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Engine No. 7 sitting beside stall No. 1 of the roundhouse. A group of unidentified workers stand on along the tracks and sit on the train.

1. C. & O. Locomotive Outside of Roundhouse, Hinton, W. Va.

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

Stoddard family pictured beside the turntable, which was 900 feet in circumference.

3. Locomotive No. 175 on Hinton Round House Turntable, Hinton, W. Va.

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.

4. C. & O. Engine No. 500 in Hinton, W. Va.

Engineer L. J. Brown, left, and fireman Lloyd Bryant, right, are pictured next to the locomotive.

5. C. & O. Railroad Emloyees Beside Engine No. 602, Hinton, W. Va.

Steam billows from the locomotive as it trails through the railroad yard.

6. Likely the Last Locomotive to Ever Pass through Hinton, W. Va.

Smoke pours from the fast moving engine as it pulls the train cars across the rails.

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