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View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.

1. Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork

IDNO:
001762
Title:
Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork
Description:
View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.
Trains next to some houses and a store with cars parked in front of it.

2. Virginian Train Cars Loaded with Coal; Coal Company Store in Background

IDNO:
002011
Title:
Virginian Train Cars Loaded with Coal; Coal Company Store in Background
Description:
Trains next to some houses and a store with cars parked in front of it.
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background.

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

IDNO:
002032
Title:
Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background.
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background. Taken at the Summerlee mine.

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

IDNO:
002036
Title:
Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background. Taken at the Summerlee mine.
Virginian and C&O coal trains outside of a coal town.

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

IDNO:
002046
Title:
Virginian and Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars Passing By Miner's Houses
Description:
Virginian and C&O coal trains outside of a coal town.
Houses behind railroad at Cranberry mine.

6. Virginian Railroad Car Filled with Coal Passes Miner's Homes at Cranberry, W. Va.

IDNO:
002888
Title:
Virginian Railroad Car Filled with Coal Passes Miner's Homes at Cranberry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
Houses behind railroad at Cranberry mine.

7. Intersection of W. Va. 10 and W. Va. 16 in Wyoming County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015143
Title:
Intersection of W. Va. 10 and W. Va. 16 in Wyoming County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1948
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'

8. Train Collision, Mercer County, W.Va.

IDNO:
022243
Title:
Train Collision, Mercer County, W.Va.
Date:
1927
Description:
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'

9. Streamlined Virginian Locomotive

IDNO:
025944
Title:
Streamlined Virginian Locomotive
'Looking east northeast along second big bend of river below Radford. Virginian Railway reaches river from Roanoke and east near upper right-hand corner and follows down east bank of river; Norfolk and Western has crossed to west side and is about under plane.'

10. New River Near Radford, Va.

IDNO:
026339
Title:
New River Near Radford, Va.
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking east northeast along second big bend of river below Radford. Virginian Railway reaches river from Roanoke and east near upper right-hand corner and follows down east bank of river; Norfolk and Western has crossed to west side and is about under plane.'
'Looking south at mile 127; Norfolk and Western at right; Virginian Railway at left; Churchwood, Virginia, a coal mining town, near right foreground.'

11. New River Near Churchwood, Va.

IDNO:
026340
Title:
New River Near Churchwood, Va.
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking south at mile 127; Norfolk and Western at right; Virginian Railway at left; Churchwood, Virginia, a coal mining town, near right foreground.'
'Looking northeast at mile 105.6. Pearisburg, Virginia, below and to right of picture; Norfolk and Western to right; Virginian Railway to left of river as in pictures 45 to 55; base of a spur of Peters Mountain in background.'

12. New River Near Pearisburg, Virginia

IDNO:
026347
Title:
New River Near Pearisburg, Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking northeast at mile 105.6. Pearisburg, Virginia, below and to right of picture; Norfolk and Western to right; Virginian Railway to left of river as in pictures 45 to 55; base of a spur of Peters Mountain in background.'