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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.

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

A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.

722. C. & O. Engine No. 500 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

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

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

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

Workers pictured in the background at the construction site.

725. Bridge Under Construction on C. & O. Railroad, Lowell, W. Va.

View of the building from across the tracks. The lead track behind the cabin leads to the interchange yard.

726. C. & O. Cabin at Meadow Creek, W. Va.

Looking at power-plant structures and equipment from the C. & O. railroad yards.

727. Power Plant beside C. & O. Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

Legendary engineer, Richardson, pictured in white coveralls, poses next to new American engine No. 70 after a run from Hinton.

728. Billy Richardson with C. & O. Class-A Locomotive in Huntington, W. Va.

Pictured on the far left is Scott Owens (foreman). The rest of the workers are unidentified. The group is pictured on the railroad tracks with a smaller cart.

729. C. & O. Section Gang, Summers County, W. Va.

Old-fashioned coke ovens pictured in the background where pollution fills the surrounding area.

730. C. & O. Railway Looking West From Rear Car of Train No. 14 at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Three unidentified men are pictured outside the wooden building. The picture view looks east at milepost 369.9 at the New River sub-division.

731. C. & O. Station at Meadow Creek, W. Va.

Smoke billows from the engine which sits behind twenty-eight cars of coal. The photo was taken on the east end of Meadow Creek.

732. C. & O. Engine No. 1445 On Rear End of Coal Train Pulled by Engine No. 1387 on the Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railway in Meadow Creek, W. Va.