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View looking at the building from across the tracks.

1. C. & O. Station at Admiralty and Post Office, Eccles, W. Va.

The train was carrying lumber from Robson, W. Va. to a C. & O. station at Deepwater, W. Va before wrecking. J. S. Blake is standing on the wheel near the ground. Also pictured are D. P. Craig, William Darlington, and Pete Foster.

2. First Railroad Wreck on Virginian Railway

Fire Creek is now a ghost town, located near the New River Gorge, Fayette County, W. Va.

3. Fire Creek C. & O. Station, Fayette County, W. Va.

A crowd is gathered on the steps at the store's entrance. The store is located next to railroad tracks, where C. & O. railroad cars are sitting.

4. Company Store, Kilsyth, W. Va.

Those killed as a result of the accident were William Blankenship, Homer Cart, Thomas W. Craft, James Hunter, Eddie Huelett, Steve Kozma, Everett Leach, John Long, William J. Maynus, Henry McMillian, J. L. "Pat" Murphy, Delmar Oxley, Jesse Persinger, S. L. Runyon, Ray Tartar, William Turner, and Jerome Walters. In addition to those who lost their lives, 43 or 46 were injured.  A Chesapeake and Ohio derrick car works to clear the wreckage.

5. Work Train Explosion in Powellton Hollow, McDunn, W. Va.

A Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad train moves across the bridge while flood water rushes beneath.

6. C. & O. Railroad Bridge during Flood, Prince, W. Va.

Omer Plumley is pictured riding a bicycle in the forefront, In the back is the Sewell Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad station.

7. Man Riding Bicycle at C. & O. Station, Sewell, W. Va.

The engine used oil headlights. Five men are pictured on and beside the locomotive.

8. C. and O. Enginge No. 254 at Thurmond, W. Va.

The White Oak Railway was constructed during the early-1900's and came under the control of the New River Company. The short-line railroad was originally incorporated to provide citizens of the area a direct rail-connection between the primary business centers in Beckley, Mount Hope, and Oak Hill.The railroad consisted of two unconnected "pieces" that never were completely finished. The first section consisted of about 7 and ½ miles of track connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Carlisle, running from there through Oak Hill to Stuart. The second section was about 4 to 5 miles in length connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Price Hill Junction, running to a mine located at Price Hill.Under an agreement with the C. & O. Railway, the White Oak Railway operated passenger and freight trains along the tracks of the C. & O.'s White Oak Branch  between Glen Jean and Carlisle. In 1912, the New River Company sold the locomotives and rolling stock of the White Oak Railway and jointly leased operation of the railroad to Virginian and the C. & O.

9. White Oak Railroad, Somewhere in West Virginia