Search Results

37. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Handcars Used During the Civil War

38. Pioneer Chicago and North Western Railroad Locomotive Loaded on Railroad Flatcar at Grafton, W. Va.

'Cab of junked engine removed and used on other.  John Noon and Pat O'Brian shown scrapping one engine.'

39. Scrapping an Engine

'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road.  Taken around 1880-1890.  Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic.  The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system.  (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'

40. Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

'The old double engine used on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill R.R. Taken near high trestle, Wilch Rollin, fireman with whiskers; Bob Fleming, engineer; Oth Collin, passenger with cane. #2 Mas W. R. Sterling BLW 3222, 5-1873.'

41. Double Engine Used on Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

Called 'George E. Emerson'; Chapter 34, p.446.

42. Modern, Mountain-type Locomotive No. 5510 of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

B&O's "Tom Thumb", First American Built Locomotive; Chapter 20, p. 224

43. Peter Cooper's 'Tom Thumb,' Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Railroad at Grafton, P. Jennings, engineer, Jas. Jennings, stoker.

44. Engine 400 and Crew at Grafton, W. Va.

'Eng No. 33 Placed on Road 1870.'

45. Locomotive No. 33 and Crew

'R.P. Murray, Engineer, (father of E.A. Murray, Shop Superintendent) standing with oil can in hand; employed in 1852 by Virginia Central Railroad. On Mr. Murray's right is C.I. Smith, Fireman, employed by Virginia Central Railroad in 1886". The Virginia Central connected the Virginia Tidewater to the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

46. Locomotive No. 62 and Crew on Virginia Central Line

47. Locomotive No. 1626 Travelling through W.Va.

48. Locomotive and Coal Train Coming Around Bend