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Twin Bridges, Cheat River; Third from left Carl Bradley - Engineer; P.E. Percy/Lima Locomotive Works; Lima "Shay" Shop No. 754 (1903; W.Va. Spruce Lumber Co. and/ or Greenbrier and Elk River #3; TKA 65 ton

1. Shay No. 3 Lima Publicity Photo in Woods, W. Va.

Information on the back of the photograph includes, "Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville".

2. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp, Cass, W. Va.;

Photograp taken above the shops, Dynamite house in the background.

3. Shay No. 11, Cass, W. Va.

The Glady and Alpena R.R. between Gladwin in Tucker Co. and Alpena in Randolph Co., ca. 1910.  Ths was a lumber road built for the purpose of removing logs, lumber, tanning bark, and pulpwood. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

4. Glady and Alpena Railroad

Men with logs on horse-drawn log tram. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, WV

5. Log Tram Road at Mackeyville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Crane loading logs on flatbed train car.  Workers securing logs.

6. Shay No. 4 Mower Lumber Company, Cass, W. Va.

Cass, W. Va.; Logs floating in water and loaded on train; D.D. Brown Collection

7. Cass Mill Log Pond, Mower Lumber Co.

Cass, W. Va.; D.D. Brown Collection

8. Log Train Passing Wooden Buildings

O. Homer Floyd Fansler; Hendricks, W.V.

9. Log Train at the Calfisch Lumber Co., Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

O. Homer Floyd Fansler; Hendricks, W.V.<br />

10. Calfisch Lumber Company Yard at Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

11. Calfisch Sawmill at Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

Group Portrait of Large Lumbering Crew in Woods.

12. Logging Crew

13. Logging Teamster With His Horses

L. to R.: Leonard Long, Charles Queen, Kenneth Caplinger, Walter "Pop" Good, Robert Cassell, Percy F. "Bus" Long (Wheeling), Ivan Clarkson, Clyde Galford, Kyle "Catty" Neighbors; Cass, W. Va.

14. Shay No. 4 and Crew

Collapsed building on top of train. Premar Coal Co. Property, Austin, W. Va.; Lima CN/#1907 of 1907; Scrapped Summer of 1969; EX-GL and E#6.

15. Shay No. 6. End of No. 6

Train at Cass Yard, Cass, WV; Ivan Clarkson Collection.

16. Shay No. 12 Between Coal Hauling on W.M. 193

Bald Knob Trains: 2nd Car Brakeman, Robert Long; Conductor,  Gearold Cassoll;<br />Standing on rear platform: Ken Caplinger; Cab of No. 7, Artie Barkley; On ground, right foreground,  "Doc" Carlson; photograph from John P. Killorah, Promotion Officer, WV State Parks, Chas, WV 25305.

17. First Regular Revenue Train to Bald Knob

Locomotive engine on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, W.V.

18. Shay No. 4

Locomotive engine with conductors. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, WV; Artie Bailey in the door; "Doc" Carlson at the throttle.

19. Shay No. 5

Lima 2563/1912 at Shaw, WV for Deep Run Coal Company. (To be flooded over by waters of the Bloominton Dam on the Potomac River now being built by the Army Corps of Engineers.  10/21/71)<br /><br />

20. Shay Locomotive Deep Run Railroad

Shay Locomotive No. 8 at Water Tank in Spruce, W.V.

21. Shay No. 8 at Water Tank

Portrait of man in hardhat pounding the last spike in the Bald Knob extension of Cass Scenic R.R.; photograph from John P. Killoran, Promotion Officer, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.

22. Pounding the Last Spike In the Bald Knob Extension Cass Scenic Railroad

Locomotive and passenger cars; Walter Good, conductor, on left side with hand on walkway chain; P.F. "Bus" Long, C&amp;O station agent, to Walter's right, also with hand on chain; photograph from Richard Carter, N. White Hall Rd., Norristown P.O. 3 P.A.

23. Gum Field Curve on First Switchback, Summer 1966

Kermit McKeever, WV Parks Director, Whitaker,Cass, WV; photograph from John P. Killoran, Promotion Officer, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.

24. W. Va. Parks Director Kermit McKeever at the Podium

Photograph of painting by R. Sparks.

25. Shay No. 12 , Cass, W. Va.

Birch Valley Lumber Co. Train. P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works; CO 359 = Shop #3189 (12 22)

26. Shay No. 5. Builders Photo of Birch Valley Lumber Co. Train.

Shay No. 4 crossing a railroad bridge. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, WV; Richard Carter, N. Whitehall Rd, Norristown, R.D. 3, P.A.

27. Shay No. 4

Shay No.1 in the Shop at Cass, WV; Phillip V. Bagdon, 7918 New Orleans Dr., Alexandria, VA 22308.

28. Shay No. 1 in Shop at Cass, W. Va.

Shay Locomotives No. 1 and 4 pushing people in a cart up a hill. Cass, W.V.

29. Shay No. 1 and 4, Cass Scenic Railroad

Near Tioga, WV; Killed:  George Harrison (last living owner of old Tioga Lumber Co.) Omar Fitzwater, engineer, Vaon (?) Cox, fireman, Moody McCoy, brakeman; Injured:  Floyd Hinkle; Cass No. 4 Shay.

30. Shay No. 5. Wreck of Birch Valley No. 5 (Mower No.4)

Train engine crashed into a block structure. Premar Coal Co. property, Austin, WV; Lima CN# 1907 of 1907.

31. Shay No. 6. End of No. 6

Ivan Clarkson standing next to train engine. Sunday afternoon; Ivan Clarkson Collection.

32. Shay No. 13 in Cass Yard

Train on railroad tracks.

33. Glady &amp; Alpena Railroad

Cheat Mountain (library note says at Spruce); Cass, WV; Austin Sharp, Huntersville.

34. Logging Crew in Cheat Mountain Forest

Shay No. 4 Engine on tracks; R. Sparks.

35. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Shay No. 7 train engine on the tracks of a hillside; Richard Carter, N. WHitehall Rd., Norristown, R.D. 3 P.A.

36. Shay No. 7, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Shay No. 1 train engine on tracks. Cass Yard coal dock.

37. Shay No. 1, Mower Lumber Co., Cass, W. Va.

Cass, WV; Philip V. Bagdon, 7918 New Orleans Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308.

38. Shay No. 13 at Cass, W. Va. Water Tank

Deer Creek Extract Plant, looking N.E. towards plant across C&amp;O; W.E. Blackhurst Collection.

39. Deer Creek Extract Plant, Cass, W. Va.

Fireman boarding train. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; Richard Carter, N. Whitehall Road, Norristown, R.D. 3, P.A.

40. Shay No. 7. Artie Barkley, Fireman, Boarding Locomotive

Train engine on tracks with two men looking out of the engine room. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

41. Heisler No. 6

Train engine on tracks in the forest; Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; Bagdon.

42. Shay No. 4

Mower Lumber Company log loader loading logs onto train; Cass, W.V.<br />

43. Log Loader on Cheat Mountain

Shay. No 3 on tracks; Cass Scenice R.R., Cass, W.V.

44. Shay No. 3

Shay trains on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Office, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.

45. Shay No. 7 and One Other Shay

Cass, WV; Second switchback, Cass Hill; Foreground 1-r; 1. Merle Ervin, brakeman 2. Ward Hudson, Conductor 3. Joe Woodell, brakeman; Cab: doorway- Cardock, fireman; throttle- Piney Williams; K.J. Neighbors Collection<br />

46. Shay No. 5 and Crew at Switchback

L.O.6; Cheat Mountain; Cass, WV; D.D. Brown Collection

47. Log Loader Loading Flat Cars, Note Logs Lifted by Skidder, Mower Lumber Co.

Shay No. 5 on tracks in the forest. Cheat Mountain; Cass, W.V.

48. Shay No. 5

Shay No. 4 pushing passenger cart up a hill. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

49. Shay No. 4

Shay No. 5 being loaded by a tractor. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Officer,WV State Parks,<br />Chas, WV 25305

50. Shay No. 5

Portrait of dignitaries sitting in chairs on a hillside. Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Officer, WV State Parks, Chas, WV 25305

51. Dignitaries at Whittaker

Shay  No. 7 and 4 at Whittaker Station. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

52. Shay No. 7 and 4

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, West Virginia.  'Made on Little River which commonly known as the East Fork of Greenbrier River, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.'

53. Logging Crew

Whitmer Lane Boom and Lumber Company. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, West Virginia.

54. Train Wreck and Group Portrait

Looking toward Spruce with Shavers Fork on the left.  Left to Right 1. Page McCloud (killed 1/25/23 at Sugar Grove), 2. not identified, 3. not identified, 4. not identified, 5. Piney Williams, Engineer, 6. Fireman; Ready to head down the steep mountain to Cass, Shay no. 11 and crew pause at Spruce water tower in 1916.  This engine was the biggest engine on the R.R. until the purchase of # 12 in 1921.

55. Shay No. 11 and Crew at Spruce Watertank

"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business.  They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.

56. R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.

Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing:  Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera:  Alfred Higgins; first on left:  Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner

57. Loggers at Dinner in Railroad Camp

GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front:  Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.

58. Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.

Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.

59. County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)

O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row.  Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

60. Sawmill Crew at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Train moving along tracks.

61. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Engine parked in shop.

62. Shay Locomotive in Shop, Cass, W. Va.

Derelict locomotives at Cass Yard, Cass, W.V.

63. Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.

This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.

64. Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.

Train on tracks. From the collection of Harold K. Vollrath, Shawnee-Mission, Kansas.

65. Climax No. 6 of Middle Fork Railroad, Ellamore, W. Va.

Starting up Shavers Fork (Shay in woods at end of tracks); Walter Good 'Bluejay' Tumblin on flatcar (maybe not Walter Good - maybe Barney Showalter); D.D. Brown Collection.

66. Mower Construction Train, Cass, W. Va.

Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

67. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Engine No. 2

68. Shay No. 2 (Pulp Train) on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.

Possibly Herb Shafer in cabin doorway; from collection of Phillip Bagdon 7918 New Orleans Drive Alexandria VA  22308

69. Shay No. 12 on Test Run near Mace, W. Va.

Tucker County, West Virginia.  Original source Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

70. Pulp mill at Parsons

Original Source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

71. High-Lift near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

72. Sawmill at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

73. Sawmill Crew at Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

74. Shay Locomotive at a Lumber camp near Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.V., Cheat Mt., Spruce, W.Va., Pocahontas, County, W.Va.; Camp operated by the Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va.

75. Logging Crew

Group portrait of logging crew in woods. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va.

76. Logging Crew

Made on Cheat Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV, which was operated by the Spruce Lumber Company, at Cass, WV. From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.V.

77. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, WV

78. Train Carrying Lumber and Workers Across Bridge

From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957

79. Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W. Va.

80. Train Pulling Workers on Cars

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.Va. Hambleton, Randolph County, W.Va.

81. Log Loader and Crew

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va. July 1903

82. Log Skidding Crew and their Team of Horses

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. "Made on Little River, which is near Bartow, and is commonly known as the east prong of Greenbrier River all of which lays in Pocahontas County, W.Va."

83. Loggers Posing on Logs

Portrait of Lumber Workers on and beside a train. On Train-L-R 1.- 2.- On Ground-L-R 1. Ernest C. Sine 2.- 3.-; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

84. Rod Engine of the Otter Creek Boom &amp; Lumber Company Log Train

Cass, WV; Looking from railhead; D.D. Brown Collection

85. Clearing Trees for a Road Up Shavers Fork

Willdell, W.Va. 1911; Source of original: Earl Whitlach, Mill Creek, W.Va.

86. Loggers Posing with Logs

O. Homer, Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

87. Log Train Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Track of Logs through the forest. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

88. Logging near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.

89. Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers

Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.  Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods.  In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass.  Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection

90. Starcher Brothers and Horse Teams

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

91. Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

92. High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Cass, W.Va.  Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump.  Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV

93. Shay No. 2 (Pulp train) on Cheat Mountain

Lumber piles beside a train track.  Man sitting on top of one lumber pile.  Original from Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

94. Lumber Yard in Tucker County, W. Va.

The town of Elkins, West Virginia, located in Randolph County. 'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.'

95. Elkins, W. Va.

City of Elkins float featuring Queen Silvia in the Forest Festival Parade in Elkins, West Virginia.

96. Forest Festival Parade, Elkins, W. Va.

Entrance Gate to the Monongahela National Forest in winter, located 5 miles east of Elkins, W. Va. on U. S. No. 33.  (The gateway was constructed of stone taken from the chimneys of the Ezekial Harper Homestead on Clover Run in Tucker County.) O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.

97. Entrance Gate to the Monongahela National Forest near Elkins, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.'

98. Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

'A view of Blackwater Falls in Tucker County, West Virginia, before the Virgin Timber was removed. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.'

99. Blackwater Falls near Davis, Tucker County, W. Va.

'The Dorman Woolen Mill in Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va., built in 1922, is one of only two industries left in Tucker Co., the other is a tannery at Parsons.   O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va. is written on the back of the photo.'

100. Dorman Woolen Mill in Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.