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No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is. The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.

349. Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000349
Title:
Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is. The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.
Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on. Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.

350. Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups

IDNO:
000350
Title:
Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups
Date:
undated
Description:
Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on. Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.

351. Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000351
Title:
Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated

352. Blackhurst, Warren 'Tweard' - Looking out Window

IDNO:
000352
Title:
Blackhurst, Warren 'Tweard' - Looking out Window
Date:
undated
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.

353. Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000353
Title:
Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.
Train tracks going up a steep hill through the forest.

354. Long Incline Up Hill

IDNO:
000354
Title:
Long Incline Up Hill
Date:
undated
Description:
Train tracks going up a steep hill through the forest.

355. Class Photo Unidentified School

IDNO:
000355
Title:
Class Photo Unidentified School
Date:
ca. 1910
"Baker House $1.00 per day" on sign. Cass, W.V.

356. Hotel (Baker House), Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000356
Title:
Hotel (Baker House), Cass, W. Va.
Date:
1912
Description:
"Baker House $1.00 per day" on sign. Cass, W.V.
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer

357. Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.

IDNO:
000357
Title:
Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer
Earl Palmer, "Blue Ridge Mt's Roamin' Cameraman," Cambria, Va. 'This decaying building was once the worlds largest double bandmills'. During the hey-day of operations at Cass, 2500 men worked here and in the woods round about, turning out a quarter million feet of wood products per day, working two 10 hour shifts. Nowadays the old bldg. is an object of curiousity amongst thousands of rail fans who pass by on logging train excursions to Bald Knob.

358. Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000358
Title:
Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Earl Palmer, "Blue Ridge Mt's Roamin' Cameraman," Cambria, Va. 'This decaying building was once the worlds largest double bandmills'. During the hey-day of operations at Cass, 2500 men worked here and in the woods round about, turning out a quarter million feet of wood products per day, working two 10 hour shifts. Nowadays the old bldg. is an object of curiousity amongst thousands of rail fans who pass by on logging train excursions to Bald Knob.
Men standing on big steam shovel beside dump cars.

359. Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.

IDNO:
000359
Title:
Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on big steam shovel beside dump cars.
Machinery and ladder visible in a mill.

360. Lumber Mill Equipment

IDNO:
000360
Title:
Lumber Mill Equipment
Description:
Machinery and ladder visible in a mill.