The River Cities LocoMotives were a professional
indoor football team based in
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A h ...
in 2001. The team competed in the inaugural season of the
National Indoor Football League
The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, A ...
(NIFL). The "Locos" played their home games at the
Big Sandy Superstore Arena. Official team colors were: Crimson, silver, black and gray.
The LocoMotives, coached by
Melvin Cunningham, finished the 2001 season with a record of 1–13, and declining fan support caused the team to cease operations after their first season.
Professional indoor football would return to Huntington five years later when the
Huntington Heroes
The Huntington Heroes were a professional indoor football franchise and member of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA). The Heroes played their home games during their inaugural 2006 season at the Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse in Hunti ...
began play in 2006.
National Indoor Football League teams
American football teams in West Virginia
Defunct indoor American football teams
Sports in Huntington, West Virginia
American football teams established in 2001
American football teams disestablished in 2001
2001 establishments in West Virginia
2001 disestablishments in West Virginia