Appalachian Railroad Modeling

Chesapeake and Ohio
Prototype Photos

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C&O Geeps near the station at Thurmond, WV -Donald Haskel photo

C&O GP7s 5769 & 5883 working the coal tipple at Dunham, Kentucky, 4 Apr 1979 -Jay Thompson	C&O GP7 5769 at Dunham, Kentucky, 4 Apr 1979 -Jay Thompson	C&O GP7s 5769 & 5883 spotting empties at Dunham, Kentucky, 4 Apr 1979 -Jay Thompson
	C&O GP7 5811 & GP9 6227 at Shelby, Kentucky, 4 Apr 1979 -Jay Thompson

Two Northbound "rattlers" pause at Thurmond station to pick up clearance forms and train orders. It is a difficult summer for train crews because the C&O is ripping up one of two main tracks through the New River Gorge, Jul 1976 -Donald Haskel	C&O GP9 6234 waits at Thurmond, WV before heading up to Mount Hope with a mine run, Jul 1973 -Donald Haskel	Afternoon sun warms an empty coal train as it waits for its crew in Thurmond, WV, Jul 1973 -Donald Haskel
The Mt. Hope coal job heads west from Thurmond crossing the New River on a bridge shared with autos. Between the river chugging underneath and the coal cars bopping alongside, the driver in the car must be having the ride of his life, Jul 1973 -Donald Haskel	Pax mine run at Mount Hope, WV taking loads to a washing plant before heading back to Thurmond, WV, 10 Aug 72 -Donald Haskel	This Island Creek coal facility near Prince, WV served a tunnel mine, a shaft mine and a strip mine and generated 50 or more loads a day, Jun 1969 -Donald Haskel
In the 60s, prior to the arrival of the second generation locomotives, it was possible to see up to 50 GP9s in one day in the New River Valley. 5979 leads a coal train through Prince, WV, Aug 1968 -Donald Haskel	Looking down at a Newport News-bound coal train in the New River Valley from the Hawks Nest overlook, Jun 1968 -Donald Haskel	C&O 6092 entering Elkhorn City, KY, Dec 1964 -Ron Flanary