STEAM OPERATIONS

STEAM OPERATIONS

OF THE

CHESAPEAKE &OHIO RAILWAY

HINTON, WEST VIRGINIA

William E. Simonton, III

Last Updated: July 05, 2008

[ Roundhouse ] [ Mallet Engine House ] [ Coal Dock ] [ Sand Bunker ] [ Pit Structures ] [ Trackside Shanties ] [ C & O Drawings ] [ HAER Drawings ] [ Miscellaneous Drawings ] [ Sanborn Maps 1930 ]

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

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

C & O 800 Ton Fairbanks Morse Coal Docks

Stevens, Kentucky – Elevated Hoist House & Additional Internal Coal Bin, and Coaling Chutes. After 1948.

a) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. East)

b) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. South)

c) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. North)

d) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. West)

Fulton Yard, Richmond, Virginia – Straight Hoist Shaft and modified Hoist House.

a) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. East)

b) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. South)

c) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. North)

d) Elevation (similar to Hinton R.R. West)

HINTON SAND BUNKER -- AS REBUILT 1946

1. 200 Ton Fairbanks Morse Sand Bunker (2 elevations) Note

2. 200 Ton Fairbanks Morse Sand Bunker (2 elevations)

3. Sections, Plan and Details

MISCELLANEOUS PIT STRUCTURES

1. Three track Fairbanks Morse Universal Cinder Conveyer (Mellin Patent)(After 1943) (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Chillingsworth Air Operated Cinder Hoist - Not used at Hinton (used at Richmond), but the details of the cinder hoist

provide engineering details of the size and weight of steel used and particularly of the dumping mechanism which was

used on "Universal" cinder conveyors manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse, Ogle, and Roberts & Shaefer, and should

be helpful to any modeler attempting to build a "Universal" cinder conveyor.

2. Fire Hose House Building 70

3. Arch Brick Storage House Building 88 (WORK IN PROGRESS)

4. D & M Pump House Building 100 Part of the Engine Wash Rack System

5. Ash Pan Thawing Devices (scanned from C & O Drawing)

6. 1930 Wash Rack (Based upon drawing found in Chief Engineers files when Wash Rack was rebuilt ca. 1947.)

7. a) Wash Rack Sections as rebuilt circa 1947 (Complete except for D&M Wash Machine & pipes)

b) Wash Rack Plan View as rebuilt circa 1947 with Grids Installed & D & M Pump House

c) D&M Wash Machine Arrangement. (WORK IN PROGRESS) (Early partial draft).

d) Notes

8. Hostler's Shanty Building #103

9. Bethlehem 115' Twin Span Turntable & Turntable Pit (WORK IN PROGRESS) (Note)

10. Robertson Cinder Conveyor Re-Arrangement (Hinton, WV/Phoebus, VA)

11. Coal House Building 83 (WORK IN PROGRESS)

HINTON TRACK SIDE STRUCTURES

COHS Photo: Used with permission (Photo contains "Hot Spots" identifying structures.

1. Tool House Section 122 Note

2. Hostler’s & Passenger Car Equipment House

3. Switchmen’s Shanty Building 27

4. Signal & Water Supply House Building 28

5. Motor Car House No. 1 Building 29

6. Ice House & Icing Platform Building 30 I ce House

7. Ice House & Icing Platform Building 30 (1934) Before western ice platform added.

8. Engine Yard Laborer’s Shanty Building 31

9. Linemen’s Tool House Building 106 Note

10. Propane Gas Storage House Building 108 Note

11. Inspection Motor Car House Building 109

12. Rear Airmen’s Shanty Note

HINTON ROUNDHOUSE Roundhouse Article (1905-1980)

1. Plan View Circa 1905-1910 Updated 5/14/2007

a. "As Built" End Walls and Rear Panel Elevation (typical) drawings.

b. End Walls and Rear Panel Elevation (typical) drawings after monitor roof was added (before 1916).

c. Typical Section through monitor roof.

2. Plan Circa 1916 Updated /22/2007

a. End Wall and Rear Panel Elevations (typical)

b. Section through typical stall (12 thru 17).

c. Profile of Pits 12 & 13

d. Profile of Pits 14 thru 17

3. Plan Circa 1930

a. Section through typical stall (5 thru 11)

b. Rear Panel Elevations (1930)

c. Profile of Pits 1 thru 11

d. R.R. East End Wall at Power House

e. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. has drawings of the 1928-29 addition.

4. Plan Circa 1943

a. End Wall at Stall 17 and Rear Panel Elevations

b. Section through Stall 16, Roundhouse Office, End Wall Stall 14

c. T-1 & T-2 Trusses

d. T-3 & T-4 Trusses

e. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. has drawing of the 1942 addition.

5. Plan Circa 1946

a. Firewall Addition of 1946 with existing firewall.

b. Profile of Doors and extended stalls 1 thru 13.

6. Plan Circa 1953 (Incomplete)

7. Drawings of Machine Shop, Blacksmith Shop, and Carpenter Shop -- Note that the drawings of the Blacksmith Shop, etc., are based upon the known footprint (per C & O drawings), drawings of the proposed roundhouse dated 1903 which contain a railroad east elevation of the blacksmith shop (not as drawn here), a photo of the doors of the Blacksmith Shop or Oil House, a photo of the rear of the roundhouse in which one can see a roof monitor, and the drawings of the 1921 Air Brake Repair Room addition to the side of the blacksmith shop. The drawings is therefore an educated best guess and will be subjected to much further research.

MALLET ENGINE HOUSE - Notes on Mallet Engine House Drawings

COHS #1403 (1947) Used with permission.

1. Framing Drawings As Built (1911-1942). Includes Plan View.

2. Exterior Elevations As Built (1911-1942).

3. Framing Drawings As Modified (1942-1959). Includes Plan View.

4. Exterior Elevations As Modified (1942-1959).

5. Mallet Engine House Situation Plan - Scanned from C & O Drawing.

C & O DRAWINGS (Referenced or linked on this website)

Tail Tracks added to turntable 1942. Scanned from C & O Drawing.
Wood Partition between Stalls 11 & 12 C & O Dwg X-2708. Scanned C & O Drawing
Ash Pan Thawing Devices. Scanned from C & O Drawing.
Universal Cinder Conveyor Scanned from C & O Drawing.
Roundhouse Door Extensions Scanned C & O Drawing
Fire Hose House - At Freight Platform Above Roundhouse - Scanned C & O Drawing
Scale House Bldg # 33 - Standard C & O Scale House used at Hinton Dwg. No. S-308
Grand Central Yard Office - Assist. Yard Foreman's Office 1921.

HAER DRAWINGS (TIF Format)

1. West Yard Hinton (Incorrect railroad west of Roundhouse) 1.78 MB

2. Hinton Depot (Set 1) 1.92 MB

3. Hinton Depot (Set 2) 1.13 MB

MISCELLANEOUS DRAWINGS

Robertson Cinder Conveyor (SS Limited)
RO-WAY Overhead Door Details (1942 Roundhouse Extension) Scanned Document
Johns-Manville Transite Smoke Jack (Found in engineer's file for the 1942 Roundhouse Extension. See Here for Actual Config.

SANBORN INSURANCE MAPS (1930)