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Rainelle, W. Va.

1. Poplar logs and Three Tong Hookers

2. Shay No. 11 Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

3. Shay No. 2 Meadow River Lumber Company, Rainelle, W. Va.

Logging crew posing on locomotive.

4. Logging Crew and Loader, Meadow River Logging Company, Rainelle, W. Va.

Photograp taken above the shops, Dynamite house in the background.

5. Shay No. 11, Cass, W. Va.

Group Portrait of Large Lumbering Crew in Woods.

6. Logging Crew

L. to R.: Leonard Long, Charles Queen, Kenneth Caplinger, Walter "Pop" Good, Robert Cassell, Percy F. "Bus" Long (Wheeling), Ivan Clarkson, Clyde Galford, Kyle "Catty" Neighbors; Cass, W. Va.

7. Shay No. 4 and Crew

Train at Cass Yard, Cass, WV; Ivan Clarkson Collection.

8. Shay No. 12 Between Coal Hauling on W.M. 193

Locomotive engine on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, W.V.

9. Shay No. 4

Locomotive engine with conductors. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, WV; Artie Bailey in the door; "Doc" Carlson at the throttle.

10. Shay No. 5

Lima 2563/1912 at Shaw, WV for Deep Run Coal Company. (To be flooded over by waters of the Bloominton Dam on the Potomac River now being built by the Army Corps of Engineers.  10/21/71)<br /><br />

11. Shay Locomotive Deep Run Railroad

Shay Locomotive No. 8 at Water Tank in Spruce, W.V.

12. Shay No. 8 at Water Tank

Photograph of painting by R. Sparks.

13. Shay No. 12 , Cass, W. Va.

Birch Valley Lumber Co. Train. P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works; CO 359 = Shop #3189 (12 22)

14. Shay No. 5. Builders Photo of Birch Valley Lumber Co. Train.

Shay No.1 in the Shop at Cass, WV; Phillip V. Bagdon, 7918 New Orleans Dr., Alexandria, VA 22308.

15. Shay No. 1 in Shop at Cass, W. Va.

Ivan Clarkson standing next to train engine. Sunday afternoon; Ivan Clarkson Collection.

16. Shay No. 13 in Cass Yard

Cass, WV; Philip V. Bagdon, 7918 New Orleans Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308.

17. Shay No. 13 at Cass, W. Va. Water Tank

Fireman boarding train. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; Richard Carter, N. Whitehall Road, Norristown, R.D. 3, P.A.

18. Shay No. 7. Artie Barkley, Fireman, Boarding Locomotive

Shay trains on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Office, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.

19. Shay No. 7 and One Other Shay

Shay No. 5 on tracks in the forest. Cheat Mountain; Cass, W.V.

20. Shay No. 5

Shay No. 4 pushing passenger cart up a hill. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

21. Shay No. 4

"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business.  They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.

22. R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.

GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front:  Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.

23. Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.

Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.

24. County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)

Train moving along tracks.

25. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Derelict locomotives at Cass Yard, Cass, W.V.

26. Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.

Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

27. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

Possibly Herb Shafer in cabin doorway; from collection of Phillip Bagdon 7918 New Orleans Drive Alexandria VA  22308

28. Shay No. 12 on Test Run near Mace, W. Va.

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.V., Cheat Mt., Spruce, W.Va., Pocahontas, County, W.Va.; Camp operated by the Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va.

29. Logging Crew

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, WV

30. Train Carrying Lumber and Workers Across Bridge

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W. Va.

31. Train Pulling Workers on Cars

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.Va. Hambleton, Randolph County, W.Va.

32. Log Loader and Crew

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. "Made on Little River, which is near Bartow, and is commonly known as the east prong of Greenbrier River all of which lays in Pocahontas County, W.Va."

33. Loggers Posing on Logs

Portrait of Lumber Workers on and beside a train. On Train-L-R 1.- 2.- On Ground-L-R 1. Ernest C. Sine 2.- 3.-; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

34. Rod Engine of the Otter Creek Boom &amp; Lumber Company Log Train

Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.

35. Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

36. Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It

Cut trees in a forest.

37. Waste in Lumbering

The 'Lucy Belle' named after the engineer's girl.  On Hill's Creek near Lobelia, Pocahontas Co., WV.

38. Wreck of the Lucy Belle, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

The wood of blight killed chestnut if used within five years is suitable for ties or lumber.  Narrow and standard guage railroads constitute the farmers market for his tie timber.

39. Forest Road

Collapsed bridge and wreck of train box cars.

40. Collapsed Railroad Bridge, Babcock L. SB. Company

Heavily logged area near train tracks.

41. Wasteful Deforestation on Cheat Mountain.

Men working on wrecked train.

42. Wreck of Eva Lee

43. Spruce Forest Cut Over and Destroyed by Fire Near Davis, W. Va.

Group portrait of men sitting on a wooden bench.<br />

44. Logging Camp Crew of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.

45. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

46. Log Piles in front of Lumber Mill

Greenbrier River, Near Ronceverte, St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Greenbrier County.

47. Log Boom

Plant also planes, bores, squares ends of big timbers.

48. Pole Peeler is One of Several B-P-B Dressing Operations

The light machinery used in milling allows the mobile portable mill to penetrate the heart of the stand.

49. Mobile Portable Saw Mill and Crew at Work

The portable mill cuts lumber and ties and does custom sawing for farmers.

50. Mobile Portable Saw Mill