Search Results
- 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:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 048850
- Title:
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1947/06
- Description:
- Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.
- IDNO:
- 048851
- Title:
- C. & O. Railroad Emloyees Beside Engine No. 602, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1955
- Description:
- Engineer L. J. Brown, left, and fireman Lloyd Bryant, right, are pictured next to the locomotive.
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 049094
- Title:
- Train Passing by Lilly Hotel, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890
- Description:
- Steam shoots from a locomotive passing through the city.
- IDNO:
- 049123
- Title:
- Passenger Engines Below the Inspection Pit, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1942
- Description:
- The locomotives sit on the tracks below the pit.
- IDNO:
- 049254
- Title:
- Mrs. Diefenbach and Horse by C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- Diefenbach, a telegraph operator for the C. & O. Railroad, rode this horse to and from the cabin.
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 049896
- Title:
- Likely the Last Locomotive to Ever Pass through Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1955
- Description:
- Steam billows from the locomotive as it trails through the railroad yard.
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 049963
- Title:
- Mrs. Robert Murrell and Associates Beside Railroad Track North of Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Mrs. Murrell, left, is pictured with an unidentified man and unidentified woman beside the track.