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The C. & O. Engine pictured on the yard tracks.

1537. Engine No. 490 at Huntington Yards, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
048838
Title:
Engine No. 490 at Huntington Yards, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1949
Description:
The C. & O. Engine pictured on the yard tracks.
Wm. Arrington pictured on the engine.

1538. Engine No. 494 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048839
Title:
Engine No. 494 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
Wm. Arrington pictured on the engine.
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.

1539. C. & O. Engine No. 500 in Hinton, W. Va.

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.
The C. & O. Railway Company test-runs its experimental engine, part of its "500 series".

1540. Experimental Steam/Electric Locomotive on First Trial Run, Alderson, W. Va.

IDNO:
048845
Title:
Experimental Steam/Electric Locomotive on First Trial Run, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The C. & O. Railway Company test-runs its experimental engine, part of its "500 series".
A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.

1541. 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.
Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.

1542. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

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

1543. C. & O. Railroad Emloyees Beside Engine No. 602, Hinton, W. Va.

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.
A. B. Adams and Wm. Henry Arrington pictured beside the engine.

1544. 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.

1545. C. & O. Engine No. 4007 at Alderson Depot, Alderson, W. Va.

IDNO:
048853
Title:
C. & O. Engine No. 4007 at Alderson Depot, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1952
Vernal S. Long pictured in the engine. Long was the engineer on the M-1 Engine No. 500 while making its first run from Clifton Forge, Va. to Hinton, W. Va.

1546. Engineer on Engine No. 1619 at Clifton Forge, Va.

IDNO:
048854
Title:
Engineer on Engine No. 1619 at Clifton Forge, Va.
Date:
1952/09/06
Description:
Vernal S. Long pictured in the engine. Long was the engineer on the M-1 Engine No. 500 while making its first run from Clifton Forge, Va. to Hinton, W. Va.
From left to right is Mr. McClean, Isaac Boone, Mr. Wickline, and Pete Gilmer. The man on the far right and in the back are unidentified.

1547. Group of Men In Front of Engine No. 2317 at an Unknown Location

IDNO:
048855
Title:
Group of Men In Front of Engine No. 2317 at an Unknown Location
Date:
1927
Description:
From left to right is Mr. McClean, Isaac Boone, Mr. Wickline, and Pete Gilmer. The man on the far right and in the back are unidentified.
Sampson pictured smoking a pipe with a set of headphones over his ears.

1548. Harry Sampson in Telegraph Office in Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
048856
Title:
Harry Sampson in Telegraph Office in Prince, W. Va.
Date:
1922/10
Description:
Sampson pictured smoking a pipe with a set of headphones over his ears.