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Hopper filled with 3 Inch Lump Export Coal Company.

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

IDNO:
002079
Title:
Coal Filled Chesapeake & Ohio Hopper; Export Coal Co. Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Description:
Hopper filled with 3 Inch Lump Export Coal Company.
Portraits of C&O Railroad Officials in the early days of Huntington, West Virginia.

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

IDNO:
007144
Title:
Officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1898
Description:
Portraits of C&O Railroad Officials in the early days of Huntington, West Virginia.
'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.'

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Shop Employees Car E13

IDNO:
025724
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Shop Employees Car E13
Description:
'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.'
A bird's-eye-view of the C&O Railway shops.

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

IDNO:
025758
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Shops, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1942
Description:
A bird's-eye-view of the C&O Railway shops.
'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.)'

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

IDNO:
025769
Title:
African-Americans at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Richmond, Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
'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.)'
'Grand view at Quinnimont West Virginia, on main line of the Chesapeake and Ohio, route of the George Washington and the Sportsman, air conditioned flyers to Washington and the East. New River - C & O Main Line (Ch. 36, p.472).'

6. Grand View looking towards Quinnimont, W. Va.

IDNO:
025813
Title:
Grand View looking towards Quinnimont, W. Va.
Date:
1933/08/29
Description:
'Grand view at Quinnimont West Virginia, on main line of the Chesapeake and Ohio, route of the George Washington and the Sportsman, air conditioned flyers to Washington and the East. New River - C & O Main Line (Ch. 36, p.472).'
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Engine #436.

7. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Locomotive No. 436

IDNO:
025855
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Locomotive No. 436
Description:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Engine #436.
'From roof of C.& O. station shed looking southwest. All that vacant ground you see is now Huntington's south side.'

8. View from Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot Near Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
026164
Title:
View from Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot Near Huntington, W. Va.
Description:
'From roof of C.& O. station shed looking southwest. All that vacant ground you see is now Huntington's south side.'
'C. & O. R.R. Locomotive #32; Builder Name--Danforth Loco, Co. placed in service 1870. Cylinders 16" x 24"; weight of engines with three gauges of water 61650 pounds; Diam drivers 60:; dimensions of fire box 58 1/2 feet by 35 feet by 60 1/2 feet; No. of Flues 149; Diam of flues 2 inches; length of flues 11 feet, 1 inch; Diam of Boiler 46 7/8 feet; Service Passenger.'

9. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 32

IDNO:
026172
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 32
Date:
1870
Description:
'C. & O. R.R. Locomotive #32; Builder Name--Danforth Loco, Co. placed in service 1870. Cylinders 16" x 24"; weight of engines with three gauges of water 61650 pounds; Diam drivers 60:; dimensions of fire box 58 1/2 feet by 35 feet by 60 1/2 feet; No. of Flues 149; Diam of flues 2 inches; length of flues 11 feet, 1 inch; Diam of Boiler 46 7/8 feet; Service Passenger.'
"The great contractor who drove the last spike to complete the main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio."

10. Claiborne R. Mason

IDNO:
029598
Title:
Claiborne R. Mason
Description:
"The great contractor who drove the last spike to complete the main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio."
'Pres. C. & O. R.R.'

11. George W. Stevens

IDNO:
029974
Title:
George W. Stevens
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
'Pres. C. & O. R.R.'
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On back of portrait: "Sitting: T. H. Allen, Supervisor of bridges and buildings C&O Railways; J. M. Gooch, Train Master, Raleigh; ___ Grubbs, General Supervisor C&O; W. J. Hedrick, Supervisor Maintenance (retiring); Henry Suffer, Assistant Coal Engineer; Bert Hatcher, Road Foreman of Engineers; unidentified. Standing: Chas. Hodel, Publisher and reporting for his Beckley newspapers; Eugene Nichols, Secretary Foreman; unidentified; W. A. Martin, Secretary Foreman; J. L. Hamler, Secretary Foreman; Emmet Wray, Secretary Foreman; ____ Cales, Supervisor of Water Supply; Z. Bennett, Secretary Foreman; W. J. Hendrick Jr., Beckley Depot; Edward Hedrick, Ticket Agent; unidentified; Harry Huffman, Train Master; Thurmond ____ McVey, Engineer; Jerry Mannix, Shop Foreman Raleigh; Z. W. Lafan, Secretary Foreman; unidentified; M. E. Luster, Secretary Foreman; John Brackman, Train Dispatcher; George Thompson, Secretary Foreman; G. A. Farley, Secretary Foreman."

12. Group Portrait at Raleigh Terminal, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
036401
Title:
Group Portrait at Raleigh Terminal, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1940/04/01
Description:
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On back of portrait: "Sitting: T. H. Allen, Supervisor of bridges and buildings C&O Railways; J. M. Gooch, Train Master, Raleigh; ___ Grubbs, General Supervisor C&O; W. J. Hedrick, Supervisor Maintenance (retiring); Henry Suffer, Assistant Coal Engineer; Bert Hatcher, Road Foreman of Engineers; unidentified. Standing: Chas. Hodel, Publisher and reporting for his Beckley newspapers; Eugene Nichols, Secretary Foreman; unidentified; W. A. Martin, Secretary Foreman; J. L. Hamler, Secretary Foreman; Emmet Wray, Secretary Foreman; ____ Cales, Supervisor of Water Supply; Z. Bennett, Secretary Foreman; W. J. Hendrick Jr., Beckley Depot; Edward Hedrick, Ticket Agent; unidentified; Harry Huffman, Train Master; Thurmond ____ McVey, Engineer; Jerry Mannix, Shop Foreman Raleigh; Z. W. Lafan, Secretary Foreman; unidentified; M. E. Luster, Secretary Foreman; John Brackman, Train Dispatcher; George Thompson, Secretary Foreman; G. A. Farley, Secretary Foreman."