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'Picture taken around the 1880. I entered the Railroad service at this shop 1889. 1. McGrady house and pass station, 2. Train Dispatcher office also Adams Express Office, 3. Jackson River, 4. McDonald Home Geo. Forran married Miss Flora McDonald, 5. Round House, 6. Candlelight Church, 7. School House, 8. Methodist Church, 9. Freight Depot, 10. Eugist Home, 11. Company Road, 12. Scale House. The Bldg. with steeple No. 10 is Presbyterian Church; E.A. Murray."

1. Unidentified Town on the Jackson River

IDNO:
007189
Title:
Unidentified Town on the Jackson River
Date:
ca. 1880
Description:
'Picture taken around the 1880. I entered the Railroad service at this shop 1889. 1. McGrady house and pass station, 2. Train Dispatcher office also Adams Express Office, 3. Jackson River, 4. McDonald Home Geo. Forran married Miss Flora McDonald, 5. Round House, 6. Candlelight Church, 7. School House, 8. Methodist Church, 9. Freight Depot, 10. Eugist Home, 11. Company Road, 12. Scale House. The Bldg. with steeple No. 10 is Presbyterian Church; E.A. Murray."
Train tracks head toward the mountain which divides Virginia and West Virginia.

2. Alleghany Station Looking East at the Summit of the Alleghany Mountains, Alleghany, Va.

IDNO:
048413
Title:
Alleghany Station Looking East at the Summit of the Alleghany Mountains, Alleghany, Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Train tracks head toward the mountain which divides Virginia and West Virginia.
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924 until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."

3. Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia

IDNO:
048690
Title:
Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924 until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."
Starting on the far left is Luther Keaton, Braid Petrey, Matt Cook and Ross Farley. Pictured on the far right is L. W. "Lue" Petrey. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.The town of Narrows is named after the narrowing of New River, which runs through the town.

4. Workers Building Flood Control Dam near Narrows, Va. and Glen Lyn, Va.

IDNO:
048799
Title:
Workers Building Flood Control Dam near Narrows, Va. and Glen Lyn, Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
Starting on the far left is Luther Keaton, Braid Petrey, Matt Cook and Ross Farley. Pictured on the far right is L. W. "Lue" Petrey. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.The town of Narrows is named after the narrowing of New River, which runs through the town.
Vernal S. Long pictured in the engine. Long was the engineer on the M-1 Engine No. 500 while making its first run from Clifton Forge, Va. to Hinton, W. Va.

5. Engineer on Engine No. 1619 at Clifton Forge, Va.

IDNO:
048854
Title:
Engineer on Engine No. 1619 at Clifton Forge, Va.
Date:
1952/09/06
Description:
Vernal S. Long pictured in the engine. Long was the engineer on the M-1 Engine No. 500 while making its first run from Clifton Forge, Va. to Hinton, W. Va.
An unidentified woman walks along the pathway on the hotel grounds.

6. Mountain Lake Hotel near Pemberton, Va.

IDNO:
049429
Title:
Mountain Lake Hotel near Pemberton, Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
An unidentified woman walks along the pathway on the hotel grounds.