HUNTINGTON - By the end of April, the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society will no longer be allowed to operate any private car moves out of Huntington on Amtrak's tri-weekly Cardinal ...

The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, a 59-year old non-profit organization, operates private railroad cars through Amtrak – including the New River Train from Huntington to ...

HUNTINGTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says Amtrak has created a financial hardship for the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, causing its employees to be laid off and the ...

HUNTINGTON'S CAREER. As a Railroad Builder, Financier, and Resourceful Man of Business, He Stood Pre-eminent. Collis Potter Huntington, railroad magnate—one of the six men who are at the head of ...

Collis Huntington had a preternatural sense for buying and selling. He came to California in 1849 at news of gold. He found success vending supplies to men chasing their fortunes in icy streams.

The yard’s father was first a traveling peddler then a ’49er and aggressive railroad tycoon. From his California Gold Rush days to his mistress from Richmond, Collis P. Huntington led an ...

Some stories are too good to be true, so they probably aren't. But true or not, one that Richard Rayner tells about the California railroad baron Collis P. Huntington is key to Rayner's portrait ...

BELPRE — The annual Belpre Railroad Day was held Saturday at Depot Park in Belpre, providing activities and historical information about the railroads and their history in Belpre and the Mid ...

Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader said the fire at the CSX rail yard involved 3,000-5,000 railroad ties. "There’s a lot of product on railroad ties,” Rader said.

If man caves existed in the early 20th century, then American railroad tycoon Henry Huntington had one of the finest. Built in 1911 on his sprawling San Marino estate, Huntington’s social ...