, W. Va. Mill Site

Four horses pulling a large log.   Neither the store nor the railroad building are still standing today.

7. 10 Foot by 4 Foot Oak Log Delivered to the C& O Railroad Station at Seibert, Pocahontas County.

View of Dickinson Salt Works from opposite bank of Kanawha River. Made about 1910. This is the only picture in existance showing salt loaded on barge for ferrying across river where it was loaded on C&O Railroad. The New York Central Railroad had served the plant for years before this picture was taken, but due to higher freight rates by the NYC, it was still possible to ship by C&O to some points at a saving.

8. Dickinson Salt Works as Seen from the Opposite Bank of the Kanawha River

Bird's-eye view of Greenbrier River, Main Line C. and O. R.R. and junction of Greenbrier division, Allegheny Mountains in the Distance.

9. Bird's Eye View of Greenbrier River, Main Line C. and O. R. R. and Junction of Greenbrier Division

Rails outside of the Mt. Carbon Station.

10. Mt. Carbon's Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station

Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars after being filled.

11. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars at Mine Yard No. 204

A Chesapeake and Ohio coal car, corn shocks in the background.

12. Loaded Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car

Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background.

13. Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine

Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background. Taken at the Summerlee mine.

14. Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine

Caption on back reads, 'When better coal is prepared, White Oak will load and prepare it. We are proud of this picture of a car of "White Oak" Lump coal. This picture was also taken without the knowledge of the White Oak employees who loaded it. If you drive past any of the White Oak Mines on U.S. Highway 19-21, in Fayette County, W. Va., you will see many just like it.'

15. White Oak Coal in a Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car

Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars coming out of a loading dock at mine 207.

16. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars at Mine 207

Chesapeake and Ohio Coal train cars in front of a community of houses.

17. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars in Front of Houses

Virginian and C&O coal trains outside of a coal town.

18. Virginian and Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars Passing By Miner's Houses

Hopper filled with 3 Inch Lump Export Coal Company.

19. Coal Filled Chesapeake & Ohio Hopper; Export Coal Co. Fayette County, W. Va.

20. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car Loaded with Coal

21. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars Loaded with Miller's Creek Block

Railroad and houses at the Summerlee Mine.

22. Summerlee Mine

Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.

23. Beckley Coal at Tams, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Plant with filled Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cars beside of it.

24. Preparation Plant

Loading Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cars with coal at the Consolidation Clean Coal Cavalier Preparation Plant #207.

25. Consolidation Coal Company Cavalier Preparation Plant

Filled Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad cars lined up outside preparation plant.

26. Consolidation Coal Company Cavalier Preparation Plant

Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cars filled with three different types of coal.

27. Lump, Egg, and Stove Coal

Chesepeake and Ohio railroad car filled with stove coal.

28. Stove Coal, Price Hill Colliery Company

Chesapeake and Ohio railroad car filled with egg coal.

29. Egg Coal, Price Hill Colliery Company

Chesapeake and Ohio railroad car filled with lump coal.

30. Lump Coal, Price Hill Colliery Company

Houston Ware getting ready to board the 11:20 a.m. C&O train No. 14.

31. Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14

Tool shed sitting alongside the RR tracks.

32. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Chesapeake & Ohio Tool Shed

Picture shows the Chesapeake and Ohio section foreman's house.

33. View Up River from Fire Creek, W. Va.

Man standing next to a freight train.

34. Chesapeake and Ohio Local Freight at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Men standing amongst the remains of a Chesapeake and Ohio railraod car and other train wreckage on hte railway between Glen Jean and Thurmond, W. Va.

35. Train Wreckage on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Between Glen Jean and Thurmond, W. Va.

Chessapeake and Ohio train cars full of coal.

36. Coal Cars at Summerlee or Cranberry, W. Va.

Taken at Cranberry mine, Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars being filled under a tipple.

37. Loading Coal Cars at the Cranberry Mine Tipple

Chesapeake Coal Car getting loaded off of coal ramp.

38. Loading Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars

Kanawha Coal Co. tipple loading Chesapeake and Ohio coal cars.

39. Tipple of Kanawha Coal Company

Chesapeake and Ohio coal cars full of coal.

40. Loaded Coal Cars at Summerlee or Cranberry

C&O depot in Alderson W. Va. Men standing outside left to right: Moody Hokins, Harold Flack, Fred Patton, Floyd Thomas, Frank Bordurant, Agent T.L. Jamison, unknown, unknown, Freight Agent W.A. Hancock, J.C. Boggs (in doorway.)

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

Telegraph tower located in Alderson W. Va. Operators: O.D. Massey, in door; J Abe Bright, on left roof; J.G. Houchins, on right roof.

42. Chesapeake and Ohio Telegraph Tower at Alderson, W. Va.

People outside C&O railway passenger and express depot (Adams Express Co.)

43. Portion of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Passenger and Express Depot in Alderson, W. Va.

Telegrapher W.L.Knopp stands on right. Tower was known as "AD Cabin" and controled train movements between Ronceverte and Hinton. Twenty switches to Alderson sidings were operated here.

44. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Telegraph and Signal Tower at Alderson W. Va.

'Interior of Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson W. Va. At extreme left, behind counter is the station agent T.L. Dameron and standing on extreme right is freight agent W.A. Hancock (who worked in the Alderson station for fifty years. He was a deaf-mute.)'

45. Interior of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson, W. Va.

Frontal view of the Woodson - Mohler Grocery Co. Wholesale Grocers building in Alderson W. Va. with C&O boxcar situated in front of building.

46. Woodson-Mohler Grocery Co. in Alderson, W. Va.

'Looking East Along Greenbrier River.'

47. Chesapeake and Ohio Single Track Main Line, East of Alderson, W. Va.

'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.'

48. Huntington to Richmond Express Train at Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.

49. River and Railroad Tracks East of Alderson, W. Va.

50. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Charleston, W. Va.

Postcard of a train engine and people outside of the C and O Depot in Huntington, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

51. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

Interior of the C. and O. Machine Shops in Huntington, West Virginia.

52. Chesapeake and Ohio Machine Shops, Huntington, W. Va.

Several automobiles are parked in front of the C and O Railroad Depot in Huntington, West Virginia.

53. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

Portraits of C&O Railroad Officials in the early days of Huntington, West Virginia.

54. Officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Huntington, W. Va.

'Top: John Calhoun, E. P. Fullerton, unknown, Chas Delabar, unknown, Walter Beuhring. Bottom: Walter L. Irwin, Chas Hunter, Abe Pane [sic], unknown.'

55. Chesapeake and Ohio Front Office Force, Huntington, W. Va.

56. Tracks of the Main Line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Just East of Alderson, W. Va.

57. Mann's Tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Ft. Spring, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

View of the Iron Bridge at Whitcomb Depot, C. and O. Railroad on a low water area of the Greenbrier River in Greenbrier County.

58. Iron Bridge at Whitcomb Depot, C. and O. Railroad on the Greenbrier River, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Loading or unloading the Chesapeake and Ohio Express. ' Mrs. Ernest Rogers, 704 Temple Street, Hinton. Daughter of Allen W. Hedrick.'

59. Chesapeake and Ohio Express, Raleigh County, W. Va.

View of the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Raleigh County. 'Mrs. Lena Hicks'

60. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Raleigh, W. Va.

A picture postcard of Valley Heights Hotel on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Pence Springs, West Virginia.

61. Valley Heights Hotel on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Pence Springs, W. Va.

One of Hinton's early baseball teams.

62. Hinton C & O Baseball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

63. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive, Summers County, W. Va.

64. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive in Summers County, W. Va.

65. First Chesapeake and Ohio Round House on River Bank in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

'Exact date is unknown but picture is over 50 years old.'

66. Construction of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Bridge, Summers County, W. Va.

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

C.A. Ray with several crew members, C&O R.R..

68. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 378 and Crew

69. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Locomotive and Crew

'Cars used as public restaurant; ex Chesapeake and Ohio heavyweight diner coach #905 - 'Stuart House' rebuilt into diner (tables only).'

70. Restaurant Cars at Platform, Cass Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

'This coach was built in 1860, cost $6,036.00; used by Virginia Central during Civil War and was one of the first passenger coaches used by C&O in W. Va.; used in shop train at Huntington for many years.  It is scrapped in 1931.'

71. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Shop Employees Car E13

'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.'

72. Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14 on the Platform at the Depot in Alderson, W.Va.

'Engine terminal, round house, coaling station, water thanks, machine shops, turntable and office building ca. 1950.  The Guyan river runs between the shops and W. Va. Highway 10.  This picture was produced just before the diesel came online with the C&O.  All the shops are visible except the lower end where the pittracks existed.'

73. Bird's Eye View of Railroad Yard at Peach Creek, Logan County, W. Va.

A bird's-eye-view of the C&O Railway shops.

74. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Shops, Huntington, W. Va.

'C&O Depot, Broad at 16th Streets...Richmond, Va... Picture about 1870.  (This picture was part of the Cook Photographer collection.  It is thought that the original negative was glass; that it cracked and that accounts for the dark streak across this print.)'

75. African-Americans at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Richmond, Va.

A view of a C&O depot near Sandstone; there are several buildings, workers, horses and buggies, and piled lumber in sight.

76. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot Near Sandstone

'Storms out of Alderson, towards Hinton on a winter day in 1909, pulled by an Atlantic (4-4-2) Locomotive, as a freight recedes into the background.

77. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No.13

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

78. Chesapeake and Ohio No. 4

'(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.'

79. Chesapeake and Ohio Atlantic Type Locomotive No. 8

Baldwin Locomotive 2-8-8-2 type, Road No. 1572; Technical specifications on the back of original.

80. Chesapeake and Ohio Baldwin High Pressure Articulated Locomotive No. 1572

81. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive and Crew

A C.& O. locomotive in a train yard with workers a round.

82. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive and Crew

'Transferred from W. E. Glasscock Papers enc. w/tls Glasscock from O. E. Houchins, Hinton 10/11/1910'

83. Mob at Hinton, W. Va.

'Transferred from W. E. Glasscock Papers enc. w/tls Glasscock from O. E. Houchins, Hinton 10/11/1910'

84. Mob Cutting Engine Loose from Car at Hinton, W. Va.

C. A. Ray and others are on a parked locomotive #378.

85. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 378 and Crew

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3728; C. & O. H-6 Mallet #1479 doubleheading with a second 2-6-6-2 on coal train on Piney Creek branch near Sanaford, W. Va.'

86. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 1479

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR 3700 H-6, 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1307 with coal train at railroad / highway grade crossing near Logan, W. Va. - condensing white exhaust.'

87. Mallet No. 1307 with Coal Train at Railroad / Highway Grade Crossing near Logan, W. Va.

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-280; L-2 Hudson #307 being turned on roundhouse turntable at Hinton, W. Va.'

88. L-2 Hudson No. 307 on Roudhouse Turntable at Hinton, W. Va.

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2372; Right 3/4 view of H-6, 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1485 at Handley, W. Va.; K-4 #2700 in background.'

89. Mallet No. 1485 at Handley, W. Va.

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-308; C. & O. H-6 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1479 passing #1445 on Piney Creek branch.'

90. Chesapeake and Ohio Mallet Locomotive No. 1479 Passing No. 1445 on Piney Creek Branch

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-2375; C. & O. H-7, 2-8-8-2 Simple Articulated #1572 - Left 3/4 portrait view.'

91. Chesapeake and Ohio Simple Articulated Locomotive No. 1572

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-264; C.& O. H-7, 2-8-8-2 Simple Articulated #1577 on coal train climbing Allegheny grade near White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. June 1943.'

92. Locomotive No. 1577 Climbing Allegheny Grade near White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-5158, right 3/4 view of K-4 #2700 at Handley, W. Va. engine terminal.'

93. Locomotive No. 2700 at Handley Engine Terminal

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-277; L-2 Hudson #300 and H-8 Allegheny #1612 side by side at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal, March 1946, Steam.'

94. L-2 Hudson Locomotive No. 300 and H-8 Allegheny Locomotive No. 1612 Side by Side at Hinton, W. Va.

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-281; K-3 Mikado #1210 at Hinton, W. Va. beside the ash pit dumping ashes.  Good view of ash hoist.  March, 1946.'

95. K-3 Mikado Locomotive No.1210 at Hinton, W. Va.

Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'Negative #CSPR-282; H-8 Allegheny #1638 in front of the "Mallet House" at Hinton, W. Va. engine terminal.  March 1946.'

96. H-8 Allegheny No. 1638 in front of Mallet House at Hinton, W. Va. Engine Terminal.