https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/039033https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/039033.jpgLast Steam Locomotive to Pass Through Hinton, West Virginiaca. 1964Steam locomotives--West Virginia--Hinton.Railroads--Engines and Cars.Shay locomotives.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."West Virginia History OnView