Doing exactly what they were purchased to do, a pair of Chessie SD50’s brings a trainload of tidewater-bound coal through Hinton, West Virginia on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line. SD50’s gaine... (more)

Backing onto the western-part of the New River Train, the engineer slows down before coupling to the Dearing Private car.

Amtrak’s westbound Cardinal approaches its station stop in Hinton, West Virginia. Passenger trains on the C&O main are having their troubles today, as is evidenced by the B&O GP40-2 helping an a... (more)

There’s no lack of signage to identify this location, CW Cabin, at milepost 359 on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line near Hinton, West Virginia. The train is the New River Train, returning to Hunt... (more)

Amtrak's phase I heritage unit led the 2015 New River Train eastbound. At Hinton, the three locomotives with the 156 on the east end have uncoupled from their train and run around to the west end... (more)

A Chessie System SD40 waits under the coaling tower in the yard in Hinton, W.Va.

Just rusting away. Here sits former Appalachian Power Company fireless 0-4-0.

Just rusting away. Here sits Appalachian Power Company fireless 0-4-0 pared with C&O MOW car #911220.

With a fresh crew and a clear route ahead, CSXT 241 heads west out of Hinton, WV with Empties for the mines of south western WV. The C&O Signals and infrastructure have all but dis-appeared in Wes... (more)

A few passengers from the New River train get there photos of the morning Cardinal.

Amtrak Cardinal races across the road crossing outside of Hinton trying to make up time on its way to Washington DC.

Number 51, the westbound Cardinal, passes beneath a cantilever C&O era signal bridge lurking in the shadows as its heads towards Thurmond, Huntington and ultimately, Chicago.

Two C&O E units have the 13 cars of eastbound Train 6, the “FFV,” paused at Hinton, W. Va. during the holidays on Dec. 30, 1960.

Not too far from Peach Creek, C&O had a string of 2-6-6-6’s condemned to scrap in the yard at Hinton, W. Va., such as 1624 on Aug. 5, 1956. I was too late to see and hear the brutes in action.