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Conductor O. J. Hellems, who died October 5, 1973, and sheet metal worker L. M. Reid are pictured.

1. Railroad Employees Sitting on Store Porch, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048619
Title:
Railroad Employees Sitting on Store Porch, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Conductor O. J. Hellems, who died October 5, 1973, and sheet metal worker L. M. Reid are pictured.
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."

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

IDNO:
048690
Title:
Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
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."
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.

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

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.
Looking at the engine sitting on the tracks, following by train cars reading, "Chesapeake & Ohio".

4. C. & O. Engine No. 128, Hinton, W. Va.

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".
A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.

5. C. & O. Engine No. 500 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048848
Title:
C. & O. Engine No. 500 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.
A. B. Adams and Wm. Henry Arrington pictured beside the engine.

6. Railroad Employees with Engine No. 737, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048852
Title:
Railroad Employees with Engine No. 737, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A. B. Adams and Wm. Henry Arrington pictured beside the engine.
Daughter of Jeremiah Mills and Louisa Elva Cassell (Mills). Grace had one brother, Jeremiah IV, and four sisters, Mabel, Elizabeth, Susie, and Louisa Elva.Grace was born December 3, 1871. She was employed by the C. & O. Railroad as a telegraph operator from July 1, 1893 to August 11, 1942. She died July 8, 1958.

7. Grace Mills Diefenbach of Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049255
Title:
Grace Mills Diefenbach of Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Daughter of Jeremiah Mills and Louisa Elva Cassell (Mills). Grace had one brother, Jeremiah IV, and four sisters, Mabel, Elizabeth, Susie, and Louisa Elva.Grace was born December 3, 1871. She was employed by the C. & O. Railroad as a telegraph operator from July 1, 1893 to August 11, 1942. She died July 8, 1958.
Smoke pours from the fast moving engine as it pulls the train cars across the rails.

8. C. & O. Railroad Locomotive and Train, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049900
Title:
C. & O. Railroad Locomotive and Train, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Smoke pours from the fast moving engine as it pulls the train cars across the rails.