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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.

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

Shay No. 6 engine on tracks.  Published by C.E. Armstrong.

2. Shay No. 6 (Mountain Locomotive) New River Coal Field, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

Cass Mill in Backround (6 Stacks).

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger Train at Depot

Train engine.  At bottom of pix says:  Note:  Also applicable to shop No. 2248, C&O Rd. No. 11 (1910), built to same plan No. 1586.

4. Shay Shop No. 1933 Chesapeake & Ohio Road No. 8

Deer Creek sign to the right, houses sit on the left side of the tracks.

5. House and Deer Creek Town Sign on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Tracks.

Railroad tracks beside a building.

6. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Being Built at Cass, W. Va. Mill Site

Four horses pulling a large log.   Neither the store nor the railroad building are still standing today.

7. 10 Foot by 4 Foot Oak Log Delivered to the C& O Railroad Station at Seibert, Pocahontas County.

View of Dickinson Salt Works from opposite bank of Kanawha River. Made about 1910. This is the only picture in existance showing salt loaded on barge for ferrying across river where it was loaded on C&O Railroad. The New York Central Railroad had served the plant for years before this picture was taken, but due to higher freight rates by the NYC, it was still possible to ship by C&O to some points at a saving.

8. Dickinson Salt Works as Seen from the Opposite Bank of the Kanawha River

Bird's-eye view of Greenbrier River, Main Line C. and O. R.R. and junction of Greenbrier division, Allegheny Mountains in the Distance.

9. Bird's Eye View of Greenbrier River, Main Line C. and O. R. R. and Junction of Greenbrier Division

Rails outside of the Mt. Carbon Station.

10. Mt. Carbon's Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station

Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars after being filled.

11. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars at Mine Yard No. 204

A Chesapeake and Ohio coal car, corn shocks in the background.

12. Loaded Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car

Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background.

13. Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine

Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background. Taken at the Summerlee mine.

14. Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine

Caption on back reads, 'When better coal is prepared, White Oak will load and prepare it. We are proud of this picture of a car of "White Oak" Lump coal. This picture was also taken without the knowledge of the White Oak employees who loaded it. If you drive past any of the White Oak Mines on U.S. Highway 19-21, in Fayette County, W. Va., you will see many just like it.'

15. White Oak Coal in a Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car

Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars coming out of a loading dock at mine 207.

16. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars at Mine 207

Chesapeake and Ohio Coal train cars in front of a community of houses.

17. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars in Front of Houses

Virginian and C&O coal trains outside of a coal town.

18. Virginian and Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars Passing By Miner's Houses

Hopper filled with 3 Inch Lump Export Coal Company.

19. Coal Filled Chesapeake & Ohio Hopper; Export Coal Co. Fayette County, W. Va.

20. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car Loaded with Coal