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Inscribed on the back of Photograph: "Meadow River Engine No. 7 at Hinton Yards enroute to Cass. Standing on the footboard with his camera is John E. Faulconer of the Hinton Daily News; Holding the child is James P. Williams, C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) Brakeman. Also in the photograph is Raymon Ratliff, C&O Dispatcher. Others are not identified. By 1964, diesel engines had replaced the once famous steam engine."

409. Last Steam Locomotive to Pass Through Hinton, West Virginia

IDNO:
039033
Title:
Last Steam Locomotive to Pass Through Hinton, West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1964
Description:
Inscribed on the back of Photograph: "Meadow River Engine No. 7 at Hinton Yards enroute to Cass. Standing on the footboard with his camera is John E. Faulconer of the Hinton Daily News; Holding the child is James P. Williams, C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) Brakeman. Also in the photograph is Raymon Ratliff, C&O Dispatcher. Others are not identified. By 1964, diesel engines had replaced the once famous steam engine."
C&O Railroad Coal Pier extending into the James River.

410. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Domestic Coal Pier, Newport News, Va.

IDNO:
039034
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Domestic Coal Pier, Newport News, Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
C&O Railroad Coal Pier extending into the James River.
On the left, Western Union Simplex Printer and right, AT&T Company Teletype. The workers seated at each machine are not identified.

411. C.H. Mead Coal Company Sales Department, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039041
Title:
C.H. Mead Coal Company Sales Department, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
On the left, Western Union Simplex Printer and right, AT&T Company Teletype. The workers seated at each machine are not identified.
The man standing beside the steam boiler is J. A. Coulter, who later became an engineer for C&O, others in the photograph are not identified. The water tank is the original, it was replaced several years later by another. This photograph was taken before the double track was made through Sewell. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: " C to Ry Engineer deceased via Jim Henry Waverly - C. A. Coulter 209 First Street, West Logan, W. Va. 25601".

412. Building Bridge Across Manns Creek on Mainline of Chesapeake & Ohio at Sewell, W. Va.

IDNO:
039044
Title:
Building Bridge Across Manns Creek on Mainline of Chesapeake & Ohio at Sewell, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
The man standing beside the steam boiler is J. A. Coulter, who later became an engineer for C&O, others in the photograph are not identified. The water tank is the original, it was replaced several years later by another. This photograph was taken before the double track was made through Sewell. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: " C to Ry Engineer deceased via Jim Henry Waverly - C. A. Coulter 209 First Street, West Logan, W. Va. 25601".
Unidentified men work to salvage track and train after a wreck in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "Hinton Daily News Coll. from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail Su Co WV 8-26-1996".

413. Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.

IDNO:
039045
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Unidentified men work to salvage track and train after a wreck in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "Hinton Daily News Coll. from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail Su Co WV 8-26-1996".
Unidentified men work to salvage the wrecked train in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "Hinton Daily News Coll from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail, Su Co WV 8-26-1996".

414. Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.

IDNO:
039046
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Unidentified men work to salvage the wrecked train in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "Hinton Daily News Coll from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail, Su Co WV 8-26-1996".
Front, Left to right: Tom Epperley, Perry Goff, Joe Conner, ___ Bragg, Adolphus Harvey, H. F. Burrow; Back Row, Left, Nathan Lane and ___ Clark.

415. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Fire Brigade, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
039064
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Fire Brigade, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1927
Description:
Front, Left to right: Tom Epperley, Perry Goff, Joe Conner, ___ Bragg, Adolphus Harvey, H. F. Burrow; Back Row, Left, Nathan Lane and ___ Clark.
Three unidentified men seated on a velocipede at the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Depot and Telegraph Office in Prince, West Virginia. "J. S. Sampson Collection"

416. Three on Railway Velocipede, Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039065
Title:
Three on Railway Velocipede, Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:
Three unidentified men seated on a velocipede at the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Depot and Telegraph Office in Prince, West Virginia. "J. S. Sampson Collection"
Andrew Rush rides a hand operated rail cycle, also known as a velocipede, at the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot.

417. Telegraph Operator Andrew Rush on Velocipede at Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
039067
Title:
Telegraph Operator Andrew Rush on Velocipede at Prince, W. Va.
Date:
1916
Description:
Andrew Rush rides a hand operated rail cycle, also known as a velocipede, at the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot.
Group portrait of operators in front of a C&O Railway schedule board. L to R; David W. Morgan, Valmer A. Meadow, J. B. Thomas, Todie B. Green. Other information the back of the photograph includes: "from Roy Long Coll 1998"

418. Telegraph Operators, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
039069
Title:
Telegraph Operators, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Prince, W. Va.
Date:
1915
Description:
Group portrait of operators in front of a C&O Railway schedule board. L to R; David W. Morgan, Valmer A. Meadow, J. B. Thomas, Todie B. Green. Other information the back of the photograph includes: "from Roy Long Coll 1998"
Five unidentified men pose outside the meat house (in the foreground) and the ice house on the right, near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot in Prince, West Virginia.

419. Meat and Ice Houses East of Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039070
Title:
Meat and Ice Houses East of Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Five unidentified men pose outside the meat house (in the foreground) and the ice house on the right, near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot in Prince, West Virginia.
C&O railroad junction at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia.

420. Chesapeake & Ohio Train, Eastbound (EB) 6213 at Quinnimont, W. Va.

IDNO:
039073
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Train, Eastbound (EB) 6213 at Quinnimont, W. Va.
Date:
1976
Description:
C&O railroad junction at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia.