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Photo Identifier
1979.01.0255.25.08.01
Creation Date
1890
Description and Location
Engine No. 47 of the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad (N.N. & M.V.) at Huntington on C&O tracks.
The N.N. & M.V. Railroad was another of Collis P. Huntington's companies, which merged with the C&O.
Engine was a 4-4-0 "American" class steam engine, typical of 1890's light steam locomotives.
J.G. Eskew, master mechanic at Huntington’s C&O Shops is one of the men by the locomotive.
Transportation Category
Railroads and Railroad Stations
Media Format
photographic print
Keywords
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, railroad locomotives, railroads, steam engines, Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad
