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Side view of Shay train engine.

85. Shay No. 11 Side View

IDNO:
000347
Title:
Shay No. 11 Side View
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay train engine.
No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is. The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.

86. Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000349
Title:
Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is. The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.
Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on. Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.

87. Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups

IDNO:
000350
Title:
Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups
Date:
undated
Description:
Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on. Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.

88. Blackhurst, Warren 'Tweard' - Looking out Window

IDNO:
000352
Title:
Blackhurst, Warren 'Tweard' - Looking out Window
Date:
undated
Train tracks going up a steep hill through the forest.

89. Long Incline Up Hill

IDNO:
000354
Title:
Long Incline Up Hill
Date:
undated
Description:
Train tracks going up a steep hill through the forest.
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer

90. Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.

IDNO:
000357
Title:
Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle. Original from C.B. Cromer
Men standing on big steam shovel beside dump cars.

91. Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.

IDNO:
000359
Title:
Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men standing on big steam shovel beside dump cars.
Nine men standing on logs and a loader of a railroad car.

92. Loader and Crew on Greenbrier and Elk Railroad Car.

IDNO:
000361
Title:
Loader and Crew on Greenbrier and Elk Railroad Car.
Date:
undated
Description:
Nine men standing on logs and a loader of a railroad car.
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.

93. Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)

IDNO:
000363
Title:
Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)
Date:
undated
Description:
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.

94. East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.

IDNO:
000364
Title:
East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.
Date:
undated

95. Cass Yard - Log Cars, Coal Cars and Old Model T with Steel Wheels on Track.

IDNO:
000367
Title:
Cass Yard - Log Cars, Coal Cars and Old Model T with Steel Wheels on Track.
Date:
undated
Men stand atop logs in car on tracks. Appears to be Narrow Guage.

96. Loggers loading a Log Car

IDNO:
000370
Title:
Loggers loading a Log Car
Date:
undated
Description:
Men stand atop logs in car on tracks. Appears to be Narrow Guage.