STEAM OPERATIONS
OF THE
CHESAPEAKE &OHIO RAILWAY
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William E. Simonton, III
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Updated 07/05/2008
July 5, 2008
Uploaded drawings of the trusses for the 1942-43 extension to Roundhouse Stalls 14, 15, 16 & 17.
December 19, 2007
Uploaded drawing of Coal House Building #83 which was located to the rear of the shops and provided coal to the blacksmith shop and roundhouse via a chute. Razed in the 1980's. A very early draft.
August 3, 2007
Uploaded HAER drawings of the Hinton west yard and the Hinton Depot. Unlike the other drawings these are in TIF format. Note that the yard illustrated west of the roundhouse contains a number of errors and is a mix of the pre 1930 yard and the post 1930 yard. The non-scale illustration in the article on steam operations is "correct" but not to scale.
May 31, 2007
Uploaded many of the drawings in high detail 1/4" Scale, i.e., except as noted the drawings will print in 1/48 Scale, and one may use Adobe Acrobat to zoom in to a very high resolution. The previously uploaded drawings were "printed" on 8.5 x 11 which limited the detail which could be seen. All the drawings will be available shortly in very high resolution pdf format.
May 24, 2007
Revised
May 22, 2007
Added revised and updated Roundhouse Plan 1916
Added Profile of Roundhouse Pits 14 thru 17 (As of 1916)
May 14, 2007
Added Profile of Roundhouse Pits 1 thru 11 (As of 1930)
Added Profile of Roundhouse Pits 12 & 13 (As of 1916)
Uploaded revised and updated Roundhouse Plan 1905-1910
October 30, 2005
Added buildings and info to Numbered Buildings List.
July 15, 2005
Posted beginnings of drawing of D&M Wash Machine Arrangement.
June 12, 2005
Posted drawings of 1930 Wash Rack (different & simpler design from the Wash Rack of circa 1947 following re-building).
June 3, 2005
Posted a list of the revisions to the Hinton (West Yard) Right of Way and Track Map. Completed June 5, 2005
June 1, 2005
Posted drawing of re-arrangement of Robertson Cinder Conveyor which was moved from Hinton, WV, in 1943, to Phoebus, VA.
Drawings partially completed.
May 22, 2005
1. Posted two additional Roy Long Articles on operations at Hinton on this site instead of linking to Bernard Kempinsky's website on the New River Subdivision. The site has not been updated since 2001, much has been removed, and I experienced a problem with MS IE while trying to access the site while checking outside links.
C&O TRAIN NO. 90, 'THE EXPEDITER', by Roy Long.
FREIGHT OPERATIONS AT HINTON, by Roy Long.
May 13, 2005
1. Posted partially completed drawing of Chillingsworth Air Operated Cinder Hoist.
July 21, 2004
1. Posted drawing of Turntable & Turntable Pit (Work in Progress)
July 19, 2004
1. Posted drawing of Hostler's Shanty Building #103.
July 14, 2004
1. Posted two drawings of Engine Wash Rack (90-95% complete)
2. Posted updated drawing of 3 track Pit for Fairbanks Morse Universal Cinder Conveyor
June 12, 2004
1. Posted C & O Drawing of Scale House (Part of C & O Standard Dwg. S-308 which was used at Hinton just west of depot).
2. Posted C & O Drawing of Grand Central Yard Office (Part of C & O Dwg. 5520).Located west of the Coal Dock.
3. Posted C & O Drawing of Fire Hose House near Freight House (C & O Dwg.X-1241)
4. Posted copy of Johns-Manville Smoke Jack Drawing (Used as modified on Roundhouse and Mallet House in 1942).
June 9, 2004
1. Completed posting drawings of the Mallet Engine House
Framing of the Mallet Engine House 1911-1942.
Mallet Engine House Elevation 1911-1942
Framing of the Mallet Engine House 1942-1959.
Mallet Engine House Elevations 1942-1959
Mallet Engine House Situation Plan
May 13, 2004
1. Posted drawings of the D & M Pump House Bldg 100.
2. Linked Numbered Structures List to posted drawings.
May 10, 2004
1. Finished uploading to website high-resolution Adobe Acrobat pdf files for all CADD generated files to replace low-resolution drawings.
All drawings are now printable and using the zoom-in feature of Adobe Acrobat much additional detail can be seen in the CADD
drawings.
2. Posted drawings of the Machine Shop, Blacksmith Shop and Carpenter's Shop Building.
May 6, 2004
1. Drawing of Roundhouse Doors and Extended Shed Roof used on Stalls 1 thru 13 (Here)
2. Drawing of 3 track cinder conveyer pit for Universal Cinder Conveyor (Mellin Patent)(Here)
May 1, 2004
The author spent two days at the spring work session at the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society at Clifton Forge, Virginia, on the 22nd and 23rd of March, 2004.
One day was spent indexing car lettering diagrams, but the second was spent indexing "As Built" drawings from the Hinton Subdivision. The process turned up the following items of interest:
1. Complete drawings of the 1950 system-wide diesel refueling system (which was also installed at Hinton), including the storage tank and foundations for it, the unloading systems and pump house.
2. A drawing of the 115' turntable pit as built in 1922 (Hinton used a Bethlehem Twin-Span Turntable)..
3. Additional drawings of the Engine Wash Rack sufficient to enable me to complete a set of drawings of the washing rack except for the wash machines themselves. I will continue my research on those D&M Wash Machines.
March 15, 2004
Added Fire Hose (Building 70) to the posted drawings.
March 1, 2004
Added a partially completed drawing of the Arch Brick Store House (Building 88) to the posted drawings.
Copyright 2004 - 2008 William E. Simonton, III