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Members of a team of engineers working on the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad through the Tug River Valley in Southern West Virginia. L to R: Flint, Russel, Wright.

1. Camp Eight of Engineers for Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, West Virginia

Unidentified engineers, working on the Ohio extension in Southern West Virginia, two men, sitting in the middle, are holding revolvers.

2. Engineers for Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, West Virginia

Unidentified engineers, working on the Ohio Extension, pose in front of a log cabin.

3. Camp Six of Engineers for Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, West Virginia

Group portrait of unidentified engineers, working on the Ohio Extension in Southern West Virginia.

4. Reunion of Engineers, Tug Fork River Division, Norfolk & Western Railroad

Unidentified field engineer rides his horse over a county road near Tug Fork River.

5. County Road, Section 50, Tug Fork River District of Norfolk & Western Railroad, West Virginia

Several workers pose next to a horse drawn cart used for hauling. This image is probably an example of pinpoint photography.

6. Railroad Construction Crew for Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad on Tug Fork River

A barge loaded with supplies for the engineers and crews working on the Ohio Extension along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers between Welch in McDowell County and Kenova in Wayne County. None of the men are identified in the photograph.

7. Norfolk & Western Railroad Contractors Supplies, Tug Fork River District, Southern West Virginia

Unidentified workers, part a team of engineers, survey for a tunnel, as two men stand inside an opening in the rocks.

8. Surveying for Ohio Extension of Norfolk and Western Railroad on Tug Fork River, W. Va.

Railroad cut along the Tug Fork River.

9. Section 65 of Ohio Extension of Norfolk and Western Railroad, Tug Fork River, W. Va.

Group portrait of several families of the workers building the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers.

10. Sunday on 'Tug', Tug Fork River, Southern West Virginia

Only identified man is Herbert S. Thomas Sr., seated on the right.

11. Civil Engineers at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Camp Eight, Tug Fork District, W. Va.

Taken during the construction of the Ohio extension.

12. Looking East Toward Camp Six for Norfolk & Western Railroad Workers, Tug Fork River Valley, W. Va.