STEAM OPERATIONS

STEAM OPERATIONS

OF THE

CHESAPEAKE &OHIO RAILWAY

HINTON, WEST VIRGINIA

William E. Simonton, III

Last Updated: 7-29-2019

[ Roundhouse ] [ Mallet Engine House ] [ Coal Dock ] [ Sand Bunker ] [ Pit Structures ] [ Trackside Shanties ] [ C & O Drawings ] [ HAER Drawings ] [ Miscellaneous Drawings ] [ Freight Depot ] [ Passenger Station ]

The drawings were prepared using any official C & O drawings available from the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc., on-site measurements, and photographs. All are in 1/4" scale and direction is railroad direction. Please note that as a result of a loop in the New River at Hinton, geographical North corresponds to railroad South, and geographical East is railroad West. The drawing typically refer to railroad direction – not geographical direction.

Many were initially prepared starting with Generic CADD® and were subsequently transferred to VISUAL CADD®. CADD files in GENERIC CADD® format, VISUAL CADD® format, AUTOCAD DXF format, and AUTOCAD® format can be made available under terms limiting their reproduction and distribution. I will email the CADD files to any individual interested in closely examining the drawings upon their agreement not to reproduce and/or distribute copies. VISUAL CADD®has a free utility which permits viewing the drawing without purchasing the full CADD program.

The linked Adobe Acrobat® files were printed to file and then distilled using Adobe Acrobat Distiller to architectural size paper in Adobe pdf format prints. You may print them and zoom in if one uses Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later is recommended. Here is a link to download the free software Adobe Acrobat Reader. Typical file size is runs from 25K to 104K bytes. Areas which are "Hatched" with "Concrete" do not translate correctly and the hatch displays as a pattern of "+"s.

I will make N, HO, S and O scale copies available in pdf format upon an agreement not to reproduce and/or distribute copies.

I have concentrated on structures for which The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. does not have drawings, has only partial drawings, or although it may have the drawings in the archives, they have not been found or indexed.

HINTON YARDS - A pdf scan of C & O Drawing No. 6281-A which illustrates the Hinton and Avis Yards. This document was done in four (4) panels as the original drawing is approximately 32" x 12" at a scale of 1/4" = 100'. Page 1 starts at the left and are arranged 1, 2, 3 & 4 horizontally. The drawing was revised to 1978, and therefore all track changes and structures removed prior to 1978 are reflected in the drawing. A larger scale drawing (1" = 200') of the Hinton and Avis Yards circa 1946 may be obtained from the C & O Historical Society - Drawing No. 6281 (Note no "A") which is approximately 24" x 110".

HINTON COAL DOCK DRAWINGS -- AS REBUILT 1946 Notes

1. 800 Ton Fairbanks Morse Coal Dock R.R. East Elevation

2. 800 Ton Fairbanks Morse Coal Dock R.R. West Elevation

3. 800 Ton Fairbanks Morse Coal Dock R.R. North Elevation

4. 800 Ton Fairbanks Morse Coal Dock R.R. South Elevation

5. 800 Ton Fairbanks Morse Coal Dock Sections

6. Fairbanks Morse Coal Dock Coal Dock Plan (Hinton)

7. Coal Dock Foreman’s Office, Locker & Toilet

8. Coal Dock Pit Construction Details (from Fairbanks Morse drawings)

9. Interior Details of Monitor (from Fairbanks-Morse drawing).

10. 3D Drawing of Fairbanks Morse Co. 800 Ton Coal Dock Concrete structure of Coal Dock. Solid Outline works best for viewing in Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. Browser pdf viewrs will not work in 3D. Click on drawing to activate 3D mode. (WORK IN PROGRESS)