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13. Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Long Incline Up Hill

IDNO:
000354
Title:
Long Incline Up Hill
Date:
undated
Description:
Train tracks going up a steep hill through the forest.
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer

17. 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.

18. 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.
Nine men standing on logs and a loader of a railroad car.

19. Loader and Crew on Greenbrier and Elk Railroad Car.

IDNO:
000361
Title:
Loader and Crew on Greenbrier and Elk Railroad Car.
Date:
undated
Description:
Nine men standing on logs and a loader of a railroad car.
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.

20. Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)

IDNO:
000363
Title:
Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)
Date:
undated
Description:
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.

21. East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.

IDNO:
000364
Title:
East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.
Date:
undated

22. Cass Yard - Log Cars, Coal Cars and Old Model T with Steel Wheels on Track.

IDNO:
000367
Title:
Cass Yard - Log Cars, Coal Cars and Old Model T with Steel Wheels on Track.
Date:
undated
Group of women on porch, possibly a hotel or boarding house.

23. Lumber Town Women Posing on the Porch of their Boardinghouse

IDNO:
000368
Title:
Lumber Town Women Posing on the Porch of their Boardinghouse
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of women on porch, possibly a hotel or boarding house.
Men stand atop logs in car on tracks. Appears to be Narrow Guage.

24. Loggers loading a Log Car

IDNO:
000370
Title:
Loggers loading a Log Car
Date:
undated
Description:
Men stand atop logs in car on tracks. Appears to be Narrow Guage.