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217. Transfer of Freight from Chesapeake and Ohio Cars to the Steamboat 'Potomac' at Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
017002
Title:
Transfer of Freight from Chesapeake and Ohio Cars to the Steamboat 'Potomac' at Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1888
A bird's eye view of a tugboat pushing barges on Ohio river.

218. Aerial View of Coal Barges on the Ohio River

IDNO:
025595
Title:
Aerial View of Coal Barges on the Ohio River
Description:
A bird's eye view of a tugboat pushing barges on Ohio river.

219. View of New River Gorge from Hawks Nest

IDNO:
025606
Title:
View of New River Gorge from Hawks Nest
Date:
1939
Locomotive 'Westward Ho!' built by Roger in 1857 with 'cylinder 12"; diam. 20" stove; Diam of Driving Wheels 54".'

220. Locomotive 'Westward Ho!' Built by by Roger

IDNO:
025623
Title:
Locomotive 'Westward Ho!' Built by by Roger
Description:
Locomotive 'Westward Ho!' built by Roger in 1857 with 'cylinder 12"; diam. 20" stove; Diam of Driving Wheels 54".'
'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.'

221. 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.'
'Westward Ho - Delivered to Va. Central July 1857. Picture taken at Winifred Junction 1870. Andy F. Southworth, engineer, 'Barney' Hagen, fireman, standing on left side of pilot with tallow pot in his hand.'

222. Westward Ho Locomotive at Winifred Junction.

IDNO:
025725
Title:
Westward Ho Locomotive at Winifred Junction.
Date:
1870
Description:
'Westward Ho - Delivered to Va. Central July 1857. Picture taken at Winifred Junction 1870. Andy F. Southworth, engineer, 'Barney' Hagen, fireman, standing on left side of pilot with tallow pot in his hand.'
A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.

223. Unidentified Railroad Man

IDNO:
025727
Title:
Unidentified Railroad Man
Date:
1859-1860
Description:
A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.
A bird's-eye-view of the C&O Railway shops.

224. 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.)'

225. 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.)'
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Engine #436.

226. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Locomotive No. 436

IDNO:
025855
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Locomotive No. 436
Description:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Engine #436.
'Eng No. 33 Placed on Road 1870.'

227. Locomotive No. 33 and Crew

IDNO:
025912
Title:
Locomotive No. 33 and Crew
Date:
1870
Description:
'Eng No. 33 Placed on Road 1870.'
'R.P. Murray, Engineer, (father of E.A. Murray, Shop Superintendent) standing with oil can in hand; employed in 1852 by Virginia Central Railroad. On Mr. Murray's right is C.I. Smith, Fireman, employed by Virginia Central Railroad in 1886". The Virginia Central connected the Virginia Tidewater to the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

228. Locomotive No. 62 and Crew on Virginia Central Line

IDNO:
025916
Title:
Locomotive No. 62 and Crew on Virginia Central Line
Description:
'R.P. Murray, Engineer, (father of E.A. Murray, Shop Superintendent) standing with oil can in hand; employed in 1852 by Virginia Central Railroad. On Mr. Murray's right is C.I. Smith, Fireman, employed by Virginia Central Railroad in 1886". The Virginia Central connected the Virginia Tidewater to the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.